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Show The Garden of pleajant Flowers. ae 1.Elleborns albus vulgaris. White Ellebor or Neefing roote. The firt great white Ellebor rifeth at the firft out of the ground 5 Witha whitifh faire greenegreat round head, whichgrowingvp openeth it felfe into many goodlycom. leaues, the allalong ribbes eminent with large greene leaues, plaited or ribbed a ftalkethree foo whereof rifethvp pafling oneanother at the bottome, in the middle high or better, with divers fuchlike leaues thereon, but fmallertothe middle thereof, many fimallyel. from whence to the toppe itis diuidedinto many branches, hauing vpon them , whichafterturne along all flowers ftarre-like greene whitith or lowith, into fmall, long, three {quare whitifh feede,ftanding naked,without any husketocon. reafonable rainethem, although fome haue written otherwife : the rooteis thicke and great atthe head, having anumberof great white ftrings running downedeepeinto the ground, wherebyit is ftrongly faftened, .Eleborus albus precox fine atrorubente flre, The Garaenof pleafant Flower 347 s. goodcaution and aduice. 'There isa Syrupe or Oxymelmad¢ hereof in’ the Apothecaries fhops, whichasit is dangerous for gentle and tender bodies, {o ir may bevery effectualhin ftronger conftitutions.. Panfanias i Phocicss, recordeth a notable ftratagem that Solon vfed it befieging theCitie of Cirrheus, viz. That hauing cut off the riuer Pliftus. fromrunning into.the Citic, he caufed agreat many of thefe rootesto be put into a.quantity there. of, whiclvafter they had fteeped long enoughtherein, and was fufficiently infected therewith , he let paffe into the Citie againe : whereof when they hadgreedily drunke, they grew fo weake and feeble bythe fuperpurgation thereof, that they were forced to Iedue their wals vamand,and notguarded, whereby the Amphy¢tions. their enemies became mafters,of their Cities The like ftratagems are fer downe by divers other Authors , performedby the helpe of other herbes; Cwar. LXXXIII. The early white Ellebor with reddifh flowers. This other Elleboris very like the former, but that it {pringeth vp a monethatthe leaft before it,and that the leaues are rior fully fo thicke or fo much plaited,buaslarge orlarger, and doe foonerperith and fall away from,the, plant : the-ftalke hereofis as Elleborine. Small or wilde white Ellebor. icone of the leaues of thefe plants, rather then any otherfaculty with four : the feedeis like the other : the roote hath no fuch head as the other (fo farreas! haue obferned,both by mine own and others plants) byt hach maay long white firings the former white Ellebor, hath caufed themto becalled Eleborines as if they were{maller white Ellebors. And I forthe fame'caufe haueioynedthem next, whereof thereare found manyforts : One which is thegteaterkinde, is ofgreateft beauty ; the other whichareleffer differ not much one from another, morethen in the theleaues. colour of the flowers, whereof I will onely takethree, being of the moft beautie, and leauethe reft to another worke. high as the former, bearing fuchlike ftarry flowers, but of a darke or blackith ted co- faftenedto the top,whichis as it were a long bulbousfcaly head , ‘out ofwhich {pring The Place. The firft groweth in many places of Germany, as alfo in fome pattsof Rirfia,in that aboundance,by therelation ofthat worthy,curious, anddiligentfearcher and preferuerofall natures rarities and varieties, myvey goodfriend, lohn Tradefcante , often heretofore remembred, that,ashee faid, a good thip mightbe loaden with therootes hereof, which hee faw ia pees - an Ifland there. The otherlikewife groweth in the vpland wooddy grounds of Germé: tie, and otherthe parts thereabouts. The Time. The firtt {pringeth vp in the end ot fiddle of Match, and flowseth it Tune. The fecond fpringeth in February, but fowreth notvatill Iune. The Names." The firft is called Eleborus albus, or Helleboras albus, the letter H, asill Schollersknow, being but «/pirationis mota: and Peratrums albums fore vitt dante, offeme Sanguis Herenlis. The othéris called Elehoras albus pret and flere atrorabente, or atropurpurante, We call the firtt in Englifh, White Ellebor, Neefewort, ot Neefing rooté,becaufe the powder of the root % vied to procure neefing ; and I callitthe greater, in regard of thofe in the > hext, Chapter. ‘The otherhath hisnameaccording tothe Latine titleymo proper for it. ha ag poFhe force of purgingis farre greater.imtheroote ofthis Ellebor, then® theformer ; andtherefore is not carelefly to bee vfed ,, without exrream Ganger; yecin contumatious and {tubborne difeafes it may bee vied £“ Vv ene » 2 . Our Ladies Slipper. This moft beautifull plant ofallthefekindes,rifeth vp with diuers ftalkes , afoote anda halfe high at the moft, bearing oneachfide ofthem broadgreeneleaucs, fomewhat like in forme vnto the leaues of the white Ellebor, but {maller and not fo ribbed, compaffing the ftalke at thelowerend ;atthetops of the ftalkescomeforth onc, or two, or three flowers at the moft, one aboue another, vpon fmall fhort foote-ftalkes, With a {mall leafe at the foote of eucry ftalke: each of thefe flowersare ofalong ouald forme, that is, more long then round, and hollowwithall,efpecially atthe vpperpart, the lowerbeing roundand {welling like a belly:at the hollowpart therearetwo {mall peeceslike eares or flippets, that at the firft doe Couer the hollow part, and afterftand apart one from another, all which are ofafine pale yellowcolour, inall thatI haue feene (yetit is faid there are fome found , that are more browneortending to purple) there are likewife foure long, narrow, darke colouredleaues.at thefetting on of the flower ynto the ftalke, wherein as it werethe floweratthe firft ftandeth: the whole flower is ofa pretty fmall fent : the feede is very {mall, very like vnto the feede of the Orchides or Satyrions, and contained in fuchlik¢ long pods, but bigger : the roots are compofed of a numberrofftrings enterlacing themf{elues one withia another, lying Within the vppercruft of the earth, Snot {preading deep, ofa darkebrownith colour. 2. Elichorine minor flore.albo. The fmall or wilde white Ellebor with awhite flower, This {maller wilde white Ellebor rifeth vp in the like mannervnto the former, and Fhe Vertues.; _ 1. Helleborine vel Ebeborine maior; fine Calceolus Mariz. * - ch hot much lower, bearing fuchlike leaues, but fmaller, and of awhiter greenecolour, almoft of the colourand fathion ofthe leaues of Lilly Conually ; the rop of theftalke h many more flowers, but lefler,growing together; f caues at the ftalke ofeuery flower, which confifte {mall clofe hood inthe middle, without anyfen fafhion, with {mall fhort i ais lik Ike |