Latin language -- Readers; Natural history -- Juvenile literature; Picture books for children
_Pot-herbs_
grow in Gardens,
as _Lettice_, 1.
_Colewort_, 2.
_Onions_, 3. _Garlick_, 4.
_Gourd_, 5.
_Olera_
nascuntur in hortis,
ut _Lactuca_, 1.
_Brassica_, 2.
_Cepa_, 3. _Allium_, 4.
_Cucurbita_, 5.
The _Parsnep_, 6.
The _Turnep_, 7.
The _Radish_, 8.
_Horse-radish_, 9.
_Siser_, 6.
_Rapa_, 7.
_Raphanus minor_, 8.
_Raphanus major_, 9.
_Parsly_, 10.
_Cucumbers_, 11.
and _Pompions_, 12.
_Petroselinum_, 10.
_Cucumeres_, 11.
_Pepones_, 12.
XVII.
Corn.
Fruges.
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Some _Corn_ grows
upon a _straw_,
parted by _knots_,
_Frumenta_ quædam crescunt
super _culmum_,
distinctum _geniculis_,
as _Wheat_, 1.
_Rie_, 2, _Barley_, 3.
in which the _Ear_ hath _awnes_,
ut, _Triticum_, 1.
_Siligo_, 2. _Hordeum_, 3.
in quibus _Spica_ habet _Aristas_,
or else it is without awnes,
and it nourisheth the _Corn_
in the _Husk_.
aut est mutica,
fovetque _grana_
in _gluma_.
Some instead of an ear,
have a _rizom_ (or plume)
containing the corn
by bunches,
as _Oats_, 4. _Millet_, 5.
_Turkey-wheat_, 6.
Quædam pro Spica,
habent _Paniculam_,
continentem grana
fasciatim,
ut, _Avena_, 4. _Milium_, 5.
_Frumentum Saracenicum_, 6.
_Pulse_ have _Cods_,
which enclose the corns
in two _Shales_,
_Legumina_ habent _Siliquas_,
quæ includunt grana
_valvulis_,
as _Pease_, 7.
_Beans_, 8. _Vetches_, 9. and
those that are less than these
_Lentils_ and _Urles_
(or Tares).
ut, _Pisum_, 7.
_Fabæ_, 8. _Vicia_, 9. &
minores his
_Lentes_ & _Cicera_.
XVIII.
Shrubs.
Frutices.
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A plant being greater,
and harder than an herb,
is called a _Shrub_:
such as are
Planta major
& durior herba,
dicitur _Frutex_:
ut sunt
In Banks and Ponds,
the _Rush_, 1.
the _Bulrush_, 2.
or Cane without knots
In ripis & stagnis,
_Juncus_, 1.
_Scirpus_, 2.
[Canna] _enodis_
bearing _Cats-tails_,
and the _Reed_, 3.
which is knotty and hollow
within.
ferens _Typhos_,
& _Arundo_, 3.
nodosa et cava
intus.
Elsewhere, 4. the _Rose_,
the _Bastard-Corinths_,
the _Elder_, the _Juniper_.
Alibi, 4. _Rosa_,
_Ribes_,
_Sambucus_, _Juniperus_,
Also the _Vine_, 5. which
putteth forth _branches_, 6.
and these _tendrels_, 7.
Item _Vitis_, 5. quæ
emittit _Palmites_, 6.
et hi _Capreolos_, 7.
_Vine-leaves_, 8.
and Bunches of grapes, 9.
on the stock whereof
hang _Grapes_,
which contain _Grape-stones_.
_Pampinos_, 8.
et _Racemos_, 9.
quorum Scapo
pendent _Uvæ_,
continentes _Acinos_.
XIX.
Living-Creatures: and First, Birds.
Animalia: & primum, Aves
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