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Show The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 352 like vntothe feed ofthe Marian V iolets,or Couentry bels:the roots are fimall and whi. tith,difperfing themfelues diuerfly inthe grouud,of asbitter atafte almoft astheref, 4. Gewtianella Verna, Small Gentian efthe Spring. vpoa The fmall Gentian of the Spring hath diuers fmall hard greeneleaues, lying atthe pointed d below,an broade t fomewha ufts, headsert in asitwere the ground, end, with fueribs or veines therein, as confpicuousas in the former Gentians,among which rifeth vp.afmall fhort ftalke, with fomefmaller leaues thereon, at the toppe open whereof ftandethone faire,large, hollow flower, made bell fafhion,with wide brimmes, ending in fiue corners or diuifions, of the moft exeellent deepeblew colour that canbe feene in any flower, with fome white fpots in the bottome onthe infide; after the flower is paft, there appeare long and round pods, wherein are contained fmall blackith feede: the rootes arefimall,long, pale yellow ftrings, which thootforth here and there diuers heads of leaues,and thereby encreafe reafonable well, ifit finde 2 fit placejand groundto grow,or elfe will not benourfed vp, with all the care and die ligence can be vfed:the whole plant is bitter,but not fo ftrong asthe former. 5. Gentiana Aautumpalis fine Prenmonanthe. Galathian Violet or Autumne Gentian. This Gentian that flowreth in Autumne, hathin fome places higherftalkes thenia others, with many leauesthereon,, fet by couples as in other Gentians, but Jongand narrow,yet fhewing the three ribbesor veines that are in cachof them : the toppesof the ftalkes are furnifhed euery on¢ witha flower ertwo, of an excellent blewpurple colour, endingin five corners, and ftanding in long huskes : the rootes are fomewht great at the top,and {preading into many {mall yellow ftrings, bitter asthe reftare. 6. Saponariaflore duplici, Double fowred Sopeworte. Vato thefe kindes of Gentians,I mut needes adde thefe following plants, forthit the formerisof fomeneererefemblance in leafe with fome of the former. Andbecaufe theordinary Sopewerte or Bruifeworte with fingle flowers is often planted in Gardens, and the flowers ferue to decke both the garden and the houfe;/Imay vader the one defcribethem both : forthis with double @owers is farte morerare,nd0 greater beautic.- The Garden of pleafant Flowers. —— — ly the Autumne Gentian; andasitis reported, ‘the Vernall dikewife., The fingle or otdinary Sopeworte is found wildein many placeswith vs; but the double came to vsfrom beyond the Sea, and isfcarce known: or heard of inEngland. The R6fe Plantaine hath beene long in England; ‘bitwhes ii sls i393 ther naturall thereof or no, Iam noraffiured. The Time snr. ¢ They flower for the moft partin Inneand Tuly, but the fmall Gentian of the Spring flowreth fomewhatearlier, and thavof the Autumne:in Au318 00 : guft and’ September, a2 3008 5 The Names. — Gentiane'is thegenefallnamegiuen'to the Gentians. We call them in Englith Gentian, Fellwotte; Bitecrwort, and Baldmoney. Sapowariatsketh his name fromthe fcourinie qualitie ic hath: Wee cullitin Englith Sopewort, and in forme places Britifeworts Some haue thought itro bee Struthium of Diofcorides, orat leaft haue vied it for the farnecaufes;' buttherein they are greatly deceiued, as Matthiolus hath very well obferued thereon, and fo is Dodonzas, thatthought ittobe déijma. The Rofe Plantaine is fo called ofthe double {pikes it. carrieth, The Vertues. fect? . The wonderfull wholfomneffe of Gentian cannet bee calily knowne to vs, by reafon our daintietaftes refufe to; take thergof,.. for the, bitrernefle fake : but otherwile it would vndoubredly workeadmirable cures, both fortheliuer,{tomacke.and lunges. It is alfo a fpeciall counterpoilon againft any infection,as alfoagainft the violence of amad dogges tooth: wilde Sopewortis vfed in many places, to feoure the countrey womenstreen, and pewter veffels, and phyfically fome make great boaftto performe admirable cures in Hydropicall difeates, becaufeit is diureticall, and in Lae Veneno va, when other Mercuriall medicines hauefailed. The Rofe Plantaine doubthath the fame qualities that the ordinary hath. It hath many long and flender round ftalkes, fcarceableto {uftaine themfelues,and ftand vpright,being ful-of ioyats and ribbed leanesat them,euety 0% fomewhatlike a {mall Gentian or Plantane leafe :~at the toppesof the ftalkes ftand many flowers, confifting of two orthreerowes of leaues, .of awhitith or pale purple colour,and of a ftrong {weet fent, fomewhatlike the fmell of lafmin flowers,ftanding in long andthicke pale greene huskes, which fallaway without giuing any feede, moft other double flowers doethatencreafe by the roote, which{preadeth withinths ground, andrifeth vp in fundry diftant placeslikethefingle. 7 PlantagoRofea. Rofe Plantane. This otherplantis in all things like ynto the ordinary Plantane or Ribworte, thi growethwilde abroade inmany places, whofe-leaues are very large : but in ftead the long flenderfpike, or eare that the ordinary hath, this hath eythera thicke long {pike of fmal! greeneleaues vponfhortftalkes, or elfe a number of fieh {mallgrest* leaues layd round-wife like vnto a Rofe, and fometimes boththefe may be feene vpot one andthe fame roote, at one andthe fame time,whichabidea ercat while frethypot meone fometimesalfo giucth feede,efpecially from the amen longand flendet pikes. The Place, Some ofthefe Gentians grow on thetoppesofhils,and fome onthe and foote of them in Germany. and other Countreyes : fome of them® Countrey, CP) wpon barren heaths in thofe places, as alfo in our owne Cuar. LXXXVI. Campanula. Bell-flowers. Chapter, not VVcatvetetar Bell-flowers are tobée comprehended in this a,and Trachea only thofe thatare ordinarily called Campanula, but Viole Marian linmalfo, whercof the one is called Couentry, the other Canterbury Bells. 1. Campanula Perficifollo alba, velcarules. Peach-leafed Bell- lowers white or blew. The Peach-leafed Bell-flower hath manytufts,or branches of leaues lying vpon the vototheleafe of an Almond or Btound, whichare long and narrow, fomewhat like fad greene colour, from aofa and edges, the about nicked finely being tree, Peach tothe mid mong whichrife vp diuersftalkes, two foore high or more, fet with leanes foore{mall feuerall on ftanding flowers many with vpwards, thence dle,and from of enery one: the flowers ftalkes, oneaboueanother, witha {mall leafe at the foote ftand in {mall greene huskes, being {mall and round at the bottome, but wider open at nt the middle, fer the btimme, and ending in flue corners, witha three forked clapperi about with {ome{mall threds tipt withyellow, which flowersin fomeplants are PUTS Ge 3 white |