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Show The Garden ofpleafant Plamers. The Garden ofpleafant Flowers, — —_S point then any where elfe,and {maller alfo atthe fetting to ofthe ftalke, whereit com. Cuars LXITIT paffech it about: the flowers are fometimes very thickeand double (breaking out of {caly clammy greene head) compofed of many rowesof leaues, fet fo clofe together one within another,that no middlethrumecan bee feene, and fometimesleffe double hauinga {mall browne {pot of athrumein the middle : and fometimesbut of twoo; three rowes of leaues, witha large brownethrumeinthe middle; euery one where. of is fomewhat broaderat the point, and nicked into two orthree corners, of ane. cellent faire deepe gold yellow colour in fome, andpalerin others, and ofa pretty ftrong and refinous fweetefent : after the flowersare paft, there fucceede headsof crooked{eede, turning inward, the outermoft biggeft, and theinnermoft leaft : the roote is white, and {preadeth inthe ground, and in fomeplaces will abide after the feeding, but forthemoft part perifheth, and rifeth againe of his owne feede. Some. times this Marigold doth degenerate, and beareth many fmallflowers vpon thor ftalkes, compafling the middle flower : but this happenethbut feldome, and there. foreaccounted but /#/ws satura, a play of nature, which fhe worketh in diners other plants befides. Aster. Starre-wort. Decree other of the ancient Writers, ‘hauefet-forth biit one kinde of Srarre-wort; which thoy'call Aiter Atticus, of theplaceno.donbt, wherethe grcatch pleotic was found; whichiwas the Countrey.of Athers : thelater Writers haue found out many otherplants ‘whichthey referreto this kittde, calling them by the fame name. Itis notmy purpofe toentreate of themall, neyther doth this gardenfitly agree with them + I{hall therefore felect-outone ortwo from the reft, andgiue youthe knowledge of thenp,lcauing the reft to their properplace. x, Aster Atticusflore lateo. Ycllow Starre-wort. This Starre-wort rifeth vp withtweorthree rough hairy ftalkes, a footeand a halfe high, withlong,ronghor hairie,brownith, darke greenc leaies on thent,, dinidedingo twoorthree branches: atthe sappe of euery-one whereof -ftandethaflas{ealy head, 2. Calendulafimplex. The fingle Marigold. Thereis no differencebetweencthis and the former,but that the flowersarefingle, confifting of onerowe of leaues, of the fame colour; eytherpaler or deeperyellow, ftanding abouta great brownethrummein the middle : the feed likewife isalike, but for the moft partgreater then in the double kindes, compafled,vnderneath withfiue or fixe long, browne, rough greene leaucs;ftandiag likea Starre, the flower, it felfe,ftanding, in: the middle thereof, madeas-a border of narrow, long, paleyellowleaues, fet witha brownith yellow thrume : thé reotedyeth euery.yeare, haning.giuen his lowets;.0 rane dood yuisd Oo 25 After Atticiee Italorumflorepurpareo. Purple Ttalian Starre-wortt. %- 1 The Place. Out Gardensare the chiefe places for the double flowersto growin for weknow notof any other naturall place : but the fingle kinde hath beene found wilde inSpaine, from whenccl receiued feede, gathered by Guil laumeBoel,in his time a very curious,and crinningfearcherof fimples. ThisIcalian Starre-wort hath many wooddy;| roundbrittle ftalkes, 'rifing from she roote; fomewhar higher thenth¢ former; fomesimes ftanding vpright, and:otherwhiles leaning downewards, whereon are fetimdny fomewhat hard; and rough long leaues,round> pointed, withoutorder.vp toslic toppe, whereit is dinided inve feuerallbranches,whereonftandthe flowersymatlelike vntoa fingle Marigold; witha bor- derof blewith purple leaues,fet about abrownemiddle thrume, the headsduftaihing The Time. They flower allthe Summerlong, and fometimes euen in winter,if ithe milde, and chiefly at the beginning of thofe monethes,asitis thought. The Names. the fowers, arecompofed of diuersfcaly greene leaties, as is to be feene in the Knapweedes or Matfelons, which after the flowers are paft yeelde a certaine downe,wherein lye {mall blacke andflatfeedes, fomewhat like ynto Lettice feede, whichare carried away withthe winde. : the rooteis compofed. ofmany whiteftrings, which perifheth notas the former, but abideth, and {pringeth afrefh every yeare. The Place. Theyate called Ca/she ofdinets,and taken to bethat Ca/tha,wherofbott Virgil and Columella haue written. Others doe call them Calendulaofthe Kalendes, thatis the firft day of the monthes, whereih they are thought chiefly to fower; and thereupon theItalianscall them, F/ori di ogni met, thatis, The Flowers of eucry moneth: Wecal them in Englifh generally, eyther Golds,or Matigolds. si 0+ Thefirft is foundin S paine,as Clufius, and in France,as Lobel fay. The otherhath beene foundin many: places in. Germany,andAuftria: inItalie alfo, and etherplaces ; we haucit plentifully in our Gardens, ? The Vertues. Theherbeand flowersare of ‘great vie with vs among other pot-herbth and the flowers eyther greene or dryed,are often vfed inpoflets broths,af drinkes, asa comforter of the heart and {pirits, andto expel any malignant ot peftilential quality, gathered neere thereunto.The Syrupeand Confestt madeofthe frefh flowers,are vfed for the fame purpofes togood effect. The Time. Thefir; Aowrethin Summer.° Atid the other not vatill Augutt or September. HOES The Names; The firft is called Afier udtticusflore Luteo, Bubonium, & Ingwinale, and of manyis takento bethe true Afler Atticus of Diofcorides : yet Matthiolus thinketh not fo, for diuers good reafons, whichheefetteth downe in the Chapter of Afer dtticus,as any manmay vnderftand,ifthey will but reade the place, which istoo long to bee inferted here. The otheris thought by Matthiolus, tobeethétruer 4/fer dsticus; (vntowhom I miift alfo confent) and conftantly alfo affirmed to be the Amellds Virgilij,as may befeene in the fame place: butitis vfually called.at this day, d/ler /taloramflore caruleo Or PMTPUTED, |