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Show Tbe Garden of pleafant Flowers. The Gardenofpleafaatdvomerss \ D od eit Cuap. LIX. Pyrethrum officinaram. Pelictory ofSpaine. plant, bearing manyfine greene leaues vponhis flender branches , witich leaneo tyedownvpontheground, divided into manyparts,yet fomewhatlarger-and broade then Camomill, the ftalkes whereof are bigger,and moreiuicie then it ; the flower thatftand atthe toppesof the ftalkes are fingle, but much larger then any Camonill flower, hauing a pale or border of many leaues , white onthe vpperfide, and reddih wnderneath,fer about the yellow middle thrumme; but notftanding fo clofetogether joyning at the bottome, as the Camomill flowers doe, but more feuered one fromanother : it beareth fmall whitith feede, which is hardly found and difcerned fromthe chaffe : the roote is long, and growing downeright, ofthe bignefle of a mansfinger orthumbein our Countrey , but not halfe fo.great whereit groweth naturally , with fomefibres and branches fromthefides thereof, of a very hot, fharpe, and biting tafte,drawing much waterinto the mouth,afterit hath been chewed a whilesthe plat It flowreth fo late withvs,that itis not vatill Auguift, that oftentimes cannot gatherripe feedes from it,beforeit perith, The Names, Thename Pyrethram (taken from ary,that is, igmis, fire) is given tothis plant, becaufe of the heatethereof, and thatthe roete is fomewhatlikeit fhew , but {pecially ia property vntothe true Pyrethrum of Diofcorids, whichis an vmbelliferous plant, whofereotesare greater,and more feruett agreatdeale, and haue a hayrie buh ortoppeas Adem, and many othet vmbelliferous plants haue. It is alfo called in Latine, se/igarts, of the effea in drawing much moifture into the mouth, to be {pitout. Wedoc viually callit Pelletory of Spaine. eee 294q019 i iwollsyd Loney uods bapor1 they mich refemble the leanes ofMayweed, orof the former«Wigelle : at thesop.of the ftalkes; which rifeafoore high or.better, ftand fall red fowers,, conaifting offix, df tightoundleaues, hauing'agreeneliead inthemiddle, ferabout withmany, blackith threads, without anyfinell at all : after the flowersarepaft, theregrowvp) headswith many roundifh white feedes atthe toppes ofthem,fet clofe together, very like vnto the heads offecdeefthe great Oxecye, fetdownein thenextChapter, butfmaller: the rootesare {mall andthready, perifhing euery yeare, butrifing of bis ownefeede againesthany times before Wintesswhichwill abide, vatillthenextyeare,, »,, Yellow. Adonis loweris like yacoshered., buy chatthe lowers fomewhiat larger, riore sis 4 and of afaire yellow colovts .i:1;.;j ab ity ia il ovo he Place. ve Thefirft growethwildein the corn field§ in manyplaces ofour own country,as well asin others, and is brought into Gardens for the beauties fake The Place. The Time. uaF AWer Gr ke E lane ‘ coke s!10 ni 35) anol ¥vyii > Donis flowet may wellsbedccounted akkinde of Campa, alchou gh.ithath Asm efpeciall differences; feauingmany, long branches of leaueslying ypon ; theground; and fomerifing vp wvishtheftalke, fo finely,cutandyiageed , thar with ysis very tender, and will hardly or notatall endurethe hardneffe and extremi: ties ofour Winters, valeffe it be very carefully preferued. It groweth in Spaine wildein manyplaces, and in other hot Countries, whereit may feeleno froftsto caufe it perifh. Ail no Flas Adouitfore rabrp. Red'Adonis flower?! In ) aniyslalb I Muftneedes adidyne vnto the Camomils this fineand tender plant,for fome neare refemblanceit hath with themin face,though notin quality. It isa {malland lowe j ofthe flower. The yellow is.aftranger, but nourfed in our Gardens with otherrarities. uot Ba a eo oe | fsb Le The Times... oy Theyflowerin May,or.tune, astheyeare falletly outtO be early ox{ate’ the feed is {pneripeatter, and will quickly fall away,ifit be, nor garhtered. "T acisige goierel wan setiaeheSAMS ¢-eraus distegubalizenerne Some hauetaken the red kinde tobe a kinde of Anemone; other tobe Eranthemum of Diofcorides : the moft vfuall name now withvs is Flos U4donis, and Flos Adonédess In Englith, where it growethwilde, they call it red Maythes, as they callthe Mayweede, white Maythes ; ahd fome ofout _Englith Gentlewemencall it Rofarubie : we vfually call it Adonis flower, The Vertues, It hath been certainly tryed by experience, that the feed of red Adonis fiower drunke in wine,is good to eafe the paines ofthe Collicke and Stone; The Vertues, Itisin.a manner wholly {pentto draw rheumefrom the teeth,by chewig it inthe mouth,thereby toeafethetooth-ach, andlikewife from thehea CHA Pe LXE Buphthalaum. Oxe eye. inthe paines thereof. Vecsin name Byphthalwum, or Oxe eye,are coriprehended two orthree feuerall plants, each differing from other; both in faceand property,yet becaufe they all beareonegenerall name, Ithinke:fiteeftto comprife them all in one hapter,andfirft oftharwhich in leafe & feed commeth neareft tothe Adonis flower. 1. Buphthalmum mainfine Helleboruswiger ferulacens, Great Oxc eye, or the yellow Anemone, This great Oxe cye isa beautifull plant , hauing many branches of greene leaues 3 leaning |