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Show 952 OF the Hiftory of Plants. Lis... Ey oe ‘ ~ . a . wr other gaide s n floure e of Peruis like the. former, fauing that itis altogether lower,and the > jageed,and very few in number. thicke root, hard,and of a woody fib. ere eae ol the Sunof the fimallerfort hath a hich rifeth vp a grayorruffet alke,to to, from ftance,with manythreddie ftrings annexedthere greatbroad leaues upon are fet the height offlue or fix cubits, of the bigneffeof ones arme,m here ( were orne greene colour, tharp pointed, with long foot-ftalkes,very fragill or cafie to breake,’ of pe re growc th at the top of theftalks, and fomewhat cut or hackt about theedges likea faw: theflou OftheHiftory ofPlants, 4 ofHelianthemumIndicum tuberofie. Alfoour Countreyman M'. Parkinfon hath exaGly delivered now ail Canada: of Potatoes it Englifhing , Canada thehiftory ofthis by the name of Battatas de thefe that haue written and‘ mentionedit,bring it from America, but from far different places,as from Peru,Brafil,and Canada:but this is not much material, feeing it now grows fowel & plentiful- ly info many places of England.J will now deliuer you the Hiftorie,as I haue receiued it from my oftmentionedftiend M'.Goedyer;who,as you mayfee bythe date,taok it prefently ypon the firft ar rivallinto England. middle part is blackerthan chat ofthe bordered about witha pale of yellow leaues:th« thrummed fe w ith divers {uch ruflet leanes as likewi about ffed compa s flourei whole The bed. lat defcri er. The plant andcuery partthernarrow and Jeffer ,but talks vponthef er thofeare thatdogrowlow haue s cleere Turpentine,a my felfe of dothfmell of Turpentine,and the floure yeeldeth forth moft ine lines Or ftrakes of white runnoted diuers yeares. The feedis alfo long and blacke,with certa h whenit hathperfected his ning alongft the fame. The roote and eucry part thereof perifhet eee sich feed. 4 The female or \ q| The Defcription. t Flos folis Pyramidalis,parvo flore,tuberofaradce, HeliotropiumIndicum quorundam, t Flos Solis Pyramidalis; Terufalem Artichoke. | , a sold Sun floure hath a thicke and wooddie root, fromwhichrifethyp His wonderfull inc hath growing vp fromouet one, fometimes two, three or green roughhairy ftrakedftalks, commonly about twelve foot high, fometimes{ixteene foot highor higher,as big as achiids branches, fer with Seas leaues he fois ftraight ftem,diniding st felfc into one or more growat tic topof the branches,of a au a ures Theflo edges. fleightly indented about the g popiackec teore forme and thape 0 a tendin ellow colour the middle part is of a deepery ld. Thefeed as yet I haue not obfegle Matigold,whcreupont hae namedit the Sunne Marigo ane q] The Place. a arme, full of white {pungious pith within, brought into thefe uinces of America, fromwhencethe feeds haue beene nourithed vp from feed,to attain The leaues growall along ft the italkes out oforder,of light green color,ough, thar, pointed,about eight inches broad, and ter tothe height of 24.foot moneyeare. dented about the edges,verylike the leaues or fowing in Peru,and ines Thefe plants do grow ofthemfelues without ferting parts of Europe: There plant fowne and hath been feen in Spaine and other hor regions a oreleuen inches long,deeply notched o-ir- a @ The Time. of Aprill ifthe weather be temperate, inthe The feed mutt befet or fowne in the beginning power thewhole day. ofthe common flos fols Peruanas, but: thing crompled, and nor fo broad. The ftalkes diuide themfelues into many branches euen from the roots ro their very tops,bearing leaues fmaller and {maller roward the tops, making the herbe appeare like a little treemartewerand flenderer co- Sunhath moft moft fertile ground that may be,and where y= The Names. taking that name from thofe ... The floure of the Sunis called in Linke Flos Sols, obferue, althoughI have ia couldneuer ported it to turne with the Sun, the which I called becaufe it doth rele Gane finde out the truth ofit ; but I rather thipke itwas fo Indianus, the In d ae lith beamesofthe Sun,whereupon fome hauecalled it Corona Solis, and Sol-flour e of Perusin Englilh, ox the golden floure : others hauecalled it Chry/anthemum Perunianum, the floure of the Sun,or the Sun floure. | The Temperature. Theyare thought to behot and dry eee, ] Zhe Vertues. ward the top, in fathion ofa fteeple or Py- tamide. The floures with vs grow onely at the toppesofthe ftalkesand branches, !ike thofe of the faid flos folis,but no bigger than ourcommonfingle Marigold,contifting of ‘othe 4 t or later writets cen There bath not anything been fet downe Scr of the antien bene : Sa: vertues of thefe plants;notwith{tanding we haue found by triall,that the buds twelueor thirtecne ftraked fharpe pointed proiledypo® ding pleafant meat,furpaffing the Artichokefar in procuring bodily luft. t The fame buds withthe ftalks neere vnto the top(thehairineffe being taken away)b B ithin, > Hous g,whichis commonlytwoor threeweeks after Michaelmas,neuer bring their feed to “SE perfe tion, & irmaketh fhewof abundance of fmallehéads neere the tops of the fta'kes and branches forth of the bo’omes of the A. ight yellowbordering leaues, growing th ofa fealy {mall hairiehead, witha manner of Artichokes, red.boiled and eaten with butter,vineger,and pepper,after the ya gridiron, and afterward eaten withoile,vineger, and pepper,haue the like propett lactis isk Cuar. 260. OfFernfalem Artichoke. . ofe names that vulgatly ie pofi Orn maywelby the Englifh nameof thisplant perceiue that thofe Forthis p eile fimilitust vponplants haue little either iudgement or knowledge of them. litude in leate,ftalke,root or manner of growing with an Artichoke, but onely 2% + of Ametith ts he oe or out of Afia, but After hae “ in the dreffed root ; neither cameit from Ierufalem oftafte whence Fabius Columna one of the firtt fetrers ofit forth fitly uamesit the We I muchrefembles the Flos folis,and for a, and Flos folis Farneflanys,vecaule it 1oFarnefivs, who had procured roots thereof Seins growing in the garden of Cardinall Pr Ff dies. Pelliterius calls this Heliotropium Indicumtuberofum ; and Bawhinus inhis th ha it by HEM forth by the name of Chry(anthemum latifolium Brafilianumbut inhi ¢Pinax he a - therwife it fe hee oon floure with vs, by reafon theyare deftroyed with the froits,which ord nee be a goodly fpeétacle. The ftalke fendes foorth many {mall creeping seat i fa ts fed or hourithed,full ofhvirie threddes een fromthe vppet part of the earth, fleting eer ame :amonett which fromthe maine root grow forth many tuberous roots,clu- afoot i es ometimes fattened to the great rootit felfe, fometimes growing onlang firings aboueth. ae rom the root,raifing or heauingvp the earth aboue them,and fometimes appearing makingin al] ee from the increafe ofone 100%, thirty, forty, or fifty in number,or mores tuberous roots na oi apecke,many times peorease buthell,if the foile be good. Thete ped out man, oe hi colour without,ofa foft white fubftance within,bunched or bum= gist they will hoc ometimes as big.as a mans fift,or not fo big with white nofes or peaks onde Pichon ei gow the next yeare. The ftalkes bowed downe,and fome part of them ae Which T hana 2 end forth {mal creeping threddie roots,and alfo tuberous roots like the former, will abidealiue in the earth all winter, auc found byexperience. 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