Lib. i. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
179 
Chap. 98. Of Qrov>'Cj article and "Rainjons, 
r r I He vvilde Garlickc or Crow-garlicke hath fmall tough leaues like vnto ru(hes,fmooth 
and hollow within ; among which groweth vp a naked ftalke, round, flipperie, hard 
and found : on the top whereof, after the floures be gone, grow little feeds made vp 
in a round clufter like fmall kernels, hauing the fmelland tafteof Garlick.In dead of a root there 
isabulbeorroiuid head withoutanyclouesatall. 
2 Ramfons do fend forth two or three broad longifh leaues fharpe pointed, iinooth, and of a 
light greene colour. The ftalke is a fpan high, fmooth and (lender, bearing at the top a clufter of 
white ftar-fafhioned floures. In ftcad ofa root it hath a long flender bulbe, which fendeth downe 
a multitude of ftrings, and is couered with skinnes or thicke coats. 
t 1 Allium filueflre. 2 
. f *-' row Garlicke groweth in fertile paftures in all parts of England. I found it in great plen- 
tiein the fields called the Mantels, on the backfidc oflflington by London. 
. .Ramfons grow in the Woods and borders of fields vnefer hedges, among the bufhes. I found 
it in the next field vnto Boobies barne,vnder that hedge that borJeteth vpon the lane ; andalfo 
vpon the left hand, vnder an hedge adioyning to a lane that leadeth to Hampfted, both places 
neete London. 
Crow Garlicke. 
Ramfons. 
(XJ2JLo^<y\y lxa-0 , 
The Time] 
They fpringvp in Aprilland May, Their feed is ripe in Auguft. 
5T The Place. 
The 
