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9 ^Grar»enjpi c ain}r.ettlat(iVirgim(ina, A gOudly Virginia grafts with a joy need lpike. 
1 his goodly Virginia graffe groweth great,with many fairc large and broad Graffcbke leaves,very fmali poin¬ 
ted and iomewhat hard in handling, the ftalke is fomewhat great ami tall,bearing a long (pike sc the roppe, joyri- 
ted into fundry parts, each of them almofthalfe an inch apeece 3 being almoft round, yet a little flat: the rootc is 
bufliy and liveth long. 
'The Tlace axvXTime. • 
. 1 htfe Grilles grow on hils.and in woods, fome of'them in germany, Italy and Virginia, and forne of them alfo 
m our o w ne land.as rime and diligence hath brought them to light, their flourilHing being with the red. 
The Names, 
The fir ft ofthefc is fo called by Clnfiiu as it is in the title, who faith he found it or the like, on the Sea coaftsof 
TUnders , Gerard hath it by the name of Gramen maritimum alteram. The fecond, third,fourth and fifth, arc men¬ 
tioned onely by Bwbmtu* by the lame titles they beare here,faving that whereas he intituleth fome of them by the 
name of .CaryephtUatum, 1 give it C*>jr 0 pbjlleum,ind as 1 thinkelcffe ambiguous, for C* r r°phU*t* herba difte- 
rcth much from CaryophjUm ,to the leaves whtreof,and not unto Carjophyllata , thefe Graffes have refemblancc : 
1 befixch is called by Gtfnerin horth Gramen Allpintim Rabinum^uajiprsftantiu* ,<#• prtcipzxm, and by LobclRabi- 
R / V / Ur ”: 1 h . e icvench IS call ed by Column* Gramen JV W fl®o C ;<,and by Bauhin My Gramen (pc* aemina 
iJA'liilepedg pmilts. The eighth is the Capons taile graffc ofMafter Goodiers invention : The jaft came *fromV^- 
***> aIld Mafttr lohn Tradefcant die younger brought it from thence alfo, with a number of ether icedes and rare 
plants. 
The Vertues 9 
We have no evidence what properties thefo Grades have in Phyficke,but are onely left as food for Cattle, but 
the nfih is extolled by the naturalls of thofc places where icgroweth,to be mod lingular to caufe Cattle uo nive a- 
bundance of milkc. • 
Ch ap. XIV. 
PkaUris. Canary Graffc,' 
1 • Phalat is lulgaris. 
Ccmuiun Caxwrv Graflc, 
Fihis Graffc there are three fpeciall varieties to be declared in this Chapter, but there are 
bullard forts which fliallbe fhewed in the next. 
Tl ^ 1. Rh*laris vulgaris. Common Canary graffe. 
~7 TT" _ he common Canary graffe is but an annual! plant, to be new fowne every yearewith 
that will lee it grow, bearing juynted ftalkes halfe a yard high, with grafile leaves on them like 
at the toppe a round chaffie head fomewhat pointed above, 
xyhoft blooming* are yellowifb, wherein 1\ e fiat round (hi- 
uig (ctde,bigger then Millet,and lefle thenLi&leede, ofa yel- 
lowifli colour: and fomewhat like to the feed of Se/amum s 
the rootc is fibrous,dying every Winter with us. 
a. Pbalarit fcminc nigro, 
Canary graffc with a blackifh feede. 
This other difFereth not from the former, but in 
being Iomewhat leffer both inftalk,Ieafc l andhead,and cbicfc- 
tv in the feede, which is of a pale blackilhand fhinins colour a 
pne rooce hereof perifheth like the former. 
5- Phalaris bulbofa femine albo,' 
White bulbed Canary graffe. 
"ibis Graffc ilfo groweth very like the former, but with 
lmvil(cr,tendcrer,and taller joynttdilalkes and leaves on them 
and at the rootc more foft and gentle, the fpiled heads are 
fmaller and a little longer, and not fully fo dole growing to¬ 
gether, fof ter alfo in handling,and bringing fmalie'r, bu -whi- 
tcr feede in them then the fo.mer : the rootes are many fmali 
white bulbej, growing in tufts together with long fibres, 
defending from them, whereby they aic fattened flrolislyin 
the ground and dye not every yearc as the others doe, fit en- 
crealcinto gtcat tufts. 
The Place and Time. 
All thefe forts have beene found growing in Steam, and 
brought usi by Btcl, with fome bafiard forts, and many other 
things: The firft hath beene of many yeares knowledge, and 
brought us from the Canary Hands with thole fmali 
fweete finging birds, which wee call Ca> ary Birds, whole 
f oode thefe ftedes are. Lolel faith it groweth alio in Preveace 
France, Bmehimu faith that the fecond came out of Malta 
wWthokbn desfeedeonit. They all are ripe with us in 
The Names » 
It fs called in Greeke*^,, tn Latine alfc Malar it, and 
fo by all Writers, yet T)alecbampiur on PI,ay taketh it to bee 
ihc^UnmakeramcilheephraJl^ and is of centime ufcd in , 
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