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Show Ofthe Hiftorie ofPlants, 1 Schenoprafon, Liceé of List 2 Porrumvitigineum. Ciues or Chiues. Ofthe Hittory ofPlants, 177 a, «| The Time andPlace, French Leekes, or Vine Leekes, 1 Ciues are fet in gardens, they flourith long, and continue many yéares, they fufferthe cald efWinter. They are cutandpolled often,as is the vnfet Leeke. 2 The Vine-lecke growethof it felfe in Vineyards,and neere vnto Vines in hot regions,wher- of it both tookethe name Vine-Leeke, and French Lecke. It bearethhis greene léaues in Win- ter, and withereth away inthe Sommer. It groweth in moft gardens ofEngland, + Thus farre our Authordeferibes andintimates toyoua garden Leeke, much: like the ordi- narie in all refpedts, but fomewhat larger. But the following names belong tothe wilde Leeke, whichhere we giue youinthe third place. + © The Names. Ciues are called.in Grecke,ssmeoeson, Shanvprafim: in Dutch, Bielloack, as though you fhould fay, Lunceum Porrum, or Ruth Lecke : in Englith, Ciues, Chines, Ciuet and Sweth1in French, Brelles, Tt 2 TheVine-lecke, orrather wild Leeke,is called in Greeke,‘sumuoesor, of the place where it naturally groweth: it may be called in Latine,Porrum itium,ot Vitigineum Porrum : ih Englith, after the Grecke and Latine, Vine Leeke, or French Lecke. The Temperature. Ciuesare like in facultie vnto the Leeke, horanddry. The Vinelecke heateth more the other Leeke. than doth @ Thevertues. Ciuesattenuate or make thinne, Open,provoke vrine, ingender hot and groffe vapouts,and are A hurtfulto the eyes andbraine. They caufe troublefome dteames, and workeall the effe@s that the Leeke doth. The Vine-leeke, or Ampeloprafon, prouoketh vrine mightily,and bringeth downethe floures, Itcureth the bitings ofvenomousbeafts, as Dioféorides writeth, } The figure ofAmpeloprafim was in Ue firlt place, in the Chapter nextbat one, by thie Guar. 97. 3 Ampeloprafon Wilde Lecke, B name ofAllinfylnefire. Of Garlicke. | The Defiription. T The Defiription. I He bulbe or head of Garlicke is coueredwith riof thinne skinnes or filmes 6f avery T light white purple colour, confifting of manycloues feuered one from another; vnder Tues bring forth manyIcaues about4 whichinthe groundbelowgrowetha taffell of threddy fibres : it hath hand-full high, long, flender, round, like to little ruthes ; amongft which t0w vp {mall and tender ftalkesfending forth certaine knops with floureslike thofe of the Onion, but muchleffer. They haue many little bulbes o headed roots ’faftned together : out ofwhichgrow Owne into the earth a great numberof little ftrings, and it hath both the {mell andtafte of the Onionand Leeke. as it were participating of the ¢ e f 2 TheVine Lecke § <e oroweth vp with blades bestoionee isa cubit high, on the top whereof ftandeth a round head or button,couered at the firtt with a thinne skinne, which being broken, thefloures and feeds Comeforth like thofe of theOnion, Thebulbeot headed root is round, hard. and foand.. whichis quickly multiplied by fending forth ade bulbes- e wilde Lecke ha es ike vnto thofe oneee ea ados actide. The floures and cn alforcfemblethor ofthe Crow-garlicke, the feeds hoia aboueea bigneffe of cornes ofwhear with Gratings com: mungforthat their ends, £ s h 88 @ The long greene Teaues likethofe of the Leeke, among whichriferh vp aftalke at the ehd of the fecdnd of third yeare, whereupon doth grow a tuft offloures coucred with a white skinne, in which,being broken when it is ripe,appeareth round blackefeeds. 2 There is alfoanothier Garlicke which growes wilde in fome places of Getmanie and France,which in fhape muchrefembles the ordinarie, but the cloues of the rootsare tedder, Thefloureis alfo ofa more duskie and darke colour than the ordinatie. + {maller and ‘bus q The Place and Times, : Garlick is feldome fowne of feed, but planted in gardens ofthe {mall cloues in Nouemberand December, and fometimes in Febriarie aid March, @ The Names. « Itis¢alled in Latine, Allium in Greek@aigin : The Apothecaries Keepe the Latine the Germanes call irSsnoblauchs the Low Dutch, Look ¢ the Spaniards, Aios, Alba : thename: ltali- ans, AgHo': the French; Ad or Aux # the Bohemians, CXe/mek : the Englith , Garlicke, and poore mans Treacle. ea | The Temperature. Garlicke isvery tharpe, hot, anddry, as Galen faith, in the fourth degtee, and exulcerateth the SxkInne by ralling blifters. ; . oe ay he Vertues, Being eaten, it heateth the body extremely, attenuateth and maketh thinne thicke and grofle A nueiors 3 cutteth {uch as are tough and clammy,digefteth and confumeththem alfo openeth obi teHtons, ts an enemie toall cold poyfons, and tothe bitingsof venomous beaits:and thercfore ag oa sere it TheriacaRufticorum, or the husbaudmans Treacle. ityceldeth tothe body no nourifhment atall, it ingendreth naughtyandfharpe bloud, There- B a fore | |
