Of the Hifiorie of Plants. Li B; 2.

We haue in our London Gardens a kinde hereof bearing mofl; fine and pleafant whltfi fl°“’c.s’ fpotted very confufedly with reddifh fpots,whrch fetteth forth the beautre thereof 5 and bag: it”: taken offome (but not tightly) to be the plant called of the later V‘. rrters sripcrba Auflrzac/1; Pride of Aufiria. i It is now commonly in moft places called London-Pr1de. 1: _ e_

1 we hape likeyyife of the llarnelkinde bringing forth molt double Homes, and thefe either V r white,or cl e of a ee e urp e co our. _ - .

Y The great Sw‘eet—PV\i)illiarn hath round joynted fiallces thrcke and fat,fomewhat reddlgi about the lower joynts,a cubit high,with long broad and ribbed leaues like as thofe of the ii? 331 I taine, of a greene graflie colour. The floures at the top of the ftalkes are very like to the hf}: 6 Pinlres,many joyned together in one tuft or fpoky vmbell, of a deepe red colour : the root 15 I 1 and wooddy.

Armeria fmwe ruéem.

-v Arazzerirz ruérzz latifblia. _ . 3 Narrow leaned Sweet-Williams’

Broad leaned Sweet-Willianr,

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The narrow leaned Sweet-William roweth v to the height of two cubits,very well r€f‘3.m' *5 P

bling the former,but leffer, and the leaues narrower: the Sour-es are of a bright red colollfaw h

many fmall {harpe pointed graflie Ieaues fianding v p among them,wherein efpecially C0115

the diifereflcfi , . . eat‘ this little frurtfull Prnke (whofe figure our Author. formerly game in the firfl: pl“ me

the next chapter faue one) hath a fmall whitgfh wooddy root,which feuds forth little flalk€5 R’,

handfull and better high 5 and thefe at each yryntare fet with tvxtopthinne nmrotv little le§2]u(eass.1_n

the top ofeach or thefe ftalkes growes a fingle skrrmy f .-noorwh {hmmg huskc) out ofwhrc “hers;

other Pinkes) growes not one onel)’ flourea but many, One fiiil commrng out as another W hey

. - . - . - s t fo that oft times out of one head come fenen,erght,o» nrne floures one afteranothegwlncha ht ,

fade leauebehindc them a little pod containino frpall blaelte H(att ifh feed . The Home is 0 a 11 red, and very (mall, Handing with the head fomfirvszat far out o. the hofe or huske. 1!: i ‘T xe ..¥".".:.a:_

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. . . - no 5 Thefc plants are kept and maintained in gardens; more for to plea {e the e_yc,than either the L i._ p M fly ‘T

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~ L1 3.2. Of the Hifibrie of Plants.

L‘ 5F 5 LAfmeriapfalzfira,Lo6. Chrldmglweet Williams. 1; The Time;

They flourifh and bring forth their floures in Aprilland May,fomewhat before the Gil- lofloures, and after beare their floures the whole Summer.

The Names.

The fweet Iohn,and alfo the fvveet Willi- am are both comprehended vnder one title, that is to fay, rfrmeria : of forne, Superéa, and Caryapbyllusfilmjfris .- of fome Herbarifls _Ve- tonica agrcflz/5,or S ylucflrzls .- of fome,H era. mm’- :4 .- but it doth no more agree herewith than the Clone Gillo-floure doth with Veto-mm altcra, or Polemonium .- in French, Armorics : hereupon Rm:/lius nameth them Amery‘ Fla- re: .- in Dutch , iltepktnsz as though you {hould fay, a bundle or clutter, for in their vulgar tongue,bundles of floures or nofegaies they call fiepkeugz doubtlelfe they arewild kindesof Gillofloures: In Englifh the firfl: two are called Sweet Iohns ;and the two lair, Sweet Williams, Tolrneiners, and London Tufts.

qr Tlze Temperature and Vertrm. Thefe plants are notfvfed ei.ther in meat

or tnedicine,but efleemed for their beauty to '

decke vp gardens, the bofomes of the beauti- full, garlands and crownes for pleafure.

C H A P. 18 5. Of Crow flourer, or Wide ”/5//i4m4'-

1] The Defiriptizm.

I BF-fides there kindes ofPinkes before defcribed, there is a certaine other kinde, either of 'he_ Gillofloures or elfe of the Sweet Williams, altogether and euery where wiide, be the tr whlcir offome hath beene inferred amongf} the wilde Campions 5 ofothers taken to we Fla: Cumlz‘. Notwithfizanding I am not ofany of their mindes, but doe hold it for nei- vn er ch he? 3 degenerate kinde of wilde Gillofloure. The Cuckow floure Ihaue comprehen- ker for Flo "’C‘“1€_0fSzj/imérzfum Englilhed, Ladies fmOckes;which plant hath been generally ta- ) was .umlt.It hath {talks of a (‘pan or a foot high,wher‘eupon the leaues do Rand by couples 011 th. to Y ’°Y“‘;‘hEY are {mall and bluntlv pointed,very rough and hairy.The floures are placed OPS Om” “mics, many in one tuft,finely and curioufly fnipt in the edges,leffer than thofe light M °“'€3,V€ry well refemblinv the Sweet \/Villiatn (whereof no doubt it is a kinde) of 3 Or skarlet colour. in A fl0ures f§"“"“ ,C"0W-floure differeth not from the rna!e,fauing that this plant is lefl'er,and the V“ fheis I5‘? Jagged like the feathered Pinke,whereof it is a kinde. “*6 field fa r°“"fl0ure wee haue in our Gardens one that doth not differ from the former of 3 that the plant of the garden hath many faire red double flames, and thofe of the

err but rat

field finglciing

1]’ The Place.

1‘ S. ’ "IRE: gm-V! a-1 35.9.“ 1“ Medowes and paltures, and dankilh places.

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