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Show Lbe Garden of pleafant Flowers. The Garden of pleafant Flowers. Hifpaniola,andalmoft in euery Iland and Countrey of the continent there. of: withvs they are cherithed in gardens,as well for the medicinable qua. lities, as for the beauty of the flowers. The Time. * Itflowreth in 'Auguft, feldome before, and the feede is tipe quickly after, IFit once foweit felfein a Garden,ic will giue next yearafter youngplats: bit forthe moft part they will fpring vp late, andthereforethey that would hauethem more early, hate fowen the feede vpon a bed of dung, and tranfplanted thei afterwards. 365:: bunched outor fwelling at euery ioynt, in fomethe ftalkes will bee of a faire greene colour, and thofe will bring white, or-white and red flowers : in others they will bee reddifh, and more at the ioynts, and thofe giuered flowers; andin fome of adarker greene colour, whichigiue yellow flowers ; the ftalkes and. ioynts of thofe that will giuc red and yellow Mowers (potted, are fome'v at brownih, but not'to-ed as thofe that giue wholly red flowers: yponthefe ftalkes thatfpread into many-branches, doe growatthe iovats vpon f{cuerallfooteltalkes,faire greene leanes,. broad.atthe ftalke, and pointed at theend : atthe ioynts likewifetoward the vpper part of the branches; atthe foote of the leaues, come forth feuerall-flowers vpon (hortfooteftalkes, euery one being fimall, long and hollowfrom the bottometothe brimme, which isbroade {preadopen,and round, and confiftbut of one leafe without diuifion,tike vnto a Bell flower,but noticorneredatall):, which flowers; as Lfaid, are of diuers colours, and’ diuerfly marked and fpotted, fome being wholly. white, without any {portin them for The Names. This planthath gotten many names. The Indians call it in fomeplaces Petum, inothers Picielt, and Perebecewut, as Ouiedus and othersdoerelate, TheSpaniardsin the Indies firft called it Tabacco, of an Hand where plenty of it grew. Ithath in Chriftendomereceiued diuers other names, as Nite tiana,of one Nicot a Frenchman, who {ceingit in Portugall, fentittothe French Queene, from whomit receiued the name of Herba Regina, Lobel calleth it Sanda berba, & Sanafanca Indoram. Some have adiudgedittobe ant Miofeyamas,and therefore callit Pernvianas. The moft viuall name whitby wecallicin Englith, is Tabacco. The Vertues. The herbe is, out of queftion,: an excellent helpe and remedyfor diners difeafes, if it were rightly ordered and applyed, but the continuallabule thereofin fo many, doth dlmoft abolifh all good vfe in any. ‘Norwithftan ding if men would applytheir wits tothe finding outofthe vertues,1 mile no-doubt but many ftrange cures wouldbee performed byit, both inward and outward.For outward application,a Salue made hereof(as:is beforetts| cited of the’ Thorne apple leaues) cureth vicers, and wounds of hard cut’: tion: And forinward helpes,a Syrupe madeoftheiuice andfugar, oho ney, procurcth agentle vomit (butthedryed leafe infufed in winemuch more) and iseffectuall in aftmaticall difeafes, if it bee carefully giuen-And likewife cleanfeth cankers and fiftulaes admirably, as hath beene found by: late experience. The afhes of Tabaccois often vied;, and with goodfuse ceffe; e4 cuts in the hands, :or other places, and for other {mall gress wounds. themoft part, throughall the flowersof the plant , felikewife fome being yellow, and fome wholly red ; fome plants againe being mixed and {potted,fo variably either white and red, or purple,(except here and there {ome may chancetobe wholly white, otred or purple among the reft) orred and yellow throughthewholeplant, (except as before {ome may chancein this kindeto be eyther wholly red, or wholly yellow) that youfhall hardly. finde two or three flowers inahundred, that will bee alike {potted and marked,without fome diuerfitie, and fo likewifeenery day,as long asthey blow, whichis vntill the winters,or rather autumnescold blaftesdo, {tay their willing proneneffero flower : And I haue often alfo