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Of the Biftorie of Plants. 
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I Canlorapumrotundum. 
Round rape Cole. 
The Time. 
They floure and flourish when the other 
Colewoorts .doe, whereof no doubt they are 
kinds, andmuft be carefully fet and fowne,as 
rnuske Melons and Cucumbers are. 
The Names. 
They are called in La.tiae,Canlorapum y and 
Ritpotimhs y bearing for their ftalkes, as it were 
Rapes andT urneps,participating of two plants, 
the Colewort and T urnep ; whereof they tooke 
their names. 
«f|" The T emper attire and Vertues. 
There is nothing fet downe of the faculties 
of tbefe plants, but are accounted for daintie 
meate, contending with the Cabbage Cole in 
goodneffe and pleafant talle. 
C hap. ^-2. Of 'Beets. 
«[[ TheDefcription. 
j npHe common white Beet hath great 
1 broad leaues,fmooth, and plain: from 
which rife thickecrefted or chamfered' ftalks: 
the floures grow along the ftalks cluttering to- 
gether, in fhape like Tittle ftarres ; which being 
paft, there fucceed round and vneuen prikly 
feed’, Therootis thicke, hard, and great. 
2 Beta rubra. Red Beets. 
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