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The Greek Valerian hath many winged leaues lyine vpon the ro fmall leaues fet on bothfides of a middle ribbe,very lievies he timate me groweth bythe ditch fides, but much {maller and tenderer, among whichtrifey it ortworoundbrittle ftalkes, two foote high orthereabouts, whereon are {et i ioynts, fuch like leaue’ as grow below, butfmaller : the teppes ofthe ftalkesa i uided into many {mall branches, thicke fet together, full with fowers confiftins i fiue finall round leaues a peece, layd open like vnto the Cihigucfaile flower: With fon whitethreds in the middle,tipt with yellow pendents: the colour of thefeAow a fomeplants, is of a faire bleake blew colout, and in others pure white. :~And Tod heare of one beyond the Seas (if the report bee true, for I haue not feenehucha 0 iH which fhould beare red flowers: after the flowers arc paft, there come Vp jnthei, i ces finall hard huskes or heads, containing {mall blackith pofed of anumber of {mall long blackith threds, fattenedfeedes ‘: the roate is q i together at thehead wif outany fentat all of a Valerian, eycher in roote or leafe sand whyit Should treecalle 2 Valerian fee no great reafon, forit agreeth with none of them, in flower or feed@, and but onely with the wilde Valetian in leafe,as I {aid before: but as it is} we fo gh it you,and for the fic lowers fakeis ISTreceiued into our ardens,to helpeto filly ; ber of naturesrarities and varieties, . ; pe ye mT _ Allthefe Valerians are rangers, but endenizond for their beauties{ak in our Garderis. The Mountaine Valerian I had of theliberalitie of Touing friend Tohn Tradefeante, who in his trauaile, and fearch of natuig vaticties, met withit,and imparted there of vntome, worke to difcuffe ofnames, wherein both §€and agement mutt bee fhewen,to correa errours,andfreading,know et downethe The others h aue theii r names inthe intheirtit istidls The Vertues. * The Mountaine Valerian is of all th A ; Phyficke, the reft hauing ves ethe reft herefet downe of moftve in little or none thatI knoW,-althoughiebemidt weak! erthen 5 thegreat garden kind > or orthe ] i i ancientlyit was vied, in oyles,oye: ntments,.= oe ee“ 3 ; cafhire, from whence I receiued a plant, whichperithed, but was found by the induftrie of a worthy Gentlewomaa, dwelling in thofe parts heretofore remembred,called Miftreffe Thomafin Tugel, agreat louerof thefe.de- Thelaft moft vfually howreth beforethe former, yet not muchdiffering, that is, inthe end of Aprill or in May. The Names. The firlt isa double kindeofthat plant, that growing wilde abroade, is viually called Cardamine altera,and Sifymbrium alteram of Diofcorides,and of fome F/es cucali, but not fitly’ , for thar natne is more vfually giuen vnto the wilde featherd Campions, both fingle and double,as is before expreffed: yet for wantof afittername, wee may call itinEnglifh, eyther Cuckowe flower,or Ladyes fmockes,which youwill. The fecond hath beenefent vne receiued, der the name of Sanicaltrifolia, but the moft frequent name now is Cardamine trifolie,and in Englith Trefoile Ladiesfpockes. The Vertues. The double Ladies {mockes are of the fame qualitie with the fingle, and thinke is not much knowne,alchough fome would make ita wound herbe, Kk 3 fmockes, F thecommo gtoun ds,it is: notm ditch-i nmol flowerst y purppole hatofelgrow ; Sdachow heretby O Hi , butdes,ori o write ofFoneorone or e tw? ther,the mort pcciousox faircof °c ‘ The firft with the double floweris found in diuers places of our owne ~*Courtitrey, as neere Micham abouteight miles from London; alfo in Lan- I is thought to be aseffectuall as Watercrefles. The propertic of the other ss a fnall,thicke and long pods, wherein.is contained {mall round feede:. the rootiscompofed of many whitethreds,from the heads whereofsunneout finall Rtrings,ofa dark purple colour, whereby. icencreafeth, The Time. rf would haueitto be Behen rubrum. Some call it Valeriantho, oe— oa ‘akinde of Osimasirnm, and fome Sapowaria alterawith other sade ae rc ogreat Purpofe to fet downe inthis place,,it beeing Cuar.c, Cardamsine, Cuckow flower s, or Ladies joynts, wherethey branchforth; at the toppes whereofftand many flowers, confifting of foure leaues a peece, of a whitifh,or blufhcolour very pale: : after which comevp partedthereofaroote tome. feed quickly after. "The Names. truth, that one may reft thercon, fufficientto diftinguiththem. This {mall plant hath diuers hard,-darke round greene leaues, fomewhat vneuen a- boutthe edges, alwayes three fettogether on blackifh{mall foorftalke,among which rifevp {mall roundblackith ftalkes, halfeafoote high, with three {mall leaues at the whobroughtr it among other dainty plants frombeyond the Seas, and im~ Ri firk is generally called of moft, Valerienar abra Dodoned who fait : that fcome en Be 2. Cardaminetrifalia, Trefoile Ladies {mockes, lights.The ottier was fent me by my efpecia good friend Iohn Tradefcante, The Time, _ The double Cerdamine hath a few winged leaues, weakeandtender, lying onthe ground,very likevnto the finglemedow kinde } from among whichrifeth vp a round greene ftalke, fet here and there, with thelike leaues that grow below, the top wherof hatha few branches, whereon ftand,diuers flowers, every onevpon a {mallfooteftalk, onfitting of many {mall whitifh round leaues,a little dafht ouer with a thew of bluff, Pecan together, which make a double flower : the roote creepeth ynder ground, fending forth {mall whitefibres,and fhooteth vpin diuers places. The Place. The Place. They dower in the Summer moneths; and 389 all the tribe,that doc beft befit this gard pe J» Cardo CHAR |