Of GAKLICK Leek, 
0 R, 
Turkey or Mountain G A R L I C K. 
I. 'T' H E Names. It is called in Greek, 2 Ko&Ji. 
JL w&trov : in 'Latin , Scorodoprafum and ir. 
Englifh, Leek Gar lick, Turkey Gar lick, and Moun- 
tain Garlick. 
II. The Kinds. There are three forts hereof, viz. 
i. Scorodoprafum maj us. Greater Leek Garlick, or 
Turkey Garlick. 2. Scorodoprafum magnum, feu 
primum Clufii, vcl alter urn Lolieln, The Great Leek 
Garlick, or Turkey Garlick. 3. Scorodoprafum mi- 
nus, The lelfer Leek-lea v’d Garlick ^ but this is 
called by Parkinfon, Great Turkey Garlick. 
Greater LeehgGarlicJ\. 
IV. The fecond, or Great Leek Garlick, has a great 
white bulbous Root , and almoti tranfpaient, at leaji 
Jhining, feldom giving Offfets for Encreafe. From 
this Root (hoot forth leveral great long Leaves, 
much bigger than the Common Garlick, and after fe- 
veral Years abiding, there fprings up a great long 
Stalk, three or lour Feet high, with fome lelfer 
Leaves thereon, and is naked from the middle up to 
the top, where it beats a large Tuft of Flowers, 
enclofed at firft in a thin Skin, and of a paler color 
than thofe of Homer's Moly , or rather whitifh : 
which being puffed away, three-fquare Husks, with 
blackilh Seed, like the other, fucceed. 
V. The third, or Leffer Leek Garlick, has a Root 
which is fet about with longer and /tenderer Bulbs , 
which arc enclofed in brownifh Skins , loofer and more 
fcaly. The Leaves and Flowers are alike, yet fmal- 
ler than Garlick : and the whole Plant is leffer in 
all the parts than the former. 
VI. The Places. They are Natives of Turkey, 
and grow about Conftantinople •, but with us they 
grow and are nurft up in Gardens only. 
VII. The Times. They flower in June and July, 
and perfett their Seed not long after, or in Au- 
guft. 
VIII. The Qualities, Specification, Preparations 
and Virtues of thefe Plants, are the fame with thofe 
of Garlick in Chap. 507. aforegoing •, but they are 
much lefs ! efficacious than Garlick , as being in a 
middle degree between Garlick and Leeks , and lo 
partake of both their Tempers and Qualities : they 
attenuate and incide grofs and tough Flegm, and 0- 
ther vifcous Humors , and thereby caufe eafy Ex- 
pectation. 
CHAP. CCCX. 
Of GARLICK Crows, 
0 R, 
Wild GARLICK. 
I. 
'■jp H E Names. 
TIL The Defcriptions. The firft, or Greater Leek 
Garlick , ha* a bulbous Root, of the Bignefs of a 
great Onion from whence rife long and broad 
Leaves, like thofe of Leeks, but much greater and 
longer , embracing or clafping about a great thick 
Stalk, foft and full of Juice, bigger than a Man's 
Finger, and bare towards the top upon which is fet 
a great Head, larger than a Tennif e-Ball, covered 
with a Skin , after the manner of an Onion. This 
Skin, when it comes to Perfe&ion, breaks and dif- 
covers a great multitude of Flowers, which are whi- 
tifh : they being paft, black Seeds follow, inclofed 
in a triangular Husk. The whole Plant fmells very 
Ifrong, like unto Garlick , and is in Ihew a Leek, 
upon which it was called Scorodoprafum , Garlick 
Leek, or Leek Garlick, participating both of the 
Garlick and Leek, or rather a degenerate Garlick, 
grown J <jirr of Form. 
It is called in Greek , ^Ko&Jbv 
of«ov, CKoy/bv ayeiov : in Latin, Allium fyl- 
veftre , Allium fylveftre tenuifolium ; in Englifh , 
Wild Garlick, and Crows Garlick. 
II. The Kinds. It is the fourth Species of Gar - . 
lick afore-mentioned in Chap. 207. SeQ. 2. Parkin- 
fon makes two feveral kinds hereof, viz. 1. Allium 
fylveftre durifolium, Hard-leav’d Crow Garlick. 2. 
Allium fylveftre Uvifohum , Soft-leav’d Crow Gar- 
lick. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft, or Hard-leav’d, 
has a Root with a fmall Bulb or round Head, long 
withal, and covered with three feveral Coats or Peel- 
ings, being white on the out fide, not bigger than a 
fmall Halle-AW, without any Cloves at all, having 
at the bottom thereof a Knot of Fibres or Strings. 
From this Root fpring up fmall, hard, tough Leaves, 
almoft like unto Rufhes, Imootli, and hollow with- 
in ^ among which grows up a naked Stalk, round, 
folid, hard and flippery or fmooth, bearing on the 
top thereof a Tuft of purplilh Flowers, which be- 
ing gone, fmall blackilh Seed follows, made up in a 
round Clufter, like fmall Kernels, having the Smell 
and Talte of Garlick. 
IV. The fecond, or Soft -1 eav'd, has a long round 
Root 
