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Show TheGardeafplans Flor. a—_. a can hardly knowit from Mallow, andof thefame deepe colour with it, fo that you s found growing wilde together with it, but onely by the ordinary kinde, whichi - butcut into manyfine diuj theleafe, which is as round andas large as the former, to confift onely ofragges, feemeth it that , thit vpholde that ftalke tothe euet fions, garden, growing inall this for plante a take I kinde Ofthis : or peeces of leaues whichare ofthe flowers, the ef refpeéts like varoit, butdiffering onely in thecolour former Spanifh the from g differin much not or colour, on carnati ght {ame blufhorli kinde, with femeveines therein of adeeper colour:the root hereofliucth, as the root of the common wilde kinde doth, 3, Alceaperegrinafine veficarta. Venice Mallow, or Good night at noone, The Venice Mallaw hath long and weake ftalkes, moft vfually lyingor leanin vpon theground, hauing here andthere vpon them long leaues andfomewhat broad, were diuers cut in or gathed very deepely on both edges, that it feemeth as if they thele leauesfet together, euery onc ftanding ona long footeftalke : atthe ioyntsof The Garden of pleafantProwers: ned whitith, or tather brownith yellow {eede, flat and fomewhat round, like vato the feedes of Hollyhocke: the rooteis ftritigie ,’and quickly perifheth; forit will hardly endure in our cold Country to giuc flowers, much leffe feede, vnlefte (as Lfaid before) it happen in a kindly yeare, and Be well planted and tended. 6, Bamiafeu Alcea Agypria, The Mallow ofEgypt. This Mallowis alfo as tenderto nourfe vp asthelat, hauing the lower'leanes broad like a Marth Mallow, and ofa freth greene colour ; but thofe that growe vponiathe cur to flulke, and vp to thetoppe, are divided into fiueparts or points, but arénot like the middle ribbe,like the former Thorney Mallow , yet dented about the edges vhto them : the lowers growe at the fettingto of the leaues, like vnto a Mallow for forme, but ofa whitifh colour; after which come long fine {quare pointed pods, with ot hard fhels, wherein are contained round blackifh gray feede, as bigge asa Vetch bigger : the rooteperitheth quickly with vs, enen with the firft frofts. 7. Althea frntex flore albovel purpureo, vponlong foot ftalkes, where the leaucsare fet,come torth feuerall fowers, {tanding Sigublae Mallowcwith a yhite or purple flower. leaues, {mall atthe bottome,and wideat the brimmes, of awhitifh colour tendingto r ftemmes There are disers forts offhrubbe Mallowes, whereof {ome that hauethti that abide others and yeare, euery ground the o downet dye , wooddy ffe or ftalkesle notto {peake,referring them alwayes, are more wooddy: Of the former forts I intend ktiowledge efone or two the you toafitter place; and of the other, I will onely gine ftalkes, which are fomewhat larger then any of the former flowers, confiltingoffive a blufhyand fometimesall white,with {pots atthe bottomes ofthe leaues on the infide, of avery deepe purple or murrey colour, which addeth a great grace to the flowel, and hauingalfoa long peftle or clapper in the middle,asyellow as gold : thefe flowets are fo quickly faded and gone, that you fhall hardly fee any of them blowneopen, vnleffe it beebetimes inthe morning before the Sunne doe grow warme yponthem, for as foone asit feeleththe Sunnes warme heate,itclofeth vp and neuer opencth gaine, fo that you fhallvery feldomefeea flower blowne open in the day time, aftet ninea locke inthemorning : afterthefe flowersare paft, there rife vp in their places thinne, round,fhining or tranfparent bladders,pointed at the toppe, and ribbed down allalong, wherein are contained fmall, round, blackifh {eede + the rooteis long and {maall, and perifheth cuery yeare. 