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Show The Garden of pleafant Flowers. The Garden of pleajant biomers, \ to defcribe it : but yet becaufe I vfenotto paffe ouer any plant foflightly , I will er down the defcription briefly,in regard ivis focOmmon, Icis verylike vato theformer fingle female Peony, bothinftalkes and leaues, but that it groweth fomewhat higher, Awa the leatiesate ot a frethergreene Colour Ythe Mowers ar the topsofthe ftalkesare ; bur very large; thicke, and double (noflower that I know fo'faire, gtéat, and'double florabiding blowne about eight or tet daiés) of a mote reddiffy purple colour then the formerfemale kindde‘died OF4 fédeterfent’: afterthefe flowers ate paft,fomerimes come goad feed\whith being fowne, bring forth foirie fingle Howers,, and fome doy. ble: the rootes are tuberous, like ynto the formerfeitiale. s yO \\ ( A9 i) YN 1, SHY La 4. Paoniafeminaflore carncefimplici. The fingle bluth Peony. Thefingle bluth Peony hathhis ftalkes higher, and his leanes of a paleror whiter greenccolourthea the double bluflijand in ore-white vnderneath(fo that it is very pro- bableit is ofanother kinde, and notrifen from the feede of the double bluth, asfome ight thinke) wich mahyVeines > that utefomewhatdifeoloured from the colour of fhe leafe rinnitig throtigh théut theéwets ate very large and fingle , confifting of ue leaies forthe mot pares ofa/puléfeth or blufh colour, withan cye of yellow dilperfed ot mixed'therewith, hating many whitifhthreads , tipt with yellow pendents ftanding about the middlehead;the rooxes are like the other female Peonies. 9Pesvia[arhinzafloretplend albicante, The double btuth Peony . The double bluth Peony hath not his ftalkes fohigh’as the double red, ‘but fomewhat lowerand ftiffer,bearing fuch like winged leaues,cut in or divided hereandthere in the edges, asallthefe fentlekindes ateybut not foilarge as the laft : the flowersare {maller,andleffe double by a good deale then the former doublered, ofa faintthining erim{foncolduPatthe firt opening ; bit decaying’ of Waxing paler euery day fotha After it hathedd Fong(For chis flowericddeth not -hisleanesin 4 greac while) itwil change fonléWhat whitith arid therefore diuers haneignorantly'called/ir, the double white Peony : the {eedes which fometimes it beareth and rootes,are like'vito the formerfertiale kindes, butfomewhat Longer, and ofa brightercolour on the outfide. 6.:Peeniafemina Byzantine. The fingle red Peony of Conftantinople, This red Peony of Conftantinople is very like in all chings vnto the doublered Pe onic, but thacthe.flowers her¢of are fingle, and’as lareé as the laft)‘and thatis larget then cither thefingle female, or the malekinde; confifting ofeight leaues, of a deeptt red colour tieneitherthe fingle or double Peonits, arid notpurplifhat all, but cachet ofthe colour of an ordinary red Tulipa,ftanding clofe and round together: the roots of this kinde haue longer clogs,and not fo fhortas‘ofthe ordinary female kinde, and of apaler colour ontheoutfide. bvistil ThePlace, 2 "Alfthefe Peonieshauebeene fent orbraught from ‘diners parts beyond thé'Stas ; they ate endenized in our Gardens, where wee: cheriflithem fot the beduty and'delight oftheirgoodlyflowers,as well as for cheir Phyfical vertiies. The Time, They all dower in Mays ‘bir fome-CasTfaid) abideafmall time , 20d” thers many weekes. ait The Names, The name Peosis is of all the later Writers generally giuen tO rhe bycheelder Wefet piahts,alchough :they hate had diners échér namesgiven z ters, as Rofa fatitivia, Tdseus dathylis; Azlsddbotis, andothers : whereof eo downs P i ranting.The female red Peony o' ¢ Conftantinop! male Peony &thefeed. 2 Peeniasfemina byzantina, UP coniaw zs tum femine.The tantesThe double wits Peony) $ He cordinaty doublePeony, 4 Pernia flare plen was thm = y white Elleber with adarkered flower. 6 Helleburws uiger vera. The Chrifimas flower. |