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Of die Hiftory of Plants. 
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but alfo for the eftcacy thereof againft the b loudy i(Tues,and famous vlcers of the wonuc'ancT 
kidneyes,as the Authors of the Adticrfana affirme t v ° m0C an “ 
If The Place and Tame. 
Thefepleafant floures are fowen in gardens, efpecially for their great beauty 
They floure in Auguft, and continue flourilhing till the froft ouertake them „ w 
perilh. But the Floramor would be fowne in a bed of hot horfe “ w i h X . t the ? 
thereon in the end of March, and ordered^ we doe muske Melons, fnd the like h 
If The Names. 
This plant is called in Greeke Wt.,, becaufe it doth not wither and wax old • inLitin Am* 
ranthus purpureus • in Duch, S>3tnatb!tlORttn : in Italian, Fiervelluto , in French PafTeveuZs , 
m Enghfh, floure Gentle, purple Veluet floure, Floramor ; and of fome floure Veiure. 
11 Th ‘ Temperature, and Venues. 
Mod attribute to floure Gentle a bindingfaculty, with a cold and dry temperature 
It is reported they flop all kinds of bleeding , which is not manifeft by any appar'antquality d 
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floure Gentle to ftanch bleeding, to flop tleLskeorboolvfliK th f *inke the 
they had no other reafon to induce tS thereto 7 ' becaufe of ^ colour only, .f 
Chjp.| 5 , Of Orach. 
®[ The Description. 
1 X uf Garden ^ llIte Orach hathan high and vpright ftalke, with broad fharpe pointed 
leaues like thofeofBhte, yet fmoother and fofter Thefloures aiy* final I 
gray colour, and fprinkledas it werewith a meale or floure of a glittering 
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vne »“"r » wi« alee, the 
»*h Hit .hoftSte^ta 3 t“° mnK Sr “ y ‘ n ’ COl “ r " bc “* “ ™ 
-LJ5 alf ° m Ch f face and manncr °f growing is like thofe already deferibed but the leaues 
<•'¥ »f.he clfcd i, 
>me roSh7gtSSLo‘ '™5bfS> fn “ll I”’ P ',"“” S f “‘ h 6b °”' ,I,C ™ 
row leaues at A>rrl ;n„ r many branches, and lying along vpon ,the£round • and vponthefe 
ilde Orach about rh ft n- hitifli and v nequally diuided, fomewhat after the manner of the 
ke a Stte mulberrv^n u C or ^ c ^ting on of the leaues grow as it were little berries, fomewhat 
fine (hew. The fee'd'is fmall round^n^^coloure^ are °^ an G ^ e S antred colour,and make 
Ti,„ r~ i o. t «[ The Place. 
ueeneboroiigh, as alfo at Margate in riJn ~rmT V n , ° dl 1 lmle follnd at 
Hit eighth gfwetb only in foml chaittg^dcnsfl haue 6 ^ 0 ]^ times 
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