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Show ee CHar.r6. f Theatram ‘ Botanicat. * "reyaaolaSe TR 1B Fused, EOle j ; . Ro ; TVeats eaTm ~ Cuar.26, The aTheater of . Plants. 1016ts) SO tearSaaS ea PUNTITEP CreerTTR.ae berties4s are inother Rofes, but aré blacke when they areripe and not red, with white feedes lying in flockee he of downeas others doe, f 6. Rofafyluefires Auftriaca fire pheniceo. The Vermillion Rofe of Aufiria, i» with divers thornés The youngétbranches ofthis Rofe are flender andreddith, the elder brownith gray, fet Rofe, elfe bat not very thicke great ot fharpe : the leaves are fomewhatlargerthen thofe of the fingle yellow \ ; Rofe whereof I take itto bee a SPecies but not much unlike : the flowers are fingle andas large as of chat yellow Orenge tawny colour ,with an ¢ye of Vermillion caft overit, and of a differing in colour for this is of an excellent : paler yellow on the*outfide,after which facceedethe fruite. 7. Rofa pumila rubra Anftriaca. The fingle dwarfe red Rofe of Austria, . femmes, fer with few or This dwarfe Rofe groweth not much above hal fe a yard high, with flender greene the ordina= no thornesbelow, but furnifhed up higher with many, having whitifh greene leaves upon them like branches come ry red Rofeand grayifh undertieath five or even fet together upona ftalke + atthe coppes of the forth very great bearded huskes, wherein ftand large howets made offive leaves a peece, fomewhat fweer, red in at the firlt buc decaying withftanding, growing much more pale before they fallaway, with yellow threads ofthofe before declared, the middle, after which come the frnit which are red asthe others but greater thenany ae: formed fomewhat more like uhto 4 peate then others. Rofe Pimpinell or Rofe 8, Rofa Pimpinellafive Pomifera minor. The {mall Burnet on This (mall Rofe feldomerifeth above foore high being of rwo forts,whereof the one hath but few thornes the {talkes,and the otherfull of fmall thornes (both which are oftentimes found in one ground, but the thorny more frequent) fet with long winged ftalkes of leaves, being many {mallround greenifh leaves fet one againff numanother npon the ftalke finely dented about the edges, feeming like untoa Burnet leafe forthe forme and round heads ber fet togécher: the flowers are finglefmall and white withoutany fent, after which come {mall ee = pay but blacke when they areripe full offeedeas in other Rofes, 9. Rofa pumila campeftrn alba. The Dwarfefingle white Rofe: fet with {mall thornes and leaves acbeing ground, above foote a {carlerifing This is one ofthe fmalleft Rofes cordingto the proportion of the plant andthe wildneffe of the kind, the flowers are white and {mall giving J heads and feede like the reft : the roote cteepeth about more then others. 10. Ro/x fimplesc pumila fine fina, The fingle Dwarfe Rofe wichout-thornes, This Dwarfe Rofe alfo groweth very low, even almoft upon the ground with greene ftalkes withont any thorn: thereon, fet with fmall winged leaves, fo {mallthat they feeme fcarfeto be leaves of a Rofe + the flower flowring is (mall and of a pale reddith colour and fingle,in fome places very {weete,and in otherslittle or nothing, alfo in {omeplaces both in thé Spring and Autumne. The Place, The two fir gtow in the hedges ofour Land every where almoft,yet the fecond notfo frequent asthefirft : the third came from <Mufeovy + the fourth from Virginia : the fift from Germany in fundry places: the fixt and feventhfrom Axffria : the eight is found in divers places ofour owne Land both in barren heathy grounds, and by. woods and hedges fides : the ninth om fomeof the hills among the Switzers, and the la{t neare unto Lyonsin 8. RojaPimpinela five Porifera vinor. The {ma}! Burnet Kole or Punpernell Rofe. ila le. ro. R ofa funplexPomite (ruepind. The ; 2 fingle dwarfeRofe without thornes: F;ance upon Pilats hill there. ‘ : " : test ee Time, ae S Some of thefe Rofes flowerearlier then others, for fomecome in Mayothers hot untill Zéne when other Rofs doe. The Names, The Rofeis called in'Greeke so Rhodon quodlargum odovis efflnvitsm emittat, from the grear {weetnefle theres in as Péutarck{aith, in Latine Re/a ; Theophraftws and Pliny have Very diligently obferved the feverall differen= cesandvarieties in their times, Theopbraftus in general termes and inthe number ofthe leaves, fome few fome many, inthethornesin the colour and fent, and P/ény by. feverall names, yet not expreffing all their colours; which divers authors formerly havé appropriated to thofe Rofes were extant with them : bucif I fhall undertake the ta: te to thew their corre{pondencie with onrs herein,as I fhall endeavourin declaring my opinion to fhew the likelieftand agree with them in fome ofthem, fo I fhall (how free from errour I leave tu othersto fcanne ) difient fromthemin others : bur firft becavfe I intend to make Péiny my author to commentupon I chinke it fit to fecdownethe text of Pliny in order asit lyeth 46.2 1.cap.4. The Romans(faith he)have in greateft account the and Campana, fome have added unto them the A4ilefia which hath the reddeft colour not exceeding a fina s, vext hereuntois the Trachynia not fered, thenthe Alabandica morevile or of lefle eftceme with the meanelt (vilifimafed ut ali leguntutiliffima)with very many but very fmall, even the {mal~ incola, there isakind thereofcalléd Ceatifolia, anda little after he faith there is alfo one that wee 1d the Grecians Lychnis erowing but in moift places never having above five leaves, ofthe bignefle of the Violet withont anyfent ; another is called Gracula,withleaves as ic were clofed or alwayes readyto open;: bur openeth not unleffé it be pulled open having the broadeft leaves: Another hatha Mallow-like ftemme and leaves like the Olive tree, called AZo/chenton, among thefe is that which beareth in Autumne of a middle fize, called Coreneola » all are without fent fave the Coroneolaand that which groweth ona Bramble,Thusfarre Pliny, Nowletus fe how aptly otherauthors have fitted the Roles of thef€ times unto thole of Piiay, and firft forthe Preneftinaitis generally taken to be our Damaske Rofe, yet Lugdunenfis faith it is the red Rofe, among: which Milefia, which as hee and Camerarius fay the French call Rofede Provins, The Campane is generally held our great white Rofe. The Aéilefia is generally held to be the belt red Rofe, the deepe colour that Pliny ithath, being a true noteto knowitby, andis calledby many in Germany Rofa fina as (amerarius faith, be -aut it keepeth borh colour and fent bet when it is dryed, whereof as hee faiththere is both fingle and donble. Some take our Veluet Rofetobeit; firlt’becaufe the colour is deepe though the fent be fmall,and ir never exceedeth adozenleaves, The Trachynia is our pale red Rofe which Lugdunenfis faith the French call Rofe iacarnate, but Camerarius in borto {aith it is a purple Rofe of a deepe or blackith red colour with a pale violet colour mixteherewith, fome Germanshe faithcall it Kolrafen, and differeth little from the (Milefia but that it is gtea- ter; but furely fo deepe ared colouras Camerarivs alotteth unto it cannot agree unto Pliny his Zrachynia which ashefaith isminus rabens ofa palerredcolour, and therefore I thinke it is the worfer fort of our red Rofe,whote S{{f 2 : : colour |