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Show Tbe Garden ofpleafant Flowers. ps, hey beeripe yellower when they i i heend, greencatthe firft, and a little ¢ of out fooneskippe will which e, blackithfecd round finall Foneceaiben the heads, ifthey be but alittle hardly preffed betweene the fingers : therootes {pread themfelues vader ground very much from thetoppe, with 2 numberoffinallfibresan. nexed thereunto thisis a very tender path, dying euery yeare , and mutt bee’ fowne carefully ina pet ofearth, and tende and watered inthe heate ofSummer , and all i little enough to bringit to perfection. » ThePlace. Lhe Garden ofpleasantFlowers, > call it, or Nof¢gay, bothfor fight and fent :. After the fowen is paft, comethe feede whichare rough or vneuen , round, ercenifh yellow heads , fomctimes but one and fometimestwoor three ftandihg ‘together: vpom one {talke; Bare or tiaked dfthiéme felues;withourany huske , containing.a white! pulpy. kernels the rooted are {malt} and {preading vader: ground, which perith witl the firft frofts ) andinultbe fownea groundwill befivificitnt, foas you defendit alittle from thofefthe matrer: the natural rolts 5 that may-fpoilé itwhenit isnewly fprung vp, or being yet tender: 19 new eucty yeare ; yetthicre needethno bed of horfe-dung for Wee hate alwaies had the feede of this plant {ent vsoutofItaly ano knowinghis originall place, ony The Time. Ic flowrethfromthe middleofInly,to the endof Augutt : the feed doth feldomeripenwith vs, efpecially ifthe Summer be backward, fo that wee are oftentimes to feeke for new and good {eede from our friendsagaine. The Names. Someyfeto call it Charantic femina, Bal/awina famina, Balfamella , and Angailars, Herbs Sancie Katharina, We haue noother Englith nametocall itby, thenthe Female Balfame Apple, or Ba//amina, : plant, which yet lyeth hid from vs. Crap. LI. Naitartinws tedicum, Indian Creffes, or yellow Larkes heeles. withall,chat my Garden of delightcannot bee vnfurnifhed ofit. This faite plant fpreadethit felfe into very many long trayling branches, enterlaced one within asother very confufedly {yet doth it not windeit felfe with any clafpers about cithet pole or any other thing,but ify ou will haueitabide clofe thereunto,you mufttyeitiat elfcit will lye vpon the ground)'foure orfue foot inlengthatthe leaft , wherbyitt keth vp a great deale of ground: the leauesare {mooth,greene, and as roundast Penniwortthat groweth on the ground, without any cutor incifure therein ata in any part, theftalkes whereof ftand inthe middleof each leafe, and ftandat é uery ioyntofthe ftalke, where they arealittle reddifh,and knobbed or bunchedot the flowers are ofan excellent gold yellow colour, and grow allalong thefe fal’ almoftat euery ioynt withthe leaues, vpon pretty long foote-ftalkes, which are on pofed of fineleaues, not hollow or gaping , but ftanding open cach leafeapart ba The Places! a mk .2 ¥ d Spine vato Monardus andothers » from whence atlio pares hauereceiued it. It is now very familiar in moft Gardens ofany rher curiofity, where it yearly ginethiripe feed, except the yearebevery vnkindly . L. The Time, Tt flowreth fometimesin Iune, but vfually in Iuly (ifit be well defended and in any good ground) and fo continueth flowring ; vntillthe cold frofts and miftes in the middle or end ofOGober, doe checke the luxurious na- turethereof, and in the meane timethe fede is ripe, whichwill quickly fall downe on the ground, where for the moft part the bett is gathered, The Names; Some doe reckon this plant among the Clematides or Convelvuli, the Clamberers or Bindweedes ; but (as I {aid) it hath no cla(pers, neither doth it windeitfelfe : but by reafon ofthe numberofhis branches, that run one within another, it may feemetoclimbevp bya poleorfticke » Which yet . doth butonely clofeit, as hauing fomething whereonto Jeane or ret his branches. Monardusandotherscall it FesSanguinew, of the red {pots in the flowers,as alfo Masinerz0 de las Indias,whichis Naflurtinne Indicum , by whichnameit is now generally knowne and called , and wee thereafterin Englith, Indian Creffes, yet it may bee called from the forme oftlie how. ers onely, Yellow Larkes heeles, The Vertues, T= likeneffe(as I faid before) ofthis flowerlikewife, hauing fpurres orheeles maketh meioyneit with thereft, whichis of fo great beauty and fweetnelt ee This goodlyplant was firft found inthe Welt Indies; and-from theneé fent into The Vertues. Somebyreafon ofthe name, would attribute the property of Balmevitothisplant, butitis not fufficiently knowne to haucany fch ; yet lam well perfwaded , there may bee fomeextradinary quality in fo beautifullé 281 flowers (for they are in flower at the fame time) make a delicate Tuffimuffie,they ‘The Spaniards andothers vfethe leaues hereofin ftead ofordinary Cref- fes, becaufe the tafteis fomewhatfharpeagreeing thereunto, but other Phyficall properties I hatie heard ofnoneattributedtoir. Serene ea Cuare. Li]; Viola, Violets. He Garden Violets.¢for the Wilde I leaue to their owne place) afe fo well knewnevntoall, thateither keepea Garden, or hath but once comeintojr, that I fhall (I thinke) but lofe labour and time to defcribe that whichis fo com- twothat areleffer belowe,which area little iagged or bearded on both fides , andt is mon. Yet becaufcit is not onely achoife flower of delight, notwititftanding the po: Palarity, andthatI let not paffeanything withouthis particular defcription, I muft two ofthem) thereis alittle long {potor ftreake, ofan excellent crimfon colourrr along heele or {purre behinde hanging downe: the whole flowerhatha fine fn *wantthat{mell ofthe other, goeth beyondit in variety of dainty colours, called Vidls tricolor G» flsmmea, ox Farts cafes. felfe,two ofthem,thatbe larger and longer then theother, ftand aboue,and the ot : fift loweft : inthe middle ofeach ofthethree lowerleaves (yet fometimesit is bay fent, very pleafing, which being placed in the middle offome Carnations ne alfo doe fo by this. And hereunto I muft adde that kinde of Violet , which,although Ag3 1Viela |