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Show Cecereimeee 5: < 316 Lhe Gardenof pleafant Flowers. The Garden of pleafant Flowers. ping or {preading vnder the toppe orcruft of the ground, fome ofonecolour, fome of another, and manyof divers colours : As I haue formerly done with the Gilloflowar fomvft I doe withthefethat are entertained in our Gardens, onely giue youthe de. {eriptions of fome three or foure of them, according totheirvariety, and the namesof the reft, with their diftinctions. 1. Caryophyllus minorfilnestris multiplex ce fimplex, Double andfingle Pinkes, The fingle and double Pinkes are for forme and manner ofgrowing,in all partslike the former) doctake rooteagaine, whereby it quickly fpreadcth, and coueretha great deale of ground ina little {paces the flowers are {mall andtound,a little {nipt about the edges, whereof fome are-white, and fomered, and fomeare white {potted with red, and fomered {potted withiwhite, all of them being fingle flowers. But thereis another ef this kinde,notdiffering in leafc,bur in flower » for thar thefirft fowersare but once double, orof two rowesfleaues, of afinereddithcolour, {ported with filuer {pots : but thofe that follow, are fo ‘thicke and/double, thatthey ~oftentimes doe breakethe pod or huske:, ' being gotaltogethér offo deepe axed colour; but more pale, vntothe Gilloflowers before defcribed, fauing onely that their leaues are {mallerand fhorter, in fome moreorleffe thenin others , and fo are the flowers alfo: the fingle 6. Caryspbpllis Medsterrancusfine Marinus maior, ; Great Sea Gillofloweror Great Thrift. ftraight : the double kiades being leffer, and leffe double thenthe Gilloflowers,hauing Vato thefe kindes of Pinkes Fmuft needs adde,not only our otdinary Thrift(which ismort frequent ingardens, to empalé’or border 4 knbty-becaufeit abidetl greene » Kindes confifting of fine leaues vfually(feldomefix)round pointed, anda litele fnipt forthe moft part about the edges, with fome threads in the middle, either crookedo [ their leauesa little {nipt or endented about the edges , and of divers {cuerall colours as thall hereafter be {et downe, and of as fragranta fent, efpecially fome ofthem they : the rootes arc long and {preading, fomewhat hard and wooddy. 2. Caryophyllus plumarius.Feathered or iagged Pinkes, Theiagged Pinkes haue {uch like ftalkes and leaues as the former haue, but fone what fhorter andfinaller,or graffe-like, and ofa whitifh or grayifh greene colourlike wife: the flowers ftand in the like mannetat thetoppes of the ftalkes, in long, round, flender, greene huskes, confifting of fiue leanes, very much cutin on the edges, and iagged almoft like afeather, ofalight red, or bright purple colour, with two white threads ftandingin the middle, crooked likea horneat the end, andare of a very good fent. Some ofthefe haue notthofetwe crookec hreads or hornes inthe middle, but haueintheir ftead many fmall threads , not crooked atall: the feedes of themallare like vnto the feedes of Gilloflowers, or the other Pinkes, thatis, {mall blacke, long, and flat : the rootes are fmall and wooddylikewife, , 3-Caryophylusplumarins albus orbe rubrofine Stellatus. Starre Pinkes. Winter and Summerjand chat by cutting,it may erow thiek,add be kept in what forma one lift, rather then for any beautie of the flowers) but another greater kitide,whieh is of as great beautié and délightalmiottss any of the former Pinkes, aswell forthat the leauesarelike vnto Gillofigivers, being longer and largerthen any Pinkes; andof awhitifh greene colourJike vnto them, not growing long or by couples vpon the ftalkes as Pinkes and Gilloflowers doe, but tufting clofe vpon the gtound,like ynto thecommonThrift:as alfothat the ftalkes, rifing from amongthe leaues (being