L i b, Vi Of the Hiftory of Plants.’ 
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toughivponthebrancheswhereofgrowlittlewhitefloures. The root is Jong and hard creeping 
farre abroad in the ground, in fuch fort that when it is once taken in a ground, it is not poifible to 
root it out, for it will vnder the ground Crecpe and fhoot vp and bud forth in many places farre 
abroad. The root alfo is (harp and biteth the tongue like pepper, whereof it tooke the name pep- 
perwort. F ^ 
t 3 This which we giue you in the third place hath a fmall fibrous root, the ftalke grOwes 
vp to the height of two cubits, and it is diuided into many branches furnifhed with white Houres, 
afterwhichfollowfeedslikeinlhapeandtafte to Thlafpi, or Treacle muftard. The leaues are 
fomewhat Jikethofeof Woad. This is nourifhed in fome Gardens of the Low Countryes, and 
Lobcllwas the firft that gaue the figure hereof, and that vnder the fame title as wee here^giue 
you it. t. ° 
«|] The Place] 
Horfe Radifh for the mod part groweth and is planted in gardens, yet haue I found It wilde in 
fundrie places, as atNamptwich in Che(hire,inaplace called the Milne eye, and alfo at a fmall 
village neere London called Hogfdon, in the field next vnto a farme houfe leading to Kings-land, 
tvhere my very good friend mailer Rredmll practitioner in Phifick,a learned and diligent fearchet 
of Simples, and matter William Martin one of the fellowfhip of Barbers and Chirurgians, my 
deere and louing friend, in company with him found it, and gaue me knowledge of the place,where 
it flounfheth to this day. & v > . 
Dittander is plan ted in gardens, and is to be found wild alfo in England in fundry places, as at 
are by OuendeninE(rex,atrheHallofBrinnein Lancafhire, and neere vnto Excefter in the 
v VVelt parts of England. It delighteth to grow in fandie and fhadowie places fomewhat moift. 
Horfe Radifh for the mod part flouretb in Aprill or May, and the feed is ripe in Auguft, and 
. rare °. r lc ' domt ' * eene > as that Petrus Placentitis hath written, that it bringeth forth no feed at 
all. Dittander fioures in Iune and Iuly. 
tt r „ ... . f The Names. 
e a i(h is commonly called Raphanus r lift t conus ,01 Magnus, mi of diuers fimply Raphantts 
ffttieftris f 
