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Show eekeenae! SS HISDORIE OF PLANTS THE SECON D{ BROOKE 'OF THE + 366 se The time. Maievato the beginning ofAucut, Allthekindesof Bell: lowets do flowerand flourifh from exceprthelaftwhich isthe plant that hath beene taken generallyfor the Galathian violet, which flowrethin the latter end of September 5 notwithftanding the Calathian violet or Autumnejo. 2 Campanula laétefcens pyram: Galis. Steeple milkie Bell flower. + Campanula per ficif'alia. Peach leafed Bell flower. kinde, althoughth letis ofa moftbright and pleafant blewe orazure colour, as thofe are of this other, planthath changed his colour fromblewe to whitenefle by fome one accident or % The names. : in Greeke seayirsoriof mol Throtewoorte is called in Latine Ceruicarza , and Ceruicaria maior Vunlaria : of Euch|ius Campanula : in Dutch Hallcrupts in Englith Canterburie bels, Haskewoor andfielling thereof, Throtewoort or Y#ula woott, ofthe vertue it hath againft the paine thal reft and contentit felfewit The greateft fore which Lhaue fet foorth not before defcribed, the namie fet downe in thetitle vntil fome fecondwriter thall ddde theretojor ther confideration, %& The temperature. Thefe plants ate colde and drie as are moft ofthe Bell flowers. elfe referreit to afr. % Thevertues. thele Bel flower A. Theophraftusand Pliay baue not fet downe anything concerning the vertues of th notwithftandiag we haue foundein the later writers as alfo ofour owne experience: that ofca manet all almonds,& Vuulgor throteX ofthe inflammation the again{t good excellent thedeco and vicerations in the mouth, if the mouthand throte be gargarized and wathedwith or wathir on heereof,and is of allother herbes the chiefe and principall to be put intolotions, tets, to inieét into the privie parts ofman ot woman, boiled with honie, Allam, water, and{ot white wine. OfPeach bels,and Steeple bels. Chap.1n. % Thekindes. : Ike as there be fundrie forts ofthe greater Bell flowers, fo is there alfo many kindes of finallbe be flowers,which differ in fuch notable maner, that they are eafie to be diftinguithed, as fhall fhewed in the chapter following. %& Thede‘[cription. He Peachleafe Bell ower hatha great numberof finall andlong leaues, rifing nage buth ourofthe ground, like the leaues of the Peachtree; among whichrifeth twocubits high :alongft the ftalke growemany flowers like bels,fornetime white, an the moft part, of a faire blewe colour: but the bels‘are nothing fo deepe as theyofthe other kine andthefe alfo are more delated and{pred abroade then any ofthe reft. The féede is final kel pions,andthe rootea tuft of laces orfinall ftrings, t 2 Thefecondkind ofBell dower hatha great numberoffaire blewifhor watchet flowers, other latt before mentioned, growing vpon goodlytall ftems twocubits anda halte are gat nifhed from the top of the plant ynto the ground, withleaucs like Beetes, 4 Thiswhole plantis exceeding full of milke,infomuchas if you dobut breake one lea — drops of a milkie iuice will fall vpon the grounde. The roote is verie gre alfo skewife the knops wherin the feede fhouldebe, are emptic and voide of feeds! beigstergeatycamacternea! neeicyisa ne alcogic her barren,and muftbe increafed with flipping of his roote. pascbeatbandes BEGthe(e of hae a ee ee f saa freatss eeeas : Manet. ie ees <n ie a ed atthe top aed ‘die ppp rae ad er y a oS = tion. The roote is final] and threddie. a menia reese deautifull plant, ofanhandfull high , bearing at ; 2 as esmott pleafant flowers bell fathion; of ae a faire and bight yr 1 r} this ononeet ales ANG iaasrootes are like like thethe precede precedent, fauingtl i iat the leaues that grow ea next to Ps a fant,are not {0 roundas the former. : ] ‘ SZ LST \— 4 Campanula JuteaIniflie : " Yell f ee flower. YellowBell |