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Show Tbe Garden of plea/ant Flowers. Lhe Gardenof pleasant Flowers. downethecaufes, reafons, and errours, were toipend moretimethen Lig. tend forthisworke. Weecall them in Englifh, Peonie, anddiftinguifh themaccording to their titles. 3H J forme vnto the flowers of the former, but fmaller, hauing alfo many grecnifhyellow : threads or thrums,in the middle, and fychlike headsor feede veffels,and blackith feed: the rootesare ftringie and blackifh like the former. The Vertues. The Place. The male Peony roott is farreaboueall the reft 2 moft fingular appro. ted remedyforall Epilepricall difeafes, in Englifh, Thefallingfickneffe (and more efpecially the greene roote then the dry)if the difeafe be not rap inucterate, to be boyled and drunke,as alfoto hang about the neckes of the youngerfort that are troubled herewith,asI haue foundit {utficiently expe. timented on many by divers. The feede likewife is ofefpeciall vie for wo. men, for therifing ofthemother. The feede ofthe femalekinde, aswell as the rootes, are moft vfually fold, and may in-wantof the otherbe(and The fitlkgroweth onely in the Gardensofthofe thatare curious, anddelight inal] forts ofbeautifull fowersin our Countrey, but wilde.in. many places of: Germany, Italy, Greece, &cs The othergroweth wilde in many places ofEngland,as well asthe other greater fort, whichis nothere defcribed ; for befides diuers places. within eiglit or ten miles from London, I hauefeenit inthe Woodsof Notthamptonthire, and in other.places. fo are generally) vied. The Time. The firft of thefe. plants doth flower in the end of December, and be- ginning of Ianuary moft vfually , and the other a monethor two after, an Crap LXXXxI. jometime more. Helleborws niger. Beares foote. "Tie are three forts ofblacke Hellebor or Beares foote, one thatis the trueand right kinde, whofe flowers haue the moft beautifull afpedt, and the timeofhis fowring moft tare, that is, inthe deepe of Winter about Chriftmas, when no other canbee feene vpon the ground: and two otherthat ate wilde or baftard kindes, brought iato many Gardensfor their Phyficall properties ; but I will only ioyne one ofthem with thetrue kindein this worke, and leaue the other for another. 1. Helleborus niger veras. The trueblacke Hellebor, or Chriftmas flower. Thetrue blacke Hellebor (or Beare foote as fome would callit, but thatnamedoth morcfitly agree with the other two baftard kindes)hath manyfaire greene leaucs tr fing fromtheroote, each of them ftanding ona thicke roundflefhly ftiffe green {talke, about an hand breadth highfrom the ground, divided into feuen,cight, or nine patts orleaues,and each ofthem nicked or dented,from the middle ofthe leafe to the point ward on bothfides, abiding all the Winter , at which time the flowersrife vp on fuch fhort thicke ftalkes as the leaues ftand on, cuery one by it felfe,without any leafe thereon forthe moft part, or very feldome having one {mall (hort leafe nor muchY¥* derthe flower, and very littlehigher then the'leanes themfelues , confifting of five broad white leaues, like vnto a great white fingle Rofe(which fometimes change be citherleffe or more purple aboutthe edges. as the weather or time ofcontinuance dotheffeé) with manypale yellow thrummesinthe middle, ftanding aboutagrecit head , which after groweth to haue diuers codsfet together 9 pointed arthe endslike hornes, fomewharlikethe feede veflels of the Acomitam hyemale, but greater Scthicket, wherein is contained long, round, and blackith {eede , likethe feede of the baftat kindes : therootesarea number of brownith ftrings running downe deepe into the ground, and faftenedtoathicke head, of the bigneffe of afinger at the roppemanit times, and fmaller {till downewards. - a. HeReborafter minor. The leffer baftard blacke Hellebor, or Beare foote. The fmaller Beare foote is in moft thingslike vnto the formertrue blacke Hellebots for it beareth alfo many leaues vponfliortftalkes, diuided into many leaues allo, but each ofthem are long and narrow,ofablacker greene colour, faipt or dented on bo edges, which fecle fomewhathard or fharpe like prickes,andperifh eueryyeare, but rifeagaine the next Spring : the Aowers hereof ftand on higher ftalkes , with fom like deancs on themal{o, although but very few, and are of a palegreenecolour, form : The Names, The firft.is called MeMeborus, or Eleborus niger versus, and is the famethag both T heophraftus and Diofcorides haue written of,and whichwascalled Melampodion, ofMelampusthe Goateheard, that purged and cured the mad: or melanchelicke daughtersofPretus.with the reetes thercof.,.Dodonzus calleth it Veratrum nigrum primum , andthe other/ecundum: Wee. callitin Englith, The true blacke Hellebor;,orthe Chriftmas flower, becaufe(as I {aid) itis moft commonlyin flowerat or before Chriftmas. The fecond is a baftard or wilde kindothereof, it foncarely refembleth the true, and is called ofmolt ofthe later Writers, P/eadocUcbarws niger minor, ox Hellebora- fier minor, fora diftingion betweencit and the greater, whichis nothere defcribed; andis called in Englith, Thefmallerorleffer Beare foore, and moft vfed in Phyficke, becaufeiris more plentifull,yetis more churlifhand ftrong iti operationthenthe true or former kindes The Vertues. Therootes of both thefe kindes are fafe medecines, being rightly prepared,to be vfed for all Melaiicholicke difeafes, whatfoeuer others mayfeare or write, and may be without danger applied, fo as careand skill, and not temerary rafhnefledoe.order and.di{pofe ofthem...) The powderofthe dyedleaues, efpetially of the baftardkinde,isa fire remedy to kill the wormesin.childrep, moderately taken. — egrergeea prer tt Cyuar. UX AHL Elleborus albus NVhite Ellebor or Neefewart, / Herearetwo forts ofgreat white Ellebors or Neeleworts, whercas there was but one kindeknowneto the Ancients ; the other being foutid Git of later dayes : And although neithérof both! thefe haueany beauty in their flowers, yet becaufe their leaues , being faire and large , hauea goodly profpect, I haueinfertedthemin this place, that this "Garden fhoilld'nor be viifurnifhed of them, and you Ret yRacquainted with them, son > 1. Ekeborus |