fometimes two foote high'(as I hatie obferued inmy garden) satel yet fo flender and weake, that they are fcarce‘able to bearé the:headsof! flowers; naked of bare; ‘both of leaues and ioyets,fauing only in one place,whereattheioynteach talkethathewo {mall and very fhort leanes, not tifing vpwardsiasinalk other 'Gilloflolwers, Pinkesy and other herbes, but growing downewards) and doe beare eachsof ithem a:niftcor vmbell of {mall purplith, orbluth coloured flowers, atthe toppes of them ftanding fomewhar like vnto {weete Williams, but moreroundlytogether, cach flower confifting of fiue imal), round, ftiffe or hardithléants, asiif theywere made of paper, the bottome or iniddle being hollow, not blowing all at once asthe ordinary Thrift, but forthe moft Pattoneafteranother, not fhewing vfually: ‘aboue foure or fiue flowers open at one time (fo farre as I could obferuein the plants that I kept) fothatit was long before the Ofthis kinde there is another fort, bearing flowers almoft as deeply cut oriagged as the former, of a faire white colour, having aringorcircle ofred aboutthe bottom or lower part ofthe leaues, andare as {weeteas the former: this being fowne offeeds doth notgiuethe ftarre of fo bright ared colour, but becommeth more dunne. Whole tuft of flowers were paft ;" but yet'the hoter and dryerthe timewas, the fooner itwould be gone: the feede J hane not perfectly obférued® but asT-reinember,it was fomewhat like vnto the feedeof Scabious ; Iam fure néthing'likevntd Gilloflowers orPinkes: the rooteis fomewhat great, leng and hard, and not fo muchfpreadingin thegroundas Gilloflowers or Pinkess 4. Caryophyllus plamarius Auflriacus fine Superba Aaftriaca. Thefeathered Pinke of Auftria. ; bi ie ftalkes, which as they grow and lyevpon the ground (and not /ftanding fo vprightas Caryophyllas| Marinas. Thrift; or Sea Cufhion. This kinde of Pinke hath his firft or lower leaues, fomewhat broader and greentt \, thenany ofthe formerPinkes , being both for breadth and greenneffe more like vale the Sweete Iohns ; whichfhall bee defcribed inthe next Chapter: the leaues ontht ftalkes are fmaller, ftanding by couples at cuery ioynt, atthe toppes whereof ftao Our common Thrift is well knowne vntoall, to haue manyfhort and hard greene leaues, fmaller then manyof the grafles, growing thicke! together; and {preading Vpon the ground :'theftalkes are naked of Jeaucsa {panne high,bearing afmall tuft of light purple,or blush coloured flowers; ftanding round.and clofe thrufting together. fich like iagged flowersas the laft defcribed > andas large, but more deeplycut ino iagged round about, fome ofthem of a purplith colour, butthe moft ordinary with's are purewhite, and ofa moft fragrant {ent,comforting the {pirits and fenfes afarre of thefeedes and rootes arelike vnto the former. Some haue miftaken a kindeof wildt Campion, growing in our Woods, and by the paths fides in Hornfie Parke, and othe places, to be this feathered Pinke : butthe fowers declarethedifference futliciently: 5+ Caryophyllus minor repens fimplex o> multiplex, Singleand double matted Pinkes, The matted Pinkeis the fmalleft, both for leafe and Aowerof all other Pinkes th avenourithed in Gardens , hauing many fhort and {mall gtaffie greene leaues vpon™ falls ——— Single Pinkes. Double Pinkes., He double white Pinke is onely ; with more leaues init then the fin- He fingle white ordinary Pinke I hatha'fingle white flowerof fiue leaués finely iagged about the gle, which makeththe difference. The double red Pinke is in the fame edges. : manner double, differing fromthefingle! The finglered Pinkis like the white,but of the fame colour. that the leaues are not fo much iagged,and The double purple Pinke differeth not| the floweris ofa pale purplifhred colour. Dd 3 from |