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fome fay they are cold and moift in the beginning 
of the firft Degree ^ are Digeftive, Difcuffive, 
Anodyn, Diuretick, Nephririck, and Laftogene- 
ick. The Laburna are hot and dry as Galen fays, 
Aperitive, Digeftive, Difcuflive, Pe&oral, Hyfte- 
rick and Emmcnagogick and that their Seed is 
alfo Emetick. 
XIV. T be Specification. The Cytifi wonderful- 
ly increafes Milk in Nurfes, for which reafon in 
Foreign Countries where they naturally grow, they 
are Planted for feeding Sheep, Goats and Cows, 
both to make them give more Milk, and alfo to 
Fatten them * and for Bees to gather Honey from 
their Flowers * and from whofe Flowers they ga- 
thered more Honey than from the Flowers of any 
other Plant whatsoever : And abiding green for 
eight Months of the Year, it became excellent 
Pafturage for their Cattel, and might be kept dry 
the reft of the Year following as dry Fodder. It 
is faid to be a remedy againft the Sciatica, and all 
other kinds of Gouts. The Laburna difcuffes cold 
Swellings, eafes the Head-ach, opens Obftruffions 
of the Lungs, Reins and Womb, provoke the 
Terms, and bring away both Birth and After- 
birth. 
XV. The Preparations. Of the Cytifi you may 
make 1. A Liquid Juice. 2. An Infufion or De- 
ceit ion in Water. Of the Laburna you may make, 
I. A Liquid Juice of the Roots and Leaves. 2. A 
Deco ft ion or Infufion in Water or Wine. 3. A Lou- 
der of the Leaves. 4. A Cataplafm of the Leaves. 
T he Virtues. 
XVI. TJje Juice of Cytifus. Being drank from 
two Ounces to four, mixt with Canary or Sack- 
Whey, it increafes Milk in Nurfes admirably*, 
and alfo reftores in Confumptions, more efpecially 
if made into a Lohoch with Clarified Honey. 
XVII. The Infufion or Decotfion of Cytifus, in 
Water. It has the fame Virtues : If three quarters 
of the Infufion or Decotfion , be mixt with a quarter 
part of Wine for Nurfes to drink, it will breed 
good ftore of Milk in their Breafts, and make their 
Children ftrong and lufty ^ and gives eafe in the 
Sciatica or Gout. 
XVIII. The Liquid Juice of Laburnum. It is a 
ftrong Vomit, and befides which it Purges alfo 
downwards pretty ftrongly, by which means it 
opens Obftruttions of the Stomach, Lungs and 
Womb, eafes the Gout and Rheumatifm, provokes 
the Terms, and brings away both Birth and After- 
birth : Dofe from an Ounce to two Ounces, in any 
convenient Vehicle. 
XIX. The Decotfion in Water or Wine. It has 
the Virtues of the Juice, and may be given from 
a quarter to half a Pint, according to Age and 
Strength. 
XX. The Louder of the Leaves. Taken to a 
Dram in Wine or Mead, provokes the Terms, ex- 
pels both Birth and After-birth, and Dead Child, 
opens Obftruttions of the Lungs, Mefentery and 
Womb * and helps fuch as are fhort Winded, and 
can hardly breath, or are vehemently troubled with 
the Head-ach : Ic purges ftrongly both upwards 
and downwards. 
XXI. The Cataplafm of the Leaves. Laid up- 
on cold Tumors it eafes the Pain, difcuffes and 
waftes them, rettoring the part to its Priftine 
Health. 
CHAP 
CHAP. DCCXI. 
Of TUFTS Carden. 
I’T’ U E ' Names. This Plant is called in Greek, 
_L ©Aaczr/, 0 a amt and 0 Actcuni ^nmVTri : 
in Latine, I hlafpi Horten (is, iff Tblafpi Umbella- * 
turn : in Englifh, Garden Tufts. 
II. The Kinds. We obferve but two forts of 
this Plant in our Gardens, viz. i. Thlafpi Creticum, 
Tblafpi U mb ell at urn -, fiore albo iff Purpureo , Can- 
dy Tufts white and purple* it is a Flower of the 
large kind, and ferves for an Ornament to great 
Parterres. 2. Thlafpi Bceticum, Thlafpi Mann urn, 
Spanifh Tufts, or Spanifh Sea-Tufts. 
The Descriptions. 
III. The firft, or Candy Tufts, white and pur- 
ple. It! Root is f mall and thready , is like that of 
the Treacle Muftard, enduring many Tears , which 
fends up Stalks about a Loot or more high , divided 
or fpread out into feveral Branches , each of which 
bears Leaves of about two Inches long, without Foot- 
flalks, large at bottom , indented round the edges, 
and pointed at their tops. At the upper end of its 
Stalk grow very [mall Flowers, compofed of four 
Leaves , in the form of a Crofs. In the middle of 
each Cup rife s a Style , which becomes a Fruit , round 
at top , border’d with a Wing or little Leaf and 
divided into two Chambers , which are filled with 
flat Seeds , that at firjl are red ', but afterwards 
when they become ripe turn black. 
IV. The fecond, or Spanifh Sea-Tufts, are very 
much like the former , which fends forth fome Leaves 
(before its Stalks ,) which are a little notch’d or 
finely dented about the edges -, but it divides or 
fpreads not it f elf out into Branches as the former 
does , but has at its top an Umbel of purplifh Flow- 
ers like unto the former , but with paler yellow 
Seed. 
V. The Places. The firft grows in Candia * the 
fecond in Spain, not far from theSea-fide, but with 
us they both are Nurftupin Gardens, 
VI. The Times. They Flower about the middle 
or end of June, or beginning of July-, and the 
Seed is ripe not long after. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
VII. Obf. 1. This Plant (of, which there are ma- 
ny forts, but) two Kinds of which we Sow only in 
our Gardens, is propagated by its Seed which is 
Sown in September, in open Grounds, or in hot 
Beds: It is fown in Drills, on the edges of our 
Beds or Borders, or elfe in little Circles, at one, 
two, or three Feet diftance, to make a (how the 
firft Year, after which the Plants produce their 
Seed and dye, and are accounted hardy Annuals. 
VIII. Olf. 2. If you Sow the Seed in open 
Ground, it ought to be upon a Bed well dug, and 
fet out by Lines, which fhould likewife be fcat- 
ter’d oyer with Mould about and Inch thick, and 
laid afterwards very even. After having drawn 
Rills length-ways and crols-ways, you may Sow 
the Seed, yet but very thin to the end, that your 
Flowers may be the finer, and not fubjeci to fade : 
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