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Show HISTORIE OF PLANTS. THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE Of Leekes OfCines, Chines,or wilde Leckes. (hap.87. (hap.86. Tress wild ded ako Porrum. be not often cut + da int densi Gadiibe dedr eeecalled Ciues shaue been'taken of fomefora kinde of wilde Onion: but all the authors that Phaut been acquaiticed with,do accordthat there is not any wilde Onion, leaves or the blades of the Leckey long fomwhat broad .& very many, hauings keele or creft in the backfide, infella tafte like vnt dike kindes of wilde Leckes fome wilde,andfome of the garden, be diuers Leckes. 1 Schanoprafon: {iovCiues or Chines. {talkes if theblads fecondor thitdeyee 2 Porrum Tonfile. ‘ French Leckes or Vine Leckes. Choy aN) ANY) Avi gtowvp Toun ging th on the topflowes made vpin fe head or ball, as doththe Ot on:the feedes arc like, The bulbe or rooteis long CIEEN ST fr = fo de andflender , efpecially ofthe vnfet Lecke :thatd the other Leckeis thicker and greater. g 47 {7 % The place. It requireth ameane earth, fat, well dungedand digged. Iris very common euery where in other countries as well as in England, 4 | Us fi ¥ " % The tame. Itmaybe fowen in March or Aprill, andistobt Temoouedin September or OCtober, % Thenames. The Grecians call it rede» :the Latines Partum The Emperour Nero hadgreat pleafiwre in this toote, and therefore he was calledin {corne Pot | i phagus. But Paladins in the mafculine gendet re Jethit Porrus: the Germaines Lauch:the Brabat ders {Porette : the Spaniards Puerro : the Frenca Porreay; the Englifhmen Lecke or Leckes. The Leeke ishotand dry, and doth % The temperature, iH f; May ft attenuate or make thin,as dot hth an, e Onion %& The vertues. A Being boiled itis leffe hurt full byreafo n that itlofetha grea ing {oel pe vied,it yeeldeth to the bod Yno goodinice, But being taket npart of his fharpenes: and yet B__ Being boiled ande % The defcription. Iues bringeth foorth many leaues about a handfull high,long,flender, round,like to little concoéteth and bringeth vp va A Meitto be good ina lochor lick ruthes: among which growvpfinall atid tender ftalks,fending foorth certaine knops with flowers like thofe of the Onion, but much leffer, It hath manylittle bulbes or headed rootes faftnedtogither, out ofwhich growe downeinto tite eartha greatnumberoflittle {tringes, and hathboththe finell and tafte ofthe Onionand Leeke, as it were participating of both. ith ing medicine,andto cat Theiuice drunke with h the leaues ftamped and lai .ot againft the bitings of venemousbeafts, and tik Ds Thefame iuicewith y ineger,frankenfenc ; : : rn eg tigatetlrcheir painc,and is Soodforthe noife nd milke, oroile ofrofes droppedinto the cates, i Ed Two drau ms. MS,or ora r quat ter ofa to n ounc; of eeaon n i h thelike feede , wit i weight i berries : ofMyrtill ae . keepethitfrom fowtingandbei n lean ew continueda long time, The fame pO a groffe and tough humours, § Ay) “Gee FSSA with colde herbes, his quali Pri morsth atlie pipsro thesoe orbarly creame,iti mteinite C_ ) GF PQ} ‘f ateady fowerit correéteth the fameas diuers write, It It heateth the bodie,in end e bloe fendeth the cies,dulleth gen reth naughtie od,t caufeth troublefome andterrible dreames;® th lefight, hurtet : h th fometo the ftomacke ~ ‘sand breedeth windines, fethat are by nature hotand cholericke, ands 9 2 Thevine Leeke or French Leeke,groweth yp with blades like thofe ofLeekes,The ftalke is a cu- bithigh : on the top whereof ftandetha roundhead orbutton, couered at the firft with athin skin, which being broken,the flowers & feedes comefoorth,like thofe ofthe Onion. The bulbe or headed roote is round,hard and found,whichis quickly multiplied by fending foorth manybulbes. % Theplace and time, Ciues are fet in gardens, they florifh long, and continue many yeeres , they fuffer the colde of winter,Theyare cut and polled often, asis the vnfet Leeke. : The Vine Leeke groweth ofit felfe in vineyards, andneere vnto vines in hot regions, whereofit both tooke the name Vine Leeke and French Leeke, Itbeareth his greene leauesin winter, andwithereth awayin the fommer:it growethin moft gardens in England, % The names. Cites is called in Greekeziemoregnw, Schenoprafumn :in Dutch ieflaack,as though jou : / 0) aie ? |
