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Show _——aoeeeeoorr Tbe Gdrden'of pleafant Flowers. ; Se a colder,little or none at alli thefe ucin fent,b afine have ies ia their natural hot Cointr ded, perithafter they haue fowred and fee the reotes are {mall and threadie, and 5. Linavia Valeativa, Tode Flaxe ofValentia: thicker and bigger ftalkes thenthe This Spanith Tode Flaxe hath three or fonte mall Centory,two of threetogether r, bearing {mall broad Ieaues,like vato thef forme ftalkes, but without any order ypwards, at ataioynt,yound about the lower end of the fafhion like vnto the common kinde, ‘the toppes whereof ftand many flowers, in butthe gaping month is downic, and r, colou ow yell faire a of andalmoft aslarge, the {purre behinde ofa purplifhcolour. 6. Scoparia fine Beluidere Italorum, Broome TodeFlaxe. (OR AEES" = caufe the greene plantfull of Althoughthis plant haue no beautifull fowers, yetbe otherplaces planted not onely in and leaues is fo delightfull to behold, being in Italy h their Windowes, and even withys their Gardens, butfet likewifein pots to furnit that | have thoughtit worthy tobes alfo hath grownetobe fo dainty agreene buf, whereofis as followeth: Thisplea tion fcrip thede n; Garde my of mongthedelights aight vpright fquareftalke,three oneftr with y fant Broome Flaxe rifeth vp moft viuall hing it\felfe out diucrs waics, branc ns, Garde our rin bette or gh halfehi anda foote n LineorFlaxe, very thicke bearing thereon many long narrow leaues,like the Garde e Cypreffe tree, growing green faire vatoa fet rogether, likevnto a buth, or rather like greenecolour : ar the feut faire broad belowe, and fpire-fathion vpwards, ofavery g theleaues, therecomeforth rall ioynts of the branches,towards thetops,and amon d, being of no beauty , which garde {mall reddish flowers, noteafily feenenor muchre s area numberof blackifh ftrings roote the : feede gray th blacki turneinto {mall round hof any cold pproac fet togetherjandthe wholeplant perifheth euery yeare at the firfta bufh. e green a faire fo beenc had neuer ayre,as ifit The Place. Thefekindes of wilde Flaxe doe growe naturallyin diners places, fomt in Germany, fomein Spaine,andfomeinItaly, Thofethat delight inthe beauty of natures variety, doepreferuc them,to furnifh vp the number pleafantafpects. The Time. after perfeé thelt ; eval all @owerin the Summer moneths, and foone ecac. The Names. Their namesare fnfficiently expreffed in theirtitles, yet I muft giueyot to vaderftand , that the laft is called offome Lizaria magus , andofothets Ofrit. The Vertues. The wilde Flaxe hath ao medecinable vertue appropriate vato it rhatis knowne. The Tode Flaxeis accounted to be good, to caufe one to Ht a water. The Garden ofpleafant Flowers. Carey DIL. - . sat Antirrlinum. Shapdragon. others Te fome diuerfity inthe Snapdragons, fome being ofa largerjande ofanandfom ofone, fome larger, ofthe and , fe bignef ofalefler ftatureand fhall at this other colour, but becaufe the fmall kindes are of no beautie , I timeonely entreate of the greater. forts. iAntirrbinkns albilm. White Snapdragon. comprehend the Theleaues ofthefe Snapdragons(for I doe vnder one defcription or of the Flaxe, n Garde ofthe leaues the then greener and reft)are broader, longer, on all fpread are which es, branch greene wilde Flaxe fet confufedly vpon the tender fomewhat refem, flowers many toppes the at g bearin e, bottom very fides, from the orfpurre, of a bling the former TodeFlaxe,but machlarger, and without any heeleafter the lowers faire white colour, with a yellow {pot inthe mouth or gaping place: ; fafhioned fomewhat are paft, there comevp in their places hard roundfeedeveflels n is contained {mall blacke likevnto a Calues head , the fnout being cut off, wherei in moft places afterthey haue fede: the rootesare manywhite ftrings, which perifh with them to preferue them a~ taken paines or care any ing giuen feede, notwithftand ed inthe Winter, liue,aad yet they will abide in fomeplaces wherethey are defend 2. Antirrbinumparpwrennsfine rofewm. Purple Snapdragon. flowers altogether like the former, Thepurple Snapdragan is in ftalkes, leaues,5 and differenceis, that thisbeareth only the r ands large and great in euery part,or greate a yellow {pot inthe mouth, and fomes with s, dower red colou Rofe or ell pale Stamm 5; timesofa paler colour, almoft bluth. 3-Antirrbinwm variegatum, Variable Snapdragon. er then the laft defcribed, having This variable kinde is fomewhatleffe, and tender former , but much bigger then alfa reddith orbluth coloured flower,lefferthen the wnein this worke) the yellow themiddlekinde of Snapdragon (whichis not fetdo extending to beth fides ofthe and , t abouti fpor inthe mouth of it hath fome white are {maller, but neuer will rootes the r: forme the elike feedear and fpot : the heads abide after they haue giuen flowers and {eede. 4. Antirrhinum lutewm, Ycllow Snapdragon. h leaues as large as any of the Thereis likewifeanotherof thefe kindes , that bearettheynot differing in any thing feas likewi former,& very faire yellow flowcrs,as large aLivaris or TodeFlaxe :, elfe from the firft ; let notany therefore imagine this tobe forall parts are anfwerable vato the Snapdragons, The Place. ugh in Spaine and Allthefe are nourifhed with vs in our Gardens, altho Italy they are found growing wilde. The Time. They flower forthe moft part the fecond yeare after the fowing, from A- prill vntill Iuly, and the feedeis quickly ripe after. L3 The |