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Show The Gardenof pleajant towers. The Gardenofpleasant Flowers. nj ter; flowring thenext Spring following: The-orherflowernotvntill Jul aod ese efpecially the Marthe Buglofie yotill September bee we fpent, and then giueth feede, if early frofts ouertake it not , for it feldom corameth tebe ripe. The Names. Our ordinary Borage by the confent of all the beft moderne Writers, i the true Bagloffum of Diofcorides, and that our Bugloffe was vnknownetg femper vi the ancients. The Borago femper virens, Lobel calleth Buglolfue Bo. refembleth butitmore : Bugloffe greene or rems, thatis, Euer-liuing, rage then Bugloffe , yet becaufe Bugloffe abideth greene, to. auoyde tht there fhould not be twoBugloffafemper virentia, Thad rathercall it Borage then Bugloffe. Anchufa hath diuers names, as Diofcorides fetterh downe, Andfome doecall it Fwcus herba, from the Grecke word, becaufe the root giuing fo deepe acolour, was vied to dye or paint theskinne. Others calli Bugiolfum Hifpanicum, in Englith Alkanet,and of fome Orchanet, after the 253 confilting of fine leanes, fomewhatbroade and round pointed, ofa perfect red crimfon colour,ftanding out of a hatd long round huske,ridged or crefted in foureorfitie places ;after the Aowers are fallen thete come vp ronnd hardheads, whetein is contai- ned finall blackifl feed’: the rodte is fmall, long and wooddy, with manyfibres att nexed vntoit, and fhoorethforth anew oftentimes, yer perifheth often alfo. +, Lychnts Coronaria albafimplex. The white Rofe Campion, The white Rofe Campion ts itvall thingslike the red,but in the colour ofthe flower, whichin this is of a pure white colour. 3. Lichnis Coromaria albefcensfine incarnate maculata Ce #0n maculata, The bluth Rofe Campion {potted and not{potted. Like vatthe formetalfo are thefe'otherforts having no other differenceto diftinguifh chem, but the Adwers, which are of a pale‘or bleake whitith blufh colour,efpeci* allyaboucthe brims, asif a very littlered were mixed witha great deale of white, French. Limoniumwasfound by Leonhartus Rauwolfius, neere vatolop pa, whichhe fetteth downein the fecond Chapter of the third bookeof his trauayles,and from him firftknowne to thefeparts :_ haue,asyou fee, referred itto the kindes of Bugloffe, forthat the flowers hauc fomerefenmblancevnto them,although Iknow that Limonium genuinum is retertedto the middle of the fowet being more white; the one being fpotred/all oner the ower, can finde a fitter; and callit as youthinkebeft, eyther Limonium as Ra. that this beareth double flowers; ‘confifting of two orthrecrowes of Jeaues at the moft, whiclvare not folarge asthefingle, andthe whole plant is moretender, that is, more aptto perith,then anyofthe fingle kindes. the Beetes. Let it therefore here findea placeofrefidence, vatill youorl wolfius doth, or Marthe Buglofle as Idoe, orif you canadde a more pw per name,I fhall notbe offended. with {mall {pots and ftreakes, the other not hauing any fpot at all. 4. Lychnis Corevaria rubra multiplex. The double red Rofe Campion. Thedoubleréd Rofé Campion isiinall refpects like vntothefingleredkinde, but 5. Lychuis Chalcedonica flarefimplici miniato. Single Nonefuch, The Vertues. or Flowerof Briftow, or Gonftantinople. Borage and Bugloffeare held tobee both temperate herbes, beeing vied bothin the pot andin drinkes thatare cordiallefpecially the flowers,Wwhidt | of Gentlewomenare candid for comfitts. The Alkanetis drying,andhel tobe goodfor wounds, andif a peece of the roote beput intoa littleoy! | of Peter or Petroleum,it giueth as deepe a colourto the oyle,as the Hyp*| ricon doth or can tohis oyle,and accountedto be fingular good foracitot greene wound. The Limonium hath no vfe that wee know, more then fot a Garden;J" as Rauwolfius faith, the Syrians vfethe leaues as fallats atthe Table. =e Crar.XXXVIII. Lychnie. Campions. This Campion of Conftantinople hath many broad and long greene leaues,among whichrife vp {undry ftiffe round hairy ioynted ftalks three foot high, with two leanes cuery ioynt: the flowers ftand atthe toppesiof them, very many together, in a large tuft or vmbell, confifting of fiuefinall long leaues, broade pointed, andinorched-in inthe middle, of abright red orenge colour, which being paft, there comeintheir places {mall hard whitith headsor {eede veffels, containing blackefeede; like vnto the feede of {weet Williams, and hauing but afmall fent; the roote is very ftringie,fafteningit felfe very ftrongly inthe ground, whereby itis muchencreafed. Of the fingle kinde thereisalfo twoor three otherforts,differing chiefly inthe coe Foreabe. lour of the flowers. Theoneispurewhite. Anotheris ofa bluth colour wholly,c+ carness withoutvariation. Andathird is very variable; foratthé firtt itis of ajpale red, and Verficolor: after a whilegroweth paler,vatill inthe endit become almoft fully white;and all thefe diuerfities of the flowers are femetimesto bec feene on one ftalke at oneand the fame time. 6. Lychnis Chaleedonicaflare ministoplex, Here beediuersforts of Campions,as well tame as wilde, and although font of themthatI fhall here entreate of, may peraduenture be found wildein ol! owneCountrey, yet in regard of theirbeautifull fowers, they areto beet {pected,and nourfed vp withthereft, to furnifh a garden of pleafure; as for the wilde kindes, I will leauethemfor anotherdifcourfe. : 1. Lychnis Coronaria rubrafimplex. Thefingle red Rofe Campion. Thefingle red Rofe Campion hath diuersthicke, hoary, or woolly long greent Teaues, abiding greeneall the winter,and in the end of the {pring or beginning of fu| mer,fhooteth forth two orthree hard round woolly ftalkes,with fomeioynts thercos | and at cuery ioynt two fuch like hoary greene leaues as thofe below, but foaalles | long footitll | diuerfly branched at thetoppe, bauing one flower vpon each {euerall . % confiftiof Double Flower of Briftow,or Nonefich. This glorious flower being. as rare as it is beautifull, is forreotes beeing ftringie, for leaues.and ftalkes being hairy and high, and forthe flowers growing in tufts, altogetherlike the firft fingle kinde : but herein confifteth the chiefeft difference, that this beareth a larger vmbell or tuftof flowers atthetoppe of the ftalke, every flower confifting of three er foure rowes of leaues, of a deeper orenge colour then it,which addeth themore grace vnto it, but paffeth away withoutbearing feede, as moft other double flowers doe,yet recompenceththat defect with encreafe from the reote, 7. Lychnis plamariafiluefiris fimplex & multiplex. The teatherd wilde Campion fingleand double, The leaues of this wilde Campion are fomewhat like the ordinaty white wilde Y Campion |