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Show The Garden ofpleafant Flowers. ————__—____.., The Time. Allofthem docfower carly inthe yeare, that’s, in the beginning ofA.) r dochfall. prill,about which time moft commonly Eafte The Names. : er names ate giuen torachin their fencrall titles, being all of the Chapte, at wilde oes as I faid in the beginning of Wecall then them. acknowledge doe Authors partall andfo for the moft The Garden ofpleasant Flowers; 262 the bottome of the flower riéxt vnto the ftalke : the roote ofthis is very likevnto the Jatt. Thereis another ofthis kinde, whofe flowers are purple,inall other thingsit is like Purpuree. ynto the white. And likewife another, with a bluth or carnationcoloured flower, Cotcinea fine Thereis one thatis onely nurfed vp with vsin Gardens , that is fomewhatlike ynto/#™“"™"™ > thefe former wilde Azemones in roote and leafe, but thatthe fower of:this, being pure white within, and alitcle purplith without , confifting of eight or fiine {mall round Peregrine albe: pointed leaues , hath fometimes fome leaues vadér the flower, party coloured white the| in Englith, becaufe they flower about Eafter, Pafque Flower . whichis and greene :the flower hath likewife a greene head; likea Strawberry; compaffed about with white threads, tipt with yellow pendents: And another of the famekinde withthe lat, whofe fewer confifting of eight ox Peregrina virk. will, being growneold by cuftome, tle purplith, and diuided at the pointsinte three parts ; the middlepartis ofa greenifh } white colour, with agreene headin the middleas the other. may pafe French namefor Eafter, or Ewphoniegratia, Pafic Flower, which if yo Pal/arille, elfe or name, the on defcant currant; withoutany further The Vertucs, The fharpe biting and exulcerating quality of this plant, canfeth ittohy oflittle vie,notwithftanding Ioachimus Camerarius faith in his Hortu Me nine leaues,is ofa greenifh colour, except the foure outermoft leaues, which-area lit. Ancruonefilucfristrifolia Dédoncek, The thiee leafed wilde Winddowed: This wilde Avzemone hath his rootes very like vntothe formerkindes ; the leaies are alwaies three fet together atthetoppe of flenderftalkes, being {mall and indented. dicws, that in Boruffia, whichis a place indeely, as I take it, the diftilled mi » bout, very like vato athree leafed Graffe, but {maller: the fower confifteth ofeight ter hereofis vied with good fucceffe, to be giuen to them that are trouble witha Tertian Ague ; for he faith thatit is medicarmentum exsexmir,thatis, medicine of forcetohelpe obftructions, cAnemone filucftris latifolia alba fine tertie Matthioli, The white wilde broad leafed Windflower. This Winddower hath diuers broad greene leaues, cut into diuifions, and dents about,very like vato a broad leafed Crowfoote, among which rifeth vpa ftalke, hi uing fomefuch like cut leatiesin the middle thereof, as growe below, but fmaller a! che toppe whereof ftandeth one large white flower , confifting offine leaues forthe moft part, with fome yellow thieads in themiddle, ftanding about fucha greene hea as is inthe tame or garden -4wemones, Which growing greater after the Aoweris pal, is compofed ofmany {mall feedes, wrapped in white wooll, which as foone asthe) are ripe, raifethemfelues vp from the bottomeof the head, and flye away witht winde, as the other tame or garden kindes dog: the reote is made ofa number oflon, blacke fttings, encreafing very much by running vndergtound, and fhooring ypind: tiers plates. Anemonefiluettristensifolia lutea, The yellow wilde thin leafed Windflower {mall leaues, fomewhatlike vnto a Crowfoote,but ofa whitith purple or bluth with fome white threads, anda greene rough head inthe middle. Anemonefilueftrisfloreplene albe. The double white wildéWindflower. This double kinde is very like vntothefingle whité kinde before de{cribéd 3 both in his long running rootes, and thin leaues\, but fomewhat larger: the flowers hereof are very thickeanddouble, although they be fmall, ‘and offaint’ fweete fent > very whiteafter it is full blowneforfiue oxfix dayes, but afterwards it becommeth a little purplith ontheinfide, but more onthe cutfide: this never giueth feede (althanghit auc a {mall head in themiddle)like as many other double fowers doe, Anemonefilucfirisfloreplenopurpares. The double purple wilde Windflower. This double purple kinde hath fuch likeiagged leaues as the laft defcribed hath, but more hoaric vnderneath: the floweris ofa fine light purple toward the points ofthe Icaues, the bottomes being ofa deeper purple, butas thicke 5 and full of leaiésas the former, witha greene head in the middle,like vnto the former: this kinde hath fmall greene leaues on theftalkes vnderthe flowers, cut aad diuided like the lowerleaues, The Place. The yellow wilde dzemone rifeth vp with one or two {mall round naked fal bearing about the middle ofthem,fimall, foft, and tender iagged leaues, deeply ‘i and indented onthe edgesabout, from aboue which doth grow the ftalke, best {mall yellow flowers, ftanding vpon weake foote-ftalkes,like vntoa finall Crow!ow with fomethreadsin the middle : the rooteis long and {mall, fomewhatlike vato™ roote of Pollipodic, creeping vnderthe vppercruft ofthe earth : this kinde is low and fpringeth fomewhatearlier then the other wilde kindes that follow. Thefirft broad leafed Asemone groweth in divers places ofAufttiaand Hungary. Theyellow in diuers woods in Germany,but not inthis Coun- trey that ever Icouldlearne. The etherfingle wilde kindes, fome of them are very frequent throughout the moft places of England, in Woods, Groues,and Orchards. The double kindes were found, as Clufius faith, in the Lowe-Countries, in a Wood neare Louaine. Anemone filuefiris tennifolia alba fimplex. Thefingle whitethin leafed wilde Windflower. "This white wilde Anemone rifeth vp with diuers leaues ypon feuerall long fal which are fomewhatlike vnto the former, but that they are fomewhat harder,20¢") fo long , nor thediuifions ofthe leaues fo finely fnipt about the edges, but # a broader, and deeper cutin on euery fide: the flowers hereof are largerand ba thenthe formes, white onthe infide, anda little purplith on the outfide, efpeci# 1 colour, The Time. They flower from the end of March (that is the earlieft) and the begin= ning of April, vntill May,aud the doublekindes begin within while after the fingle kinds are paft. The Names, They are called Reannculiflvaram, and Rawnscali wemorum , andas oe us, |