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Show Se T he Gardenof pleajant Elavers. The Gardenof pleafant Flowers. the commoa foxt, but as the common fieldkinde : the fowers are alfo {mallerthen ofablufh colour. 3. Digitalis media fire luteorubente. Orenge tawnie Foxegloue. Asthis Foxegloue is none of the gr eateft, fo alfo is it none ofthe fmalleft ; butafore leffer yellow betweene both, hauing leauesin{fume proportion corre{pondent tothe are long andnarrow, al flowers the white: lefler the largeas fo butnot Foxegloue , moftaslargeas the laft white,bur nothing fo large as the firft white,of afaire yellowifh browne colour, as if the yellow were ouerfhadowed witha reddith colour,and is that the colour weevfually call an Orenge tawnic colour : the{eede is like the formers the fecond yeareof rootes perith euery yeare that they bearefeede, which is vfually ; the fpringing. 4. Digitalis maior alba, The greater white Foxegloue. This white Foxegloucis in all things fo likevnto the purple wilde kinde,thatitcan of hardly be diftinguifhed from it, vnleffe it be in the frefher greenneffe and largenefle with. white, wholly but purple, asthe manner ina great the leaues : the fowers areas out any {pot in them: the feed and other things agree in all pointss 5. Digitalisalba altera few minor. The leffer white Foxegloue. Wehauein our Gardens another fort of white Foxeglone, whofe leauesarelike “a yntothe lat defcribed, but not altogetherfo long or large, and ofa darker greene putt are flowers the : foote three full not as high, fo lour :theftalke groweth not s white, fathionedlike vatothe former, but not fo great or large, inall ‘otherthing and perithed, fince but , Gardens our in fometime abide did hereof rootes alike : the t kinde the feedealfo, face when we neuer could obtaine from any ourfriendsoftha Ae yee againe. 6. Digitalis maior lutea fore amplo. _ The great yellow Foxegloue, heleaves ofthis greater yellow Foxegloue, arein forme fomewhat like vrito the to beethrecot common purple kinde, but not altogether fo large : the ftalke groweth fhape like in flowers s pendulou hollow long many ftand foure foote high, whercon theordinary purple « burfomewhat fhorter, and more large and open at the brimmes, theroote ofa faire yellow colour, wherein are long threads , likeas inthe others: may with reft, the anyof hen wooddyt hercof is greater atthe head, and more almoft as well as oll {maller fibres, fpreading them{elues in the ground , and abideth commonpurple kinde. 7. Digitalis minorlutea fine pallida. The finall pale yellow Foxegloue, | 383 The Time. They flower in lune anduly., and fome in Auguft, their feede becom: : anh ming ripe quickly after. The Names. Onely the name Digitalis, is of all Writers ginen vnto thefe plants ; for itis not knowne te bee remembred.of any of the old, Authors.., Wee-call them generally in Englifh, Foxegloue; but forne (as thinking it. to bee tag foolifhaname) doe call them Finger-flowers, becaufe they are like ynto the fingers ofa gloue, theends cur off.) TheVertties. Foxegloues are not vied in Phyficke by anyiudicious manthat I knows yet fomeItalians of' Bononia, as'Camerariusfaith, in his timevfed irasa wound herbe, ene Cuar. XCVIII.Verbafc#m. Mullein. Tiss: diuerskindes of Mullein, as white Mullein, blacke Mullein, wooddy Mullein, bafe Mullein, Moth Mullein, and Ethiopian Mullein, all which to diftinguifh or to defcribe, is neither my purpofe, nor the intent of this worke, which is to ftore a Garden with flowers ofdelight, and {equefter others not worthy of that honour. Thofe that are fit to bee brought to your confideration in this place, are firft, the B/attarias, or Moth Mulleins, and then the wooddy Mullein , whichotherwife is called French Sage, and laftly, the Ethiopian Mullein, whofe beauty confifteth not in the ower, butin the wholeplant ; yet if it pleafe you not, takeit according to his Country fora Moore,an Infidell, a Slaue, and fo vfe it. 1. Blattaria lutea odorata. Sweete yellow Moth Mullein. The yellow Moth Mullein whofe floweris fweete, hath many hardgrayifh greene leaues lying on the ground, fomewhatlong and broad, and pointed ar the end : the ftalks are two orthree foot high,withfome leaues onthem, & branching out from the middle ypwardsinto many long branches, ftored with many {mall pale yellow flowtrs,of a pretty fweete fent, fomewhat ftrongerthen inthe other forts, which feldome A ° This {mallpale yellow Foxeglouehath fomewhatfhort, broad, fmooth and dats ercenc leaues, {nipt or dented aboutthe edges very finely : the ftalke is two foot hi befet withfuchlike leaues, but leffer:the flowers are moe in number then in any :4 ~ felt, except the firft and greateft, and growe along the vpperpart ofthe ftalke, Dep, colouralm® Jongand hollow, likerhe other, butvery fmall, and ofa pale yellow white ; the {eede veflels are {mall like the former, whercin-are ‘contained feede it the reft, but fmaller: the rootes are'ftringy,, but durable, -and feldomeperifhw any iniury of the extreameft frofts. ThePlace. es iif ide Thegreat white kinde hath been often,andin‘manyplaces found W in our owne Country, among or hard‘by the common purple kiaden * the reft are ftrangers, but cherifhed in our Gardens, The sia feede, but abideth in theroote,lining many yeares, which fewor none of the others doe. 2. Blattaria lutee maior fine Hifpanits, Thegreat yellow Moth Mullein, This Spanifhkinde hath larger and greener leaues then the former , and rounder and largerthen the next that followeth : the ftalke is higher then in any of the Moth Mulleins, being for the moft part foure or fiuefoote high, whereon towardthe toppe gtowe many goodly ycllowflowers, confifting of fiuc leaues, asall the reft doe, not fothicke fetas the former, but much larger , with fomefmall purplifh threads inthe Middle: the ends whereofarefafhioned fomewhat like'as if'a Flie were creeping vp the flower, which turneinto reund heads, fometimes two or three or more ftanding together, but vfually one, wherein lye fmal! duskie feed: the rote is riot great nor full ofthreads, and doth perifh moft vfually having given feede, exceptthe Winter bee Very milde. 3. Blattaria |