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WHan the great Shauegrasse or Horse tayle beginneth to spring, it bringeth foorth rounde naked, and hollow stemmes, rough and full of ioyntes: yea their roughnesse is such, that Turners, Cutelers, & other Artificers, do vse them to polish, & make playne, & smoth their workes, as the heftes of knyues & Daggers &c. At the top of those Asparagus, shutes or
stemmes, groweth smal, round, and blacke knoppes or tuffets. Afterwarde the stemmes do waxe browne and reddishe, and bringe foorth rounde about euery knot or ioynte, diuers little, small, slender, and knottie russhes. It mounteth so high, that with his hanging russhes, or small branches, it is not much vnlyke to a Horse tayle. The roote is white and hath ioyntes or knottes lyke the stalke or stemme.
[ 2] The small Shauegrasse or Horse tayle, is not much vnlike to the great. It bringeth forth whan it beginneth to spring, bare and naked stemmes, that be al∣so round, hollow and knotty, at the toppe or ende of those stemmes it hath as it were, a spiked eare or knop, of small white floures, whiche perish incontinently: Than springeth vp from the roote other shutes or branches, full of knottes or ioyntes, about the whiche also there groweth round knotty russhes, like as in the great Horse tayle or Shauegrasse, but not so great nor so rough, but more softe and gentell, so that they are nothing worth to polishe withall. The roote is small, blacke, and slender.