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Introduction
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Of Medow-Grasse
THere be sundry and infinite kindes of Grasses not mentioned by the Antients, either as unnecessarie to be set downe, or unknowne to them…
Of Couch-Grasse or Dogs-Grasse
The Description. (dagger)1 THe common or best known dogs grasse or Couch-grasse hath long leaves of a whitish greene colour: the stalke is…
Of Cotton-Grasse
The Description. 1 THis strange Cotton-Grasse doth rather resemble grasse than rushes, and may indifferently be taken for either, for that…
Of Reeds
The Kindes.
Of Sugar-Cane
The Description. 1 SUgar Cane is a pleasant and profitable Reed, having long stalkes seven or eight foot high, joynted or kneed like unto…
Of Paper Reed
PAper Reed hath many large flaggie leaves somewhat triangular and smooth, not much unlike those of Cats-taile, rising immediately from a…
Of Burre-Reed
The Description. 1 THe first of these plants hath long leaves, which are double edged, or sharpe on both sides, with a sharpe crest in the…
Of Cats-Taile
The Description.
Of Stitch-Wort
The Description.
Of the Floure De-Luce
The Kindes.
Of Ginger
The Description.
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Highlights
Of Sneesewoort
The Description. 1 THe small Sneese-woort hath many round and brittle branches, beset with long & narrow leaves, hackt about the…
Of Mede-Sweet, or Queene of the Medowes
The Description.
Of Wood-Binde, or Hony-Suckle
The Description.
Of Clownes Wound-Wort, or All-Heale
The Description.
Of Corne
THus far have I discoursed upon Grasses, Rushes, Spartum, Flags, and Floure de-luces: my next labor is to set downe for your…
Of Water-Docke
The Description. 1 THe great water-dock hath very long and great leaves, stiffe and hard, not unlike to the garden Patience, but…