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Show 424 | den of plealant Flowers. The Gar thr former male kinde : the root heads,containing fuch fall brownifh feede as is in the s, if it be placed vndera ng yeare is woody, and fpreadeth vnder ground, abidi fome wall, where it may bee defended fromthe windes that often breake it, and from the of perif mitie our winte extre h. rs, and efpecially the{now,if it lye vponit, which quickly it to caufeth 6. Ledum Alpinamfew Réfa Alpina. The Mountaine {weet Holly Rofe, Thefragrant fel! with properties correfpondentof two otherplants, caufeth me to inferrthemin this Chagter, andto bringthem to your knowledge, as well worth a fic placein our Garden. The firft ofthem hath diuers flender woody branches, two foote high orthereabouts, Lhe Garden ofpleafant Flowers. Bel/amum Alpinum, of the fragrant finell it ‘hath and .Chamarhododendros, Chamaleefolio.And fomehauecalled it Ewonyr ns,) without all manner of iadgement. In Englit h wee maycallit; “The Moun: taine Rofe, vntilla fitter name be ginenit. The laftis called of Matthiolus Rofmarinam filueflve, bucef‘Clufius Ledum, referring andSilefiacum, becaufe hefound it in that Countrey it to their kindred; ; or for dittin@ion fake, as he faith, itmay beetdlled, Leaumfolys Rofmarini, or LedumBobem icam, Cordis, ‘asvit feemethiivhis Hiftory of Plants, ‘callethit Chataepence, as thoughte did accounrit akinde of low Pine,orPitehtree. couered with agrayith coloured barke, and manytimes leaning downeto the ground, wherebyit takethroote againe : vponthefe branches growmany thicke, thort, hard greene leaues, thicke fet together, confufedly without order, fometimes whitifh ynderneath, and femetimes yellowifh : the toppesofthe branches are loden with many flowers, which caufe them to bend downwards,being long,hollow and reddith, opening into fiue corners,{potted onthe ontfidewith many whitefpots, and of a paler redcolourontheinfide, of afinefweetfent : after the flowers are paft, there follow fmall heads, containing fmall brownith fede: theroot is long, hard and woody, abiding betterif itcomprehendin the ground,then fomeof 425 Gefner according tothe Countrey peoplesname; ‘Rafe Alpiea;-and Rofa Montana, Lobelcallethit The Vertues. The firft, fecond, and fift, are very aftringent, effe@uall for all fortsof fluxes of humours. Thefweet Gum called Ladanuys; made artificially into oyle, is of fingular vfe for Aéopecéa,of falling of the haire. The feed of the fourth is much commended againft the ftone of the Kidneyes.’ Théefweéte Rofemary of Silefiais yfed.of the inhabitants, whereit naturally groweth; againft the fhrinking offinewes,crampes,orother fuch like difeafesswherof their daily experience makesit familiar,being vfedin bathing or otherwile; the former, becaufe his originallis out of acolder country. 7. Ledune Silefacum. The fweete Mary Rofe, or Rofemaryof Silefia. Cuar. CXII. Rofmaritwm, Rofemary. This other {weete planterifeth vp with woody ath-coloured branches twofoote high or more, which fhoote forth other branches,of a reddi(h or purplifh colour,couered with a brownifh ycllow hearineffe, on whichare fet manynarrowlong greene leaues, likevnto Rofemary leaues, but couered with the like hoarineffe asthe ftalksare (efpeciallyinthe natarall places, but not fo much being tranfplanted) folding the fides of the lcanesfoclofe together, that they feeme nothing bu ibbes, or ftalkes, of an excellent fweet andpleafant fent ; atthe ends ofthe branclies there growcertaine brownith fealy heads, made of many fimall leaues fetthicketogether, “out of which breake forth many flowers, ftanding in atufe together, yet feuerally euery one vpon his owne foot{talke, confifting of fiue whiteleaues, with certaine white threds ia the middle, {melling very fweete : after whichrife {mall greene heads, {potted with brownithfpots, wherein is contained very {mall, long,yellowifh feede : therootels hard and weodie. Ti hath beene vfually Enowne but one fort of R ofemary; whichis frequent throughall phis Country: butthere are fome otherforts not fo well known;the one is called Gilded Rofemary ; the other broadeleafed Rofemary ; athird I will adioyne,asmorerare then all the ether, called Double fowred Rofmary,becaufe few haue heard thereof, much leffe feeneit,and my felfe am notwell acquainted with towel it, but am bold to deliner it vpon credit, 1. Libanotis Corenariafine Rofmarinum valgera, Our Common Rofmary. This common Rofemary is fo well knowne' throughall our Land, being in chery Womans garden, that ic were {ufficicat but to name it as an ernament among other fiveeté herbes ahd flowersin our Gardén, fecing euery one can defcribe it, but that I may fay fomething of it, Itis well obferued, jas well in this our Land (whereit hath The Place. The firft, fecond, fourth and fifth, grow in the hot Countries, as Itali¢, Spaine, &c.. Thethird, and thetwolaftin the colder Countries, as Frilt land, Germanic,Bohemia. The Time. They doeall fowerinthe Sumer moneths of Iune,Iu ly and Auguft, and their feede is ripe quickly after, : been planted in Noblémens, and gréat mensgardens againft bricke wals,.and there continued'long)as beyond the Seas, inthe naturall places whereit groweth, thatit rifeth'vp in tithe vnto a very great height,witha great and woody ftemme(ofthat compaife, har (being clouén out into thin boards) it hathferued to. make lutes,orfuchlike inftruments, and here with vs Carpenters rules, and to diuers other purpofes) brane ching out into diuers andfundry armesthat extend a great way, and from themagaine into many other {maller branches,wheronarefet at feucral diftances,at the ioyn ts,maAY Very narrow long leaues, greeneabone, and whitifh vaderneath $ among which Come forth towards thetoppes of the ftalkes,diners fweet gaping fowers, of a pale or bleake blewith colour, many, fet together,{tanding in whitih huskes ; the fécdis {mall andred, ‘burthereof, feldome dothany-plants arifethat will abide! withont extraordinary care ; for althooghit will fpring of the feede reafonablewxcll; yer it is fo fmall The Names. _ Thefirft, fecond, fourth and fift, haue their namesfufficiently exprefied in their defctiptions, “The third was fent ynto Clufius, vnder the named Herculus Prificus, becaufe ofthe {trongfent: buthe referrethit ro the kins of Chamesifius, that is, dwarfe or low Cistus, both for the low growth, ane forthe flowers and feede fake. The fixt is diuerflycalled; for Clufius calleth it Leduns Alpinwm : othets,Nerinm dlpinum, making ittobeea —_ bey? einer andtender the firtt yeare, thata fharpe sinterkillethic quickly, valeile ivbe very well defended :’ the whole plantas wall lcauesas flowers,{melleth exceedingifweete. 2. Rofmarinumfiriatum, fide anream. Gilded Rofemary. This Rofemary differeth net fromthe former,in forme or maiinetiof growing, nor Nn 3 a} |