r oo Adam in Eden., Or 0

full for the aforesaid diieases, if two or three drops be given in beer or wine, asalso for the Headach, the mould of the head being fhorne and annointed there-with, for thetoothach,if a few drops be put into an hollow Tooth, with a littleLint, to clear the Eyesight, and to be put into perfumes for Gloves, Leather,and the like, the Cloves themselves for their excellent scent, serving as a special!part in all sweat powders, sweat waters, perfuming pots, &c. The powderof the dryed Cloves, being put into the eyes, taketh away the Web therein. Asthey are hurtful! for young people, and Colerick Complexions, so they are pro-fitable for old persons, and phlegmatick, and such as are Rheumatick, and'thatin the Winter season.

CHAP. CXXXV.

Of Qlove- (jillo-floypers .

The Names.

A Nd here it will be very proper to speak of Clove-Gillo-fioyoers also,both for their name, scent, andvertues, wherein They resemble onethe other. It is wonder that so beautifulla flower should be con-cealed from the Ancient Writers, yet there is no question but theywould have given it. a name , had they known it; which I cannot find thatany of the Greeks did. It is called of the latter Herbarists, Caryophylleus fios ,of the smell of Cloves , wherewith it is possessed, Ocellus Damafcenus, OcellusBarbaricuy and Barbaric a ; of tome Vetonita, V ^ tonic a altilis , and Vetonica Sh -perba .- yet duellius faith, that this flower is not like to that of fetomica or Can*tabrica ; and of som t,Herba tunicorn English Carnations and Clove-Gitto-stomrjjand of some Pinkj.

The Kinds.

So sundry and divers are these sorts of Gillo-flovers, of such variable Colours,'and also severall shapes, that it Cometh not within the skill of a good Florist toname them all, every Country bringing forth new sorts; some whereof arecalled Carnations , others Clove-Gillo-fiowers , some S ess in Wint , some Pagtants,,or Pagion colour, Horse-flesh, blanket-,purple, and white double (jillo-flowers : manyof them growing to be as big as an Ordinary Rose, which in France and in thelow Countries,whence most of them are brought,have received particular names,as Picolomeny , The Prince of Wales, Prince of Har court, As dies, non Parell ,and divers others. There be likewise some single sorts of these, and many moreof Pinckj, which I shall leave to be particularized by some exacter Florist, thanmy self.

The forme.

The great Carnation Gillo-flovoer hath a thick wooddy root, from which ris-eth up many strong joynted stalks, set with long green Leaves by couples: on thetop of the stalks,do grow very fair flowers of an excellent sweet smell, and plea-sant Carnation Colour, whereof it took its name, being a stefh-Colour.

The Places and Times.

If the judgment of some, that our Caryophstlus and the Cantabnca of Pliny bethe same.be right, it was first found out in Spain about Augustus time, and thatby thole of It is now propagated throughout all the Countries of Eu-

rope, and further for ought I know; and is almost as famous as the Role both inBeauty, and smell, but much more for variety, Nature sporting her'elf more inthe variations of these flowers, then any other. Most of them, especially theCarnations, will hardly endure the coldnefse of our Climate, and therefore theyare commonly set in Pots, and so kept scorn the extremity of cold by removing

them