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1 B. Z. 
Of theHiftory of Plants. 
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t 4 Tanacetum minus album. 
•Small white Tanfie,. 
5 The fifth kinde of Tanfie hath broad 
Jeaues much ragged and wel cutjike the leaues 
of FctherfeWjbutfinaller^nd more deeply cut 
The ftalke 13 finally foot long, whereupon doe* 
grow little tufts of little white flooresflike the 
tuft of Milfoile or Yarrow. The herbe is in 
fmell and fauour like the common Tanfie, but 
not altogether fo ftrong. 
m The Place. 
The firft: groiveth wilde in fields as well as 
in gardens : the others grow in my garden. 
•; The. Tims. 
They floure in Inly and Auguft. 
®[ The Names. 
^ The firft is called Tanfie ; rhe fecond double 
Ianficythe third vnfaiiory Tanfie, the laft white 
J anfie: in LaCine,Ta»acetnm : and oe ithamfia as 
though it were immortall : becaufe the flourcs 
do not fpcedily wither : of fom e,Artemifa but 
vntruly. 3 
• The Nature . 
The Tanfies which fmel Tweet are hot in the 
iecond degree, and dry in the third. That with- 
out fmell is hot and dne, andofameane tern- 
peratnre. 
The Vert ties . 
In the Spring time are made with the Jeaues A 
hereof newly fpfung vp,and with egs, cakes or 
tanfies, which beple'afant in tafte,and good for 
the ftom: eke. Forif any bad humours cleauc 
thereuntOjit doth perfe&ly concodl them, and 
i cow re themdownewards. The root preferued 
with hony orfugar, is an efpecia! thing againft 
fonable quantitie thereof be eaten fa ftino-. 1 6 S ° ur ’ lfeucr y da >' fora certaine fpace,a rea- 
»l». fore fo- B 
(irJil, ra, “ P '”" d, "" J m "“ 1 Wi,h ° ile 01i “'' ! ,X, y 6001 againll the paint and IhrinSfog of, he C 
no, A P f±s d r;r ith winc ' it “ 8ood ,e,in '* d,e ^ «*> •*•*« D 
wji r^>i5.vndcrthetitlcof^*Stn^„/dd l J/i%S°” el! ' t, '‘ Vlt ' Ct ‘ C ‘’ r,l ‘' ordl, ' ,, >'' ri “ flc . hj “i n oO'vliilcflour. J b.it thnrwhfoh agreed Wththcdcfcr ptioo ’ 
c 
H A P, 210. 
Of FctherfeVo. 
The Description. 
1 RaueS^ little round ftalkes,diuided into certaine branches. The 
thermoft leaues of Coriander, buLreate^Th^lo'!’ 311 °'\ , the cdgt r S lik f the firftand ne- 
Tmall pale of white leaues fet round abonr I ft |? nd °" ‘t? t0pS of t!le branches, with a 
root is' hard and tou'h the Ihole nhn £7 , baI1 m b " tt0n ’ llkc thc wiIde field Dtufe-The 
bitter tafte ° ' plant is of a light whitifh greenecolour,ofaftrong fmell and 
it hVdKeflo^ dl ' ffcreth fr ™ former, In that 
uerfew. 5 t C ’ Wlfc in fmelId «tics,and branches, it is all one with the common Fe- 
3 There third lortcalled Mountaine Feuerfew,of Carolus clufiw his defcription,that hath 
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