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Show The Gardenofpleafant Flowers, LheGardenofplea/ant Flowers. Crap. Ch Cuar-Cli “¢ Thlafpi Creticam, Candy Tufts. A Fthe manyforts of Th//pé it isnotthe {cope of this worke to relate. Twill @ le& but’ onely two or three, which for their beauci¢ are fit to bee ihferted inta this garden. Tista[pi Creticuns umbellstums flore albo cr PUrpureds Candy Tufts white and purple. ~ This {hall plant rifeth feldome dbouea foote and a halfe high,hauing fmall nartow; long and whitifh greene leauies, notched or dented with tlitce or foure notches oneach fide, from the middle to the point-wards’; from among whichrife vp the flalkes branched fromthe botrome almoft intodiuérs {mall branches) ‘at the toppes iwheteof ftand many {mall fowers, thick thrufttogether in an vmbell or tuft,making them feeme Thlalpi Marin ; ua Clematis, Clamberers, or Creepers. Auing fhewed youall my ftore of herbes bearing ‘fine fowers, let meenow bring to your confideration the reft of thofe plants, be they Shrubsor Trees; that are cherifhed in our garden; forthe beautyoftheir flowers chiefly or for fome other beautifull refpeét:and firft I will begin with fuch.as.creepeon the ground without climing, and then fuchas.climevp by. poles, or other things, that are fet or grow neere them,fit to make Bowers, and Arbours, or elfe arclikethem in forme, in name,or fome otherfuch qualitie or-propertie. 1.Clematis Daphuoides, fiue Vinca peruincafimplex minor diverforum colorumt, Single Perwinkle of diuers.colours. * The finaller Perwinkle whichnotonely groweth wilde in manyplaces, but is mofk to be finall,rourid, doubletiowers of many leaues, when as every floweris fingle, and ftandeth apart byit felfe,of' a faire white colourin fomeplants, without any fpot and in others witha purplith {potin the centre or middle, asif fome of the middle leas werepurple, in others againe the whole floweris purplith all ouer,which makeapretty fhew in a garden : the {eedeis contained in many fmall'andflat {eed veflels, which ftand vfuall in our Gaidens, hath diuers creeping branches, trayling or running vpon the ground, fhooting out {mall fibres at the ioynts, as 1t crecpeth, taking te holdin theground, and roorethin diuers places ; at the ioynts of thefebranchesftand two {mall darke greene fhining leaues, fomewhatlike vnto {mall Bayc leaues, but {maller, and at the ioynts likewife with the leanes,come forth the flowers, one ata ioynt,ftan- together in an vmbell, asthe flowersdid, in which are contained fomewhat reddifh feede,like vnto fome other forts of Th/«/pi,called Treakle Muftards: the cooteis {mall ding vpon atender footeftalke,being fomewhat long and hollow,parted atthe brims, fometimes into foure leaues, and. fometimes into flue, the moftordinary fortis ofa oa and on euéry yeare having giuen feede. ehaueanother fort, whofe leaues before it fendeth forth an num baticum- toothed,or finely dented about te edges, and brancheth not 6 sehoktenth an vmbell of purplith flowers like vntothe former,andpaler yellow feede. ThePlace: beginnit Eroee or neae The'Namés. _ Thefirft is named by fome, Drabs, or Arabis, as D, but Deals is anotherplant differing muchfrom this. Weeweefort,Phlapitr cums, and the other Thlafpé. Baticums marieum, becaufethe one came from Spaine, and the other frem Candy., we give itin Englith, the name © Tufts, becaufe it doth fitthe formeof the flowers beft although ordinatily all the rb/4/pi areEnglithed: Wilde Muftardes, : The Vertues. Candy, or Spanith Tufts,isnot fo tharpebiting WOE in tafte, asNPs, fore othe hest Thielhouldbeinthefteadthereag i ; Double purple Perwinkle. the ower, whichis of that darke reddifh purple colour that is in one of the fingle Thefe Thle/pi? giue not their flowers vntill th of the Thlafpies are, aadtherefore is not t quickely poffeffeth a great compaffe ; andisthereforc moft vfually, planted vader hedges,or where it may haue roome to runne. The double Perwinkleis like vato the formerfinglekinde, inall things exceptin The Time. of luly,and the feed is ripe fooneafter, plecolour:the rootis inthe bodyof it, little bigger then a ruth, bufhing inthe ground, and creeping with his branches tarre about, taking roote in manyplaces, whereby it 2. Vinca peruincaflore duplici purpureds, Thefe doe grow in Spaine and Candie, not farre from theSea fide: 1 pale or bleake blew colour, but fome axe pure white,and fome of adarkereddifhi pur- SSBIE woes kindes ; butthis hath another tow of Icaues within the lower, fo that thetwo rowes of leaues caufethit to be called'double, bur the leaves of theféare leffer then the fins gle. Ihaue heard of one witha donble white flower, but I hane not yet feeneit. 3. Clematis Daphnoidesfine Peruinca maior. Thegreater Perwinkle. This greater Perwinkle is fomewhatlike the former, but greater, yethis brafiches creepe not in that manner, but ftand more vpright, orlefle creeping atthe leaft : the leaues alfo hereofftand by couples atthe ioynts, but they are broaderand larger by the halfe: the flowersare larger, confifting offiue leaues that areblew, a little deeper then the formerblew: this plantis farre tenderer to keepethenthe other, and thertr fore would ftand warme,as wellas in a moift fhadowie place. 4. Clematis alterafiue vrens flore albo. Burning Clamberer, or Virgins Bower. This Caufticke or burning Climer, hath very long and climing tender branches, coyet fomewhat woody below, which winde aboutthole thingsthat ftand neereit, Crak uered with abrownith greene barke, from the ioynts whereoffhoote forth many Winged Icanes, confifting for the moft part offiuefingle leaues,. that is, two andtwo together, and one atthe end, which area litele cut in or notched onthe edges ep and there, |