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Show Tbe Garden of pleafant Flowers. | 377 The Garden of pleafant Fiowers, antl ae es ee led Grapbalium,according to theirtitles ;and inEnglifh they maypaffeyn. der thofe namesare fet downe with them. The Time. The Vertues. ‘They flower not with vs vntill the end,or middle of Auguft; at the fooneft. ‘The foure firft are accounted to bee hot and dry, and the three laft to bee The Names. coldanddry : yetallof them may tofome good purpofebeeapplyedig theumaticke heads. The former foure are likewife vfed to caufe vrine, and Theyare called offome Canna Indica,and Arundo Indica, of others Canuacorws,and of fome Flos Camcrs, becaufethe colour of the flowers, as wellas in baths to comfort and heate cold parts. They arealfo layd inchefts and wardrobes,to keepe garments from moths; and are worncin the headsand armes of Gentiles and others,for their beautifull afpec. the forme of the buds,are fo like vato a Sea-Crabscle,orclaw. The Vertues. Thereisnot any vfe of thefein Phyficke that Iknow. Crap. XCIIIL Canna Indica, The Indian fowring Reede, Cuar XCV. Te are two kindesorforts of this beautiful! plant,the one with a red dower, the other witha yellow, {potted with reddith {pots, both whichin fomekind ly yeares haue bornetheir brane flowers, butneuer any ripe feede, anddoth not abidethe extremities of our winters, eyther abroade or vnder couert, valeffeit mieete with a ftoue or hot-houfe,fuch as are vfed in Germany,or fuch otherlikeplace: For neyther houfenor cellar will preferucit,for want of heate, Mandrageras, Mandrake. Tests is diftinguifhed intotwokindes, the male andthe female ; the male hath two forts,the onediffering from the other, as (hal! be fhewed; but of the female Iknowbut one: Themaleis frequentin many gardens,but the female,in that it is more tender andrare,is nourfed vp butin a few. Canna Indicaflorerubro. Red flowred Indian Reede. Manadrgoras mas. The male Mandrake. This beautifull plant rifeth vp with faire greene, large,broade leaues, euery onti fiag out of the middle of the other, and are folded together, or writhed like nto’ paper Coffin (as they callit) fuchas Comfitmakers and Grocers yfe, to putinthelt Comfits andSpices, and being {preadopen,anotherrifeth fromthe bottome thereof, felded inthefame manner, which are {erat the ioynts of the ftalke whenitis rifenYp, like vnto our water Reede, and growing(if it runne vp for flower) to be three orfourt footehigh, as | haue obferued in mine owne garden: the flowers grow atthetoppe? the ftalke oneaboueanother, which before their opening are jong, fmall,reund, a0 pointed atthe end, very like vnto the claw ofa Crauife or Sea-Crab, and ofthe fame red or crimfon colour, butbeing open, areverylikeynrothe fowerof Gladiolu o peorne-fapgc, butof a more orient colourthen at thefirft, and ftandingin arough huske, wherein afterwards ftandeth athree fquare head, containing therein1oum blacke feede, of the bigneffe of a peafe: the roote is white and tuberous, growing to many knobs, from whencearife fuch other leaues and ftalkes,wherebyit encrealtt very much, if icberighrly kept and defended. gerand longer then the greateft leauesof any Lettice,whereunto itis likened by Dio- {corides and others: fromthe middlée,among thefe leaues,rife vp many flowers,cuery one ypon longflenderftalke, ftanding in a whitifh greene huske, confifting of fiue pretty large round pointedleaues, of agreenifh white colour, which turncinto fmalk toundapples, greene at the firft, andof a pale red colour whentheyare ripe, very {mooth and fhining on the outfide, and of a headyor ftrong ftutfing {mell, whereints contained round whitith flat feede : the roote is long and thicke, blackifh on the outfide, and white within, confifting many times but of onelong roote, and fometimes divided into two branchesa little below the head, and fometimes into three or more, & nature lifteth to beftow vpon it, as myfelfe haueoften feenc,by the tran{planting of many,as alfo by breaking and cutting off of manypartsof the rootes,but neuer found harme by fo doing, as many idle tales haue beene fet downc in writing, anddeliuered alfo by report, of much dangerto happen to fuch, as fhould digge themvporbreake them ; neyther haue I euer fecne any forme of man like or womanelike parts, in the Canna Indicaflore flauopunCato. Yellow {potted Indian Reede. Teotesof any: burasl faid,ic hath oftentimes two maine rootesrunning down- right This Reede groweth vp with leaues and flowers, inall points {o like vatothe fr mer, thatit cannot bee knownefrom it,vntill it comete flower, whichis of ayello colour, {potted with reddith {pots, without any otherdifference. The Place. Thefeplants grownaturally in the Welt Indies, from whencethey — firft {ent into S paine,and Portugall, where Clufiusfaith he faw them P™ = by the houfesfides, flowring in winter, which mightbe in thofe oe ~ountreyes. We preferue them with greatcare in our gardens, fortheb™ tifull {pect of theisdowers. The male Mandrake thrufteth vp many leauestogether out of the ground, which beingfull growne,are faire,large and greene,lying round abouttheroote,andarelar- . , Tit intothe ground, and fometimes three,and fometimes but one,as it likewife often hapPeneth to Parfneps, Carrots,or the like. But many cunning counterfeit rootes haue bin thaped to fuch formes, andpublickly expofedto theview of all that wouldfee them, and haue been tolerated bythe chiefe Magiftrates of the Citic, notwithftanding that they haue beene informed that fuch practices were meere deceit, andvnfufferable ; whether this happened throughtheir ouer-credulitie of the thing, or of the perfons, Orthroughan opinion thatthe information of the truth rofe vponenuy, I know not, Ileaue thatto the fearcher of all hearts : But this youmay bee bold coreft vpon, and affure your felues,that fuch formesas haue bin publickly expofed to be feene,were neuer fo formed by nature, but only by the art and cunning of knaues and deceiuers. and letthis be your Galeatum againft all fuchvaine, idle and ridiculous toyes of mens in- Ucations, li3 There |