obferued, that one fide ofa plant will giue fairer varieties then another, which is moft commonly the Eafterne, as the more temperate and fhadowie fide. All thefe flowers doe open for the moft part, in the euening,orinthe nighttime, and fo ftand blowne open,-vntill the next morningsfun beginne to grow warme vpon them, which then clofe themfelues together, all the brims of the flowers fhrinking intothe middleof theleng necke, much like ynto the * blew Bindeweede, which ina manner deth fo clofe vp at the funnes warme heate : or elfe if the day be temperate and milde , without any funne fhining vponthem, the flowers will not clofe vp forthe moft part of thacday, or votill roward night : after the flowersare paft, comefeucrall {eedes,that is,but one ata place as the flowers {tood before; of the bignefle(fometimesof{mall peal¢,but not foround,ftanding within the Breenc huskes, whereinthe flowers {tood before, being little flat at the toppe,likea crowneorhead,and round whereitis faftenedinthe cap, of ablacke colour wherit Isripe, bucelfegreencall. the while ic groweth on theftalke, and being ripe is foone fhaken done with thewind, orany other light fhaking : the reote is long and round, Breaterat the head, and {maller downwards tothe end, like vntoa Reddith,{preading into two. or three, or more branches, blackifh; on the outfide and whitith within, Thefe rootes I hauc often preferued by arta winter,two or three (forthey will perifh if they be left out in the garden, vnlefle it be vndera houfefide) becaufe many times, Mirabilis Perwviana. The Meruaileef. Peru. the yeare not falling out kindely, the platits giuenotripefeede, and fo wefhould be to feckeboth of feedetofow, andof rootesto fet, if this’ or the like artto keep them, Werenot vied; which isinthis manner: Within a while afterthe firft frofts haue taken the plants, thatthe leaucs witherand fall, diggevp the rootes whole, and lay them inadry place forthree or fouredayes,’ that the faperfluous moyfture on the outfide, may be {pent and dryed, which done, wrap them vp {euerally intwo orthree browne His plant yeeldethin our Gardensfiue or.fixe feverall varieties of beautifel flowers, as pure white, pureyellow, pure red, white and.red-fpotted, ands and yellow fpotted. But befides thefe,: I haue had fome otherforts, amos which wasione, of |a:pale purple or peach colour «all which, comming ynto mee of Spaine with many otber, feedesinan vnkindly yeare(an early winter following# allthe winter time, wherc no winde or moift ayre may comevnto them;and thus you fall haue thefe rootes to {pringa frefh the next yearc, if you plantthem in the beginning of March; as I hauefufficiently tryed. But fonie hauc tryed to put them vp into abarrell or firkin of fandorathes,which is alfo good if the fandand afhes be thorough dry, but if it bee any thing moitt, or if they giue againc inthe winter,as itis vfuall, CHarp XC. Ws cold furmmer) perifhed! with mee; yetd plainely might difcerne by theirleauts, ao{ Papers, and lay them by ina boxe,cheft or tub, in fome conuenient place of the houfe manner of growing, tobe diuers from themthat weinow haue and keepes + hall net therefore (becaufe the chicfeft difference confifteth almoft inthe flowers) to give only one defcriptionof the plant, and thereinthew the varieties as is before declared. they haue found the moifture of therootes, orof the fand, or both, to putrefieche Tootes, that they have beene nothing worth, when they haue taken them forth, Take Admirabiliz, The Meruaileofthe World. ‘ ‘The ftalke ofthis méruclous plant isgreat andvhickbiggerthen aflymans rhumd* Btow,that you may hauethefeedeof them : forif the flowers bec of one entire co- pd bunche this note alfo for the fowing of yourfeede, that if you would havevariable flowcrs, andnotall of one colour, you mutt choofeout fuchflowersias be yariable whilethey four, you fhall haue forthe moft part from thofe feedés, plants that will bring flowers ‘he yellow: white,red 7, allot of that colour,whetheritit bebe white,re |