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Show 998 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Lina, Li, 2. fafter ro the fkemmes, an dis ofa fweeter tate; wherein onely confifteth the difference, $ There isalfo kept in our gardens (onely for varietie) another Strawberrie which in leaues and growingis like thecommon Kinde butthe } Fragariaminime vefca ,fineflerilis. Wilde or barren Straw-berry. floure is greenifh , andthe fruit is harfh, tough, and prickely, being of a greenith colour, with fome fhew ofrednefle. M', Zohn T:radefeant hath told me that he was the firft that tooke noticeof Thetipe Straw-berries quench thir{t, coole heat ofthe ftomack » and inflatnmation ofthe liver, takeaway (ifthey be often vfed) the redieffé'and heate ofthefa ce, + Thar figure which formerly was in this place, and fomepartof the dlefcription were I hae fe €| byl p ji js which yod magfinde defcribed amongtt the Cinkfoilesin the fixth place. se eeeereok the Peatepha len Copa Tiebaeesfickes Cua p.387, this Straw-betry, and that in a womansgarden at Plimouth, whofe daughter had gathered and fet the roots inher garden in ftead ofthe com. monStraw-berry : but the findingthe fmit nor to anfwerher expectation, intendedto thiowit away : whichlaborhe fpared her,in taking itand beftowingit amongthe louersoffuch varieties, inwhofe gardensitis yet prefered. This may be called in Latine, Fragaria fructn hijpido, The Of theHiftory of Plants: Of Angelica. q. The Kindes. i Here be diners kindes ofAingelica’s , the garden Angelica, that of the water, and a third fore wilde growing vpon the land, 1 Angelicafativa, Garden Angelica, 2 cAneelicaifylucftris. Wilde dk Angelica. pe prickly Straw-berry. ¢ ang This wild Strawberry hathleaues like the other Straw-berry, but fomewhatleffe, and fofter, flightly indented about theedges, and of a light greenecolour : amongwhich rife vpilender ftems bearing fuch floures as the comma Straw-berries doe, but leffer, which docwinlet away, leauing behinide a barren or chaflie head in fhape likea Straw-bertie, but of noworth ot value : the root is like the others. qq The Place, — z Straw-berries do grow vpouhills and vallies, : likewife in woods and other firch goa fomewhat fhadowie :they profpet well is . dens, the firft every “where, the other two oa rare,and are not tobefound faueonly 0 ei a + Thebarren one growes indiuicrs pit ae vpon Blacke heath, in Greenwichparke,&qq The Time. * Strings, with their The leaues continue greeneall the yeare: in the Spring they fpred fotae pril and one barren The + Iuly. Iuneand in ripe are berries the : and floure afterward May, but neuer carries any berries. $ : @ The Names. they any ots The fruit or berries are called in Latine by Virgil and ouid, Fraga : neither haue h, Eertbelen: nameeommonly knowne: theyare called inhigh-Dutch €edbeerens in low-Date in French, Fraifés : in Englifh, Strawberries. The Temperature. { --ysbutthe betes The leaues and roots do coole and dry,withanaftrictionor binding quality: G The Defcription. coldand moift. A q The Vertues. i : the bi The leaues boyled and applied in mannerof pultis taketh away to bebel of thedecodtionthereof ftrengthneth the gummes, fafineth the teeth, andis eothe almonds mouth, both againft the inflammation or burning heate thereof, andalfo ie fisted B throat! they flay the ouermuchflowingofthe bloudyflix, and other weenomack'sthenom Theberries quench thirft, and doallay the inflammation or heate oft oe in the too mentwhichthey yeeld is little, thin,and waterifh,and if they happen F0 pt at : : on of the he The diftilfed water drunke with white VVine is good againft the p affi theirnourithmentis naughr. Cc : ,aart, ee > a fare” the fpirits, and making the heart merry. 6 ' ndromake the # The dittilied wateris reported to feoure the face,to takeaway Soa sak D he kidnies- i againft the one routhand et and fmooth ; ‘andis likewife drunkewith good fucceffe The leauesare good tobe put into Lotions or wafhing waters, for Sec” E T parts, oncerning this plant Angelicathere hath bin heretofore fomecontention and contro« uerfie: Cordus calling it Smyrnium : {ome later writers, Coftws niger : but to audid’ca- _uill, the controuerfic is foone decided, fithit and no other doth afluredly retaine the ‘ca, Tt hath great broad Ieaues, ditiided againe into other leaues,which ate indented or muchlike to the vppermoft leaves ofSphondylinm, but lower, tendérer,preener,and ofa : among whichleaues {pring vp the ftalkes, very great, thicke, and’ hollow, 1xe or 3h, ioynted or kneed: from whichioynts proceed other armes or branches,at the top tufts ofwhitith floures like Fennell or Dil! :the rootis thicke, great,and oilous,out “th, ifit be cut or broken, arroylie liquor : che whole plant, as well leaves, ftalkes,as ~ a reafonable pl eafant fauour, not muchvalike Petroleum. 5) another kinde of true Angelica found in our Englith gardens(whichI haueobferued) A former, {auing that the rots ofthis kinde are morefra rant,and ofa more aro- s next the groundofa purplith red colour,and the whole plant ee 2 The |
