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Show —— 164 =~ TheGarden of pleajantFlowers. eee 3. Lyfimsachia lates filiquofa Pirgiana. The tree Primrofe of Virginia, nd , with divers long, and narrow withoutany ftalke or flowers lying vpon the grou like a Rofe,the largett leaues being ft almo ound timesr ead often rifeth, pale greene leaues,{pr le ; about May the nextyeare the ftalke ourcrmoft, andvery fmallin the midd tos lmoft fizea e bigg g {tron which will be in Summerofthe height of aman,and ofa crefted vpta ometothe middle, where it groweth mans thumbe,round from the bott one hauing2 ful the toppe, into as many parts as there are branches offlowers,euery er, round abot c anoth abou r one orde in ftand rs flowe leafeat the footethercof the e,confifting of fourepale yellow the ropsofthe ftalks,cuery one vpona fhortfoot-ftalk risalfo (whichhath cay feaues,{melling fomewhat like vnto a Primrofe, asthe colou thit felfe at the toppeint fed the name) and ftanding in agreene huske, which parte clofero the ftalke: th foure patts or leauesjand turne themfelues downewards, lying come in theirplacs there , g paft h bein whic le, midd es the in chiu fome ower hath d belowe,opening roun and r end, vppe the at ted long and cornered pods, fharpe poin browaith feed: ained {mall atthe toppe when it is ripeinto fiue parts, wherein is cont branched forth diuetl, and , dy wood , and head the at the roote is fomewhat great which perifheth after it hath borne feede. { i * Cih cX bt y x ce,y rte this plant,I haue ftood long infufpen Wato whattribe or kindred I might tefe fhould oreit therf left work; this in achia Lyfim geeard I makeno mention ofanyother ts, although I confefi jofeall place, let me ranke it here next ato the Dames Viole ng the feede it’abideth fowi the ‘of yeare ithathlittle affinity with them. ‘The firft The Place. P The Garden of pleafant Flowers. in Woods, butwithrs Thetwo firft grow forthe moft part on Hils and Ds ? in Gardens oncly. | ofVirgina out came title, the by vnderftood well be may The laft,as } The Time. Viola Lunaris fine Bolbowach. ‘The Sattin flowers : j netliefe kindes Nro thekindes of StockcaGilloflowers'I thinke fittefito adioyenoughin all dur uent treq ,one forts two are there reof whe wers, of Sattin-flo f > Countriestheotheris not fo common. r. cometion white Sattin flowe 1 Viola Lunaris vulgaris, The a : hath his teaues broad The firft ofthefe Satin flowers, whichisthe moft common, e greene colour: dark a of and s , edge e belowe, and pointed atthe end, {niptaboutth many bratiches, into ed dinid r, highe of t high, twofoo hard, d d an the ftalkes are rotin with manypurbefet hesare branc ofthe cops the : er fet'with the like leaues, but fmall r; bes loflowers, but large plith fowers, like vnto Dames Violets; or Stocke-Gil in their places round flat come ’ there paft', rs are flowe ing of little fent': after’ the e hyiddle skitine, thatis thinn ng a havi ‘but de, thincods, of a darkecoloufonthe ourfi whereonl ye flatand felfe, n it e Satti whit pure very vnto ng,like e fhini cleav eand whit h when theyhaue rootes perit round brownifh feede, fomewhatthicke and reat: the e, refembling the rootes of given their feede, and are fomewhat round,long, and thick for Sals Lilium non bulbofam, or Day Lilly, which-are eaten (as diuets other lets, both in our owne Country, and in manyplaces befide. 2(Wiela Lumavés alterafew peregrina. Long living Sattin flowers This e¢ond kinde hath broader and longerleaues then the former, the ftalkesall3 colourjalmoft white, are greener'and higher, branching into flowers, ofa paler purple fuchlike confiting offoure leauesin like manner, and {melling pretty fiveete, beating of many long pods, but longerand flenderer‘then. they : the rootes are compofed euery yeare. newftalkes out {hoot and abide, fttings, which dye not asthe former,but ' ThePlace: dol The firft is (as is faid) frequent efiough in Gardens,and is found wildein fome places of our éwne Country as Matter Gerardreporteth, whereof. abo" They flower in May, lune, and luly. The Names. } fi thetwo vpon Herbarifts moft by The name of He/peris is impofed the fame that Theoph plants, although it is not certainly knowneto be and twenty fiue Chapte® fius doth make mention of, én his fixth Booke beftin™ canis plantarum :but becaufe this hath the like effeéts to finell amongeos neuer could becertainly affured,but I haue had ivoftenfent mec ther feedes from Italy, ‘and other places. ‘The otheris not forcommonin Gardens, but found about Watford, as he faith abfo: Viola Marins ys euening, itis (as I faid) impofed vponit. It isalfo called Vior) trenalis, Hyemalis, Damafcena and Majfchatella : In Englifh, Dames ag eens Gilloflowers, and Winter Gilloflowers. The latt hath his Latinename in thetitle as isbeft agreeing withit s fortheEnglith, althoughit be too foolifhIcenfeffe, yet itmaypal this time till a fitter be ginen,valeffe you pleafe to follow the Latine, callit Virginia Loofe-ftrife. The Vertues. i . : |. tod ; “ee 08 anyances ee ae yee; of Violets ee co thou reafon ofthe fharpe biting tafte, roote are) Dodonzusaccountcth’”™ Aerfictes beakinde ofRocket and faith it prouoketh {weating, rine : and othersafirmeit tocut, digeft, and cleanfe rough fiegm™ Virginian hath not beene vfed by any that I know,either inwardly of wardly. Cu? The Time. They dower in Aprillor May, and fometimes more early, The Names. it is called molt It hath divers names, as well in Englifh asin Latine ; for , and of others latifolia Viola fome : Of Lavaris Viole ahd h, vfually Bolbonac oderata,and Viola Peregrina,and LunariaGreca, Lunaria maior, and Lunaria ischonale to niSAL aden Hie Eneiit Satten,or Satren flower: femeitis called Honelty, * ana Penny-tower, : The Vertues. : ol , is bq ; Somedoe vie to catethe young rootes hereof , before they, ruane. ¥PFQ) flower, as Rampionsare. eaten with Vinegar and Oyle;ibutayeeknow 20! vray 2u23R39) f : Phyficall vfechey hanes Zz Cwar. |