4. Alceafruticofa pentaphyllea, Cinquefoile Mallow. The ftalkes of this Mallow arevery long, hard or wooddy, more thenof any of the other Mallowes : atthe lower part whereof, and vptothe middle, ftanddiuers leaues vponlongfooteftalkes, parted or diuided intofive parts or leaves, and dent about the edges ; but vpwards fromthe middle to the roppe,the leaues haue but three diuifions : among thefeleanes ftand large wide open flowers, of the colout of the common Mallow : the feede is {maller then in any other Mallow, but the rootesa® great and long,fpreading in the ground like ynto the roots ofMarth Mallowes,/pritg: ing vp afrefh euery yeare from the roote. ,oe) Nh 5. Sabdarifefen Alcea Americana. T horney Mallowe. This Thorney Mallowehathgreene leaues next vntothe ground, thatare almot round, but pointed at the end, and dented very much aboutthe edges;the other leauts that growe vpontheftalke are dinided into threeparts, like vntoa trefoile, and fom ofthem into fiue diuifions, all ofthem dented about the edges: theftalke is reddit with fomeharmeleffe prickles in fundry places thereon, and rifeth vp three ot foutt foote highinagood ground,a fit place, and akindly yeare, bearingplentyof flo¥e vpontheftalkes , one at the foote of cuery leafe, thetoppcit felfe ending in 4 Jong {pike, as it were ofbuddes and leaues together : the flowers are of avery pale yellows tendingtoawhitecolour, {potted inthe bottomeof cachofthe fiueleaucs, ¥* 4 deepe purple fpot, broad ar the lowerpart, and endingin a point about the middle® the leafe, which are quickly fading,and not abiding aboue one day,with a longPé ; inthe middle dinided at the toppe : after the floweris paft,commethvp a fhort pi 2 podde,fet within a fmall gteéne huske or cup that borethe fower , wherein is aa g the inthis place, although! ddeacknowledge their fitteft place had been to beamon of their thereft thrubbes’; bur becaufe they are Mallowes , I pray let chen paffe with of fhrub Mal. Kindred , ‘atid their deferiptions in this manner: Thefewooddy kindes edlour,foft greene lowes hane fomewhatlarge, long, and diuided Ieaues, ofa whitif_li the whitifh hard or wooddy ilfo, and as it were woolly in handling,fet difperfedly on Roft or Hollyhocke, in th¢one being falkes : their Aowers ate large,like vnto a fingleotherei ther of 3 déepe'réd colour, or white with purple fpors in the bottome ; inthe tihtiing in everyleafc: elfeofa paler purple, witha deeper bottome, atid with ycines be vacouer¢d:inthe Winter to fuffered be not would and der, tten {Omewha are they houfe orina time, or yetabroad in. che Garden, but keptin a lage pot ortiBbe, inthe warme Cellat, ifyou would haue themra thrine. oram colorans. 8, Malus hortenfis rofeafiisplex misltiplex dinerf colours, Hollihockesfingleand double of feuerall bockes, in regardthe greateft Ifhall not neede to make many, deferipti ons of Holli , in forme doyle,in fome firgle fonic difereneé confifteth in the flowers, which arein icloweft leahes of Hollihockes are fortt s: colour other of ofone colour,arid in others otpeutcutin inor dikided, foft in all round, and fomewhat large, with many cornet s, butn divided into mgnhy corners : morc are much handling: but thofe that growevp highert the feaft higher thenany ‘man, With diuers theftalkes fometimes gtrowelikea trec,a s wherethey the middle tothe toppe 1 fuch diuided leaues onthem , and flowers from ae ea together: flowers for ftand asit were along {pike of leaues and buds and pale blufh, almott like white, pure as double, and fingle diuers colours, both “all col colour, Scarlet, andadeeperred f h and liuely, of a Rofethefe white, and moreblu{h,fref are the moft efpeciall colours ihe bloud; likeacrimfon.and of Pdarke redlike blacke flowers confift of fine J both of fingle and double flowers shat J hauefeene :the figgle witha middle long y Rofes, fingle vnto like round broad and round leaues , ftanding flowers arelike vnto double Relea ftile, and (ome chiues aboue them: the double "andthe ouvérnieft wu ¥ thicke -Yerhat no fileorvmbone isfeenc in theriddle, and thickefertaget Fi frialler ng ofebei jnnerm the leauesin the fowers a¥é largeft, el ‘iesithe after the Aowers are palt, there-come vp as wellbin rhe’ erowe fiat whitiflfeede: ot eowhere poitori thé about rotind mmon | heads, like flat cakes, lilaethe roote of the: co réoteis lorie arid greatarthe head }vhire and Fourth,the Winters wellabide Mallowes, but greater, and will reafonably F ‘ {2 ; Fhe y |