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Show The Garden of pleajant Flowers. The Garden of pleafant Fiowers, 405 $°% people gaueit thenamie of’ Sage,calling ir French Sage(whemas itis as ereata ftran- , 3. Blattaria lutea altera valzatiér. The ordinary yellow Moth Mullein, hah This yellow Moth Mullein-Gwhichis the moft frequent in our! Gardens) or dented notched longer, and narrower leaues then any of the former ,: and roundly mof onthe edges, of a darke greene colour : the ftalke is fometimes branched, but Spa. the as large fo fully t flowers,no yellow gold many vivtally fingle, whereon ftand and nifh kinde, but with thelike purple threads in the middle: the feede is fall , roote the + felfe it by fingle one enery alwaies but licads, round like ‘the coritained in periflieth euery yeare thaticbearethfeede. 4.Blattariaflore lnteo purpurafcentes Cloth ofgold Moth Mullein. The greateft point of difference betweene.this and the laft defcribed, confifteti chiefly in the colourof the flower, whichinthis is of the colourof cloth of gold, that issthe ground yellow, and ouerfhadowed with abright crim{on colour, whichisafine colour of muchdelight : thethreads inthe middle are: nor fo purple red.as in thefor. mer, but much about the colour of the flower : this is notfo willingto give fede, and will as hardly abide inthe roote, and hath out of queftion rifen from the{eedeofthe former. 5. Blattaria flore albo. White Moth Mullein. ger in Francé.as > . 7 in England , yerthey doe with this as with many Z other things, >» calse ling them French, which come from beyondthe Seas as for example, all:or moft of our bulbousfowers, they call Freach flowers, &c.)atthe toppes of theftalkes and branches,at.certaine diftances, are placed round about them many gaping flowers like vnto the flowers of Sage. but yellow : after which now. and then come fede, fomewhat bigger then the Moth Mullcins,and leffe then the next Mullein ofEthiopia: the roote is wooddy atthe toppe, witli diners blackith ftrings growing fromit, anden- dureth as well aboue ground withhis leaues, as vnderit with his rootes, 9. Aithionis, Ethiopian Mullein. This Mullein of Ethiopia hath many great, broad, and large leanes lying onthe ground,rent ortorne in diuers of them very much onthefides, of fohoary a white gtecnecolour,thatit farre pafleth any ofthewhite Mulleins, that growe wilde abroad in our owne Country; for they are of a yellowifh white hoarinefle, nothing fopleafantto looke onasthis: in the middle'of thefe leauesrifeth vp fquare ftrong ftalke, * foure or fiue foote high,fet full of fuchlike leaues asgrowe belowe, but muchleffer, and leffer ftill vp tothe toppe,all hoary-and woolly, as the reft, and diuided into manie branches, fpreading farre, and taking vp agreat compafle ofground, morethen any one roote ofGarden Clary , or other fuch like plant :. at. cach of the ftalkes and The leaues of the white Moth Mullein are fomewhat like vnto the yellow,yet not altogether fo much roundly uorched about the edges. but rathera little dented,with fharper notches : the ftalke rifeth as high as the yellow, and hath nowand then fome branches about it:the dowers hereof are pure white,aslargeand greatas theordinay yellow,or fomewhatlarger, with the like purple threads in themiddle, as are inthe yellow: the {eedis like the other;the root perifheth in like maner,and williorendurt, 6. Blattarisflarejarpareo. Purple Moth Mullein. branchesare fectwo {mall leaues, and with them, roundaboutthe ftalkes, and many finall gaping flowers, of a pale bleakc blew colour : the feed is almoft as large as Garden Clary feede, and of the fame forme and colour: the roote iswooddy , andperi- fheth asfooneas it hath borne feede, whichis v{ually the fecond yeare afterthe fowing ; for the firft yeare it {eldome runneth yp to flower. 10. Lamium Pannonicum fine Galeopfis Pannonica. Hungary dead Nettle or'the/Dragonflower. Let mecthruftthis plantinto this place, rather then make, a, peculiar Chapter, be- The Purple Moth Mullein hath his leaues lying onthe ground, broadet and hor ter then any ofthe other, ofa more grayifli greene colour, and without any denting for the moft part about the edges, fharpe pointed alfoat the end of the leafe;amoms the leaues rifeth vp theftalke, aot fo high as either the white or the yellow, andmany times branched, bearing many flowers thereon, of thefamefafhion, and nowhut fmaller, of a faire deepe blewith colour tending toredaeffe, the threads in the middle ofthe flowers being yellow : the feedeveflels hereof are fomewhat {mallerthenaty ofthe former, exceptthe firft {weete yellow kinde : the roote hereofislong, thick, and blackifh on the outfide, abiding very well from yeare toycare, and rifeth we alfo from the fowing of the feede« caufeI haue no otherof the {ame ftockeerkindred tobe ioyned withit, and isa pretty ornament in a Garden.. The leaues whereof are very largeyround,.andgreat, rough or full ofveines, which makeit feeme.crumpled, dented or decpely notched about the edges, and of a very darke greenecolour, and fometimg¢s brownilh, or of a darke teddifh colour withall ; eueryone ftanding onalongfoote-ftalke, very like in forme vato the great white Arch-Angell leaues, but farre larger and blacker; the ftalkes are gteat and foure {quare,,. hauing leaucs and flowers ftanding round) about.themat the loynts like coronets, which flowers are very great,long, and wide gaping open, ofa darke red or purple colour, with {ome whiteneffc or {pots in theiawes, and fomehais tneffe alfo on the fides, which ftandin full flowertwo or three moneths moft viually, and fometimes longer ,:after which, come brownith{ecde ; the roote isa great tuftor buth of long whitifh ftrings, and encreafeth eucry yeare, not fearing the greateft iBiuries of our coldeft and extreameft Winters. 7. Blattarisfloreceruleo. Blew Moth Mullein, This blew Moth Mullein is in all refpects like vnto the former purple kinde, faults onely inthe colour of the flower, whichis of a blewith violet colour,and isnot much inferioureitherin greatnefic ofthe plant, or inthe largeneffe of the flower, vate" former purple kinde, and endureth many yeares inthe like manner. And thefebe the forts ofthis kinde of Moth Mullein , that I haue feene and nourfedvp for this of Garden, without interpofing any vnknowne, not {eene, or vaworthy. The Place. Allthefe plants are ftrangers in our Countrey , and onely preferuedin Gardens, tofurnifh them with variety ; bur (as E[aid) thecloth of gold Moth Mullein hath been railed fromfeed in our owne Country. The Time. 8.Verbafcum filuefire fine quartum Matthieli. Wooddy Mullein or French Sage. The laft flowrethfirft , before all the reft, beginning in Aprill. The MothMulleins in May and Iune.. The French Sageinluly, Wooddy Mullein or French Sage, hath diuters wooddy branches two oF rhree foe high,very hoary or white, wherconat {euerall ioynts ftand divers thicke leaues, 7 alfo and hoary, long, fomewhar broad, round pointed, and rough , fomewhat eles bling the leaues of Sage inthe formeand roughneffe, but notin the feat, “a cop The Names, Allthe forts of B/attaria may bec comprehended wnder the kindes of Kk Perbafen 19 |