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Show Lise2 OFthe:Hiftorie of Plants. 1 Canlorapumrotundum, Round:rape Coles q] The Time, They floure and. flourith when the! othe Colewootts doe, whereof no doubt they ag kinds,,and mutt be carefully fet and fowne\as miuske Melons and Cucumbersare, | The Names, Theyare called in’ Latine, Caulorapuin, and Rapocaulis, bearing for their ftalkes,‘as it were Rapes andTurneps,participatingoftwoplants, Red. Roman Beet. There is another fort like in fhape and proportion to the former,fauing thar the leaues ofthis be ftreaked with red here and there confufedly , which fetteth forth the difference, 3. There is likewife another fort hereof, that was brought vnto me fron beyond the feas , by that courteous merchant matter the Colewort and Turnep ; whereoftheytooke Lete , before remembred, the which hath leaues very great,and red of colour, as is all Thete is nothing fet downe ofthefaciilties tending to rednefle: the middle rib of the reft of the plant, as wellroor, as ftalke and floures, full of a; & purple iuyce which leaues are for the mo% part very of thefe plants, but are accounted for daititic broadaud thicke, like the middle part of the Cabbageleafe, which is equall in goodnefle with the leaues of Cabbage being boyled. It grew with me 1596. to the height of viij. cubits,and did bring forth his roughand vneuen feed very plentifully: with which plant nature doth feeme to play and fport herfelfe : for the feeds taken from that plant, which was altogether of one co!oyr and fowen, doth bring forth plants of many and meate, contending with the Cabbage Colein goodneffe and pleafant tafte. Cuar, 42. Of Beets, @| The Defcription. t eS common white Beet hath grea broad leaues,{mooth,andplain: from whichrife thicke crefted or chamfered, flalks: the floures grow alongtheftalks cluttering to. gether,in fhapelike little ftarres , which being paft, there fucceed round! and yneuenprikly feed. Therootis thicke, hard, and great, White Beets. 2 $ 3 Betarubra Romana. their names. @ The Temperature and Vertues. 1 Betaalba, OF heHiftory of Plants. Lae. a Beta rubra. Red Beets. variable colours, as the wor(hipful! zent!e- man matter Loh Norden canvery well tei. fie, vnto whom I gaue fome of the fed#aforcfaid, which inhis garden bruogheforth mapyother of beautifull colours, 7 ° The Place, The Beete is fowen in gardens: it loueth to grow ina moift and fertile ground. The ordinary white Beet growes wilde vponthe fea-coaft of Tenet and diuers other places by the Sea, for this is not a different kind as {ome would haueit, + q The Time. The fitteft timeto fowit isin the fpring : it flourifheth andis greene all fommerlong, and likewife in winter, and bringethforth his feed thenext yeare following. q The Names. The Grecians haue namedit 2a, néao: the Latines, Beta: the Germanes, Mangolt ¢ the SpaMiards, Afelgas : the French, dela Porée, des teres, and Beets - Theophraftus faith, that the white Beete is furnamedaue, that is to fay,Sicula, or of Sicilia: hereof commeth the nameSic/a, by whichthe Barbarians, and {ome Apotheearies did call the Beet ; the which word we in England doevfe, taken for the fame. © The Nature. The white Beets are in moifture and heate temperate, but the other kinds are drie, andal! of them abfterfiue:fo that the white Beete is a cold and moift pot-herbe,which hath ioyned withita certainefalt andnitrous quality, by reafon whereof ir clenfeth and dtaweth flegate out of the nofthrils. «| The Vertues. 4 Being eaten when it is boyled, it quickly defcendeth, loofeththe belly, afid prouoketh to the A {toole,c{peeially being taken withthe broth wherein it is fodden: it nourifhethlittle or nothing, andis not fowholefomeas Lettuce, F Theiuyee conueiedvpinto the nofthrils doth gentlydrawforth flegme,and purgeth the head B o ifull Beet laftdefcribed may be vfed inwinter fora falladherbe, with Cc i falt, and is not onely pleafant to the tafte, but alfo delichrfull to the eve. rand pepper, isa mot D Beet or Roman Beet,boyled and eaten with oyle,vi but what might bemadeofthe red and beau itiful! roor (whichis anes, as well inbeautyas in goodneffe) I refer ynto the curious ard n he hath hadtheview thereof, and is affured that itis bork Chaps |
