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Show The Garden of plealant Flowers. The Garden of pleasant Flo : The Place. 1.4maranthysparpurens minor. he {mall purple Flower-gentle. The firft groweth wilde in Spaine. Thefecond in our owne Countrey, Thethird is thought to growe in Italy and Venice ; but Lobel denicthit, faying , thatit is there,onely in Gardens, andis moreplentifulinthefe parts then withthem. The fourth Clufius faith he found in many places of Germany. Thefifth is {uppofed to befirft brought ont ofthe Welt Indies, but an Arabicke name beitig giuenit, maketh me fomewhat doubtful! how. to beleeucit. The fixth groweth in Egy pt, where it ig ofgreat vie, as Prow {per Alpinus hath fet downe in his Booke of Egyptian plants, The feuenth roweth in fome parts both of Spaine and France. Thelaft is not found ste Gardens cuery where. The Time. Thefirft, econd, third,fourth,and laft, doe.flower from Iune vnnill the end of Iuly and Auguft. The reft lower very lace, many times notvntill September or Ober. iy Yengen Ih Maio , ne Yaw fel yf 412 id fp An, i> / 4 7 ; fame excellent purple colour on paper , and being gatheredin his fullftrength and beauty, will abide a great time(ifitbe kept out ofthe windeand funne ina dry place) inthe {ame grace and colour : amongthefe tufts iyethe feede fcattered,whichis fmall, very blacke, and fhining : the rootes are a few threddyftrings, which quickly perith, asthe whole plant doth,atthe firft approach ofWinter weather. thought to be brought from America, and therefore it beareth thenamtot The leates ofthis Flower-gentle are longer’, and fomewhat narrowerthen thefor mer; the ftalke ¢roweth fomewhathigher, bearing his longtufts at feuerall leaues, as alfo atthetoppe ofthe ftalkes , many being fet together , but feparate one from another, and'each bowing or bending downehishead, like voto 2 Feather, fuch as is worn ; the in our’ Gallants and Gentlewomeus heads,of an excellent bloudy Scarlet colour feede is blacke, like vnto the former : the roote periflieth quicklict, becaufeit is moretender, hamefentwith the addition def Cayre vnto. it: In Englifh, Egyptian Mal- 3. Amaranthus triceler, Spotted or variable Flower-gentle. sabin;folie, ot Pentaphylisfolio: In Englifh, Cinquefoile Mallow., The filth hath beenfent vnder the nameofSabdarifa, and Sabdariffe,and (as I faid)s that Country. The fixthiscalledin Egypt, Bema, or Bammia,andbythat low, or Mallow of Egypr.. The feuenthis called Altheafratex, and offome Althea syborea:In English, Shrubbe Mallow, becaufe his {termeis wood die; and abideth as fhrubbes and trees doe. The eight and laftis called Malus hortenfis, Malus Refea, and of fome Ro/é vitrs marina: 1a Englifh,o fome Hockes, and viually. Hollihockes, The Vertues, " j ¢All forts ofMallowes,by reafon oftheir vifcotis or flimie quality,, doe helpeto make the body foluble, being vied inwardly , and thereby helpe alfoto eafethe paines of the ftone and gtavell, cauftng them co bethe mor cafily voided: being outwardly applyed, they mollific hard tumors, and helpetocafe paines in diuers parts ofthe body ; yer chofe that arc of moh vfe,are molt common. Thereft are but taker Vponcredit. Curae. XCIL Ehauefoureor fiue forts ofFlower-gentle totrimme yp this ourGardet withall, which doediffervery notably one from another, as fhalhbed: clared in their feverall deferiptions ; fome ofwhichare very seader, cae omnes reettded,sad alllittheenoqughto caule chem beare feede with waif tic wee ihal beeGoedeny to feeke.cuery yy:yeare =|: othersare \eclog ane ofthe amare | hardy enough, and wiill haraiy er. ® The chiefeft beauty ofthis plant confifteth in the leaues, anid not inthe flowers; for they are fall tufts growing all along the ftalke, which isnothing fo highas the for- mer; efpecially with vs, andacthe ioynts withithe leaves: the leanes hereof are of the fame fathion that the formeraré, arid’ pointed alfo ; but euery leafe is tobe feene par- tedinto greene, red'j.and yellow , very orient and frefly(efpecially ifircome to his full perfection , whichis in hotand dry weather) divided norall alike, butin fome leaues,where the red or yellow is,there will be greene, and fo varying; that itis very pleafant to behold : the feede hereof is blacke and fhining , norto bee knowne from the former. 4: Amaranthus Carnes[pice. Carnation Flower-gentle.. There is another more rarethenall the reft, whofe leaucs.are fomewhat-longer, and narrower thenthe firft, and like vnto the fecond kinde: the {pikes are fhort , manyfet together, like branchesfull of heads or cares of corne, cucry one whereof hath fome long hairesftickiag out fremthem, ofa deepblufh, tending to acarnation colour. 5.Amaranthus purpurews maior pannicults /parfis. Great Floramour, or purple Flower-gentle. Amaranthus, Flower-gentle, se ding toa miurrey, that in the moft excellent coloured Veluet , cannot be feenea more orient colour, (and I thinke from this refpect, the French call it Pa//e velours, that isto fay, paffing Vcluet in colour) without any {mellat all, which being bruifed giueth the 2. Amaranthus Coscineus. Scarlet Flower-gentle. _ Thefirft and fecond haue their namesfufficiently expreffedin theirtitles, ' haires, many as it were growing together, broadgtthe bottome, and {mall vp at the toppe, pyramisorfteeple-fathion, of fo excellent a fhining deepe purplecolour, ten- {it ~. The Names; Thethird is diuerfly called, as A4alua boraria, Alcea veficaria, Alces Venchs Alcea Peregrina, and of Matthiolus, Hypecowm.The moft vfuall Englifh name is Venice Mallow, Thefourth is called Alceafratico/apextaphyReajand Gate IEP ’ This gallant purple Veluet flower, or Flower-gentle, hatha crefted ftalke two footé high or more, purplifl atthe bottomé , butgreene to the toppe, whereout growerh many finall branches , the leaues on the ftalkes and branches are fomewhat broad at the bottome, and fharpe pointed, of a full greene colour, and often fomewhat reddit withall, like in forme vntothe leanes of Blices(whereof this and the reftareaccounted pecies, or forts)or fmall Beetes : the flower's areJong, {pikie, foft, andgentletufts of aj . 5. Amarante me mS >> a fiue orfix The great Floramour hath one thicke,tall, crefted, browne red ftalke, footehigh, from whence {pring many great broad leaues,like vnto the former for the forme,but much larger é¢ redderfor the moft part,efpéecially the loweft, which man cheth forth iaro divers parts,é-frombetweén thefe leatiés, & the ftalks or braces alfo atthe tops ofthem,ftand lotig-{pikie,round, & formeWhat flar tafts;ofa more red~ dith purple colour then thefirft,and dintded dlfo into feverall parrs,wherin when — |