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Show 244. Of the Hittorie of Plants. fting but onelyoneday, likethe true Ephemerum or Hemerocaltis, This maruellous varietiedorh notwithout caufe bring admirationto all that ebferue it. Forifthe flowers be gathered and tp. ferued infeuerall papers, and compared with thofe flowers that will {pring and flourith thenar day, youfhall eafily perceiue that oneis not like anotherin colour, though youfhould compare one handreth which Hower one day, and another hundred which you gathered the next day ; and f fromdayto dayduring the timeoftheir flowfing. The cups and huskes whichcontaine and embrace the flowers arediuidedinto fiue pointedfeéions,which are greene,and,as it were,conf. - Senn gE er a Ofthe Hiftory of Plants: ofawhite colour, and fome timeschanging into purple,madeof fix parts, wide openlike a ftarre with certaine yellow chiuesor thrums in the middle, whichbeeing paft the fruit commeth in place, fet ina:cornered:cup or huskeafter themanner of the great Nightthade, great and fomewhatlong,ofthe bigneffe ofa fwans egge,and fomtimes muchgreater,of a white color,fometimes yellow, and often browne, whereinis vontained {mall flat feed of a yellow colour, The root is thicke, with many threds faftned thereto, {ting of skinnes,whereinis containedoncfeede and no more, couered with a blackifh skinne, ha. Malainfana. Madde or raging Apples, uing a blunt pointwherconthe flower groweth ; but on the end next the cupor huskeitisador. nedwithalittle fiue cornered crowne. ThefEed is as bigge as a pepper corne, which of it felfe G The Place. fadeth with anylight motion. Withinthis {cede is contained a white kernel,which being bmi. {ed,refoluethinto a very white pulpelike ftarch. The root is thickeandlikevntoa greatradi(h, outwardly blacke,andwithin white,fharpe in tafte,;wherewithis mingledafuperficiallfireetnes, Itbringeth newfloures from Iuly vnto O Goberin infinite number, yea euenvntill rhe froftsdoe caufe the whole plantto perifh : notwithftanding it maybe referuedin pots, andfet in chambers This plant groweth in Egypt almof euery where in fandie ficids euen ofit felfe, bringing forthfruit ofthe bigneffe ofa great Cucumber, as Petrus Bellonius reporteth in the fecond booke of his fingular obferuations. Weehad the fame in our London Gardens, where it hath-borne floures;b ut the Winter approching before the timeofripening,itperithed: and cellars that are warme, and fo defended fromthe iniurie of our cold climate ; prouidedal. waiesthat there be not any water caft vponthepot, orfet forth totake any moifture in theaitem. till March following ; atwhich time it muft bee taken forth of the pot and replanted inthe garden. Bythis meanes I haue preferued many(thoughto fmall purpofe) becaufe I haueforne feeds that haue borne floures in as ample manner andinas good time as thofereferued plants, Of this wonderfull herbe there be otherforts, but not.foamiable or fo full of varietie, andft the moft part their floures are all ofone color.But I haue fince by praétife found out another way to keepe the roots for the yeare following withvery little difficultie,whichneuer faileth. Atte notwithftanding it came to beare fruit of the bigneffe ofa goofe egge one extraordinarie temperate yeare,as I did fee in the garden ofaworfhipfull Merchant M*, Haraie in Limeftreet, but heuerto the full ripeneffe. firft froft I dig vp the rootes and put vpor rather hide the roots inabutter ferkin,or fuchlikevel fell, filled with the fand ofa riuer,the whichI fuffer till to ftand in fome corner ofa houfewhere @ The Time. This herbe'muftbe fowne in Aprill in abed it neuer receiueth moifture vntill April] or the midft of March, ifthe weather be warme,atwhich time take it fromthe fand andplantit in the garden,whereit doth flourith exceedingwell and increafeth byroots; which'that doth not whichwas either fowne of feed the fame yeare,not thale plants that were preferued after the othcr manner. ofhothorfedoung, as Muske-Melons are, and floureth in Auguft. Gt The Names. Petrus Bellonius hath iudged itto bee Malina thalla Theophrafti. In the DukedomeofMillaine itis called Melongena: and of fome, MelanXana s in Latine, Mala infana : and in Englifh,Mad Ap. ples :in the Germaine tongue, Dollopffels In Spanith,Verangenes. q The Nature. The hearbe is cold almoft inthe fourth deree. @ The Place. The feed of this ftrange plantwas brought firft into Spaine, from Peru, whereof it tooke his fame Mir abilia Peruana, Ot Perauiana : and {ince difperfed into all the parts of Europe : themihich myfelfe haue planted maany yeates, and haue in fome temperate yeares receiued both flouresand ripe feed. © The Time. Itis fowne in the midft of A prill,and bringethforth his variable floures in September,and pt ritheth with thefirft froft,exceptitbe kept as aforefaid. @ The Names. It is Called in Peru of thofe Indians there,Hachal.Of others after their name HachalIndi :ofthe high and low Dutch,Solaaum odoriferum : offome;lafminum mexicanum : and of Carolus Clift Admirabilia Peruniana : in Englith rather the Maruell ofthe W. orld,than of Perualone, @| The Nature andVertues, Wehaue not as yet anyinftru&tions fromthe people of India concerning the nature of vertues of this plant:the whichis efteemed as yet rather for his rareneffe, beautic, and fweerneffe o MY floures.than for any-vertues knowne;but it is a pleafant plant todecke the gardensof the cusi0 Howbeit Iacobus Antonius Cortufus of Paduahath by experience found out, that two drams of the root thereoftaken inwardly doth very notably purge waterifh humours, 345 @| The vf and danger. Thé people of Tolledodo eat themwith great deuotionbeing boiled with fat fleth, putting thereto fome {craped cheefe,which they do keepe invineger, honie,or falt pickell all VVinter to procure[uft. : Petrus Bellonius, and Hermolaus Barbarus, report that in Egypt and Barbary they vfe toeatthe p ftuitof Mala iafavaboiled or rofted vnder afhes,withoile, vineger, & pepper, as people vie to eat Mufhroms. But I rather with Englifh mentocontent themfelues with the meat and fauce of our Owne Gountrey,than with fruit and fauceeatenwith fuch perill : for doubtleffe thefe apples haue amifchicuous qualitie, the vfe whereof is vtterly tobe forfaken. Andas wee fee and know many haueeaten and doe eat Mufhroms more for wantonneffe than for need: for there are two kindes hereofyenemous and deadly,which being in the handling ofan vnskilful cooke,mayprocure yn- timelydeath. Therefore it is better to efteeme this plant and haue himin the Gardenfor yous pleafure and the rateneffe threof, thanfor any vertue or good qualities yet knowne. Cuar.59: Of Madde Apples. | The Defcription, Aging Apples hatha tound ftalke of two foot high, diuided into fundry branches,fetwt broadleaues fomewhat indented about the edges, notvnlike the leaues ofwhite ae of a darke browne greene colour, fomewhat rough, Among the which come the #0 Cusp. 60. Of Apples ofLone. . G The Defcription. T The*Appleof Loue bringeth forth very long roundftalkes or branches,fat andfull ofiuice} nh vpon the ground, not abletofuftaine himfelfe vpright by reafonof the renderneffe > the ftalkes, and:alfo the great weight of the leaues and fruit wherewith itis furcharged. theleaues are mony. bute great and deeplycut or iagged about the edges, not vnlike to the leaues of Agti79 gre ater,and of awhiter greene colour:among which comeforth yellow floures growing . dD. o £3 7 vpon |
