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Show The Gardenof pleafantFlowers. out anyfent atall, and quickly fading or falling away , abiding feldome one whole day blowne atthe moft : after the flowers are paft, there come vp round hard hairie heads in their places , containing {mall brownifh feede : the roote is wooddy, and will abide fome yeares with vs, if there be fome care had to keepe it fromthe extrea. mityof our, Winters froftes, which both this,and many of the other fortsand kinds, will not abide doc what we can. 2. Ciflmsfemizg, The female Holly Rofe. The female Holly Rofe groweth lower, and fmaller then the former male kinde, hauing blackith branches,lefle woody,but notJefe brittle then it: the leanes are fome. what rounder and greener, but alittle hard or rough withall,growing in the {ame man. ner vpon the branches by couples: the fowers growatthe toppes of the branches, like vato the former, confifting of fiuc leaues, but fomewhat leffer, and wholly white, withyellowthreds in the middle, as quickly fading,and ofaslittle fentas the heads and feede are fomewhat bigger then in the former. the former: 3- Chamecistus Frificus, The dwarfe Holly Rofeof Frifel and, This dwarfe Ciftus isa fmalllowplant, hauing divers fhootes from the rootes,full of. leaues that are long and narrow, very like vnto the leaues of the French Spikenard or Spica Celtics; from ameng whichleaues fhooteforth fhort ftalkes , Dot abouea {pan high,with a few {maller leaues thereon , andat the toppes divers {mall flowers onea boue another, confifting of fix fmallround leaues, ofa yellow colour,hauing two citcles of reddifh {pots round about the bottome ofthe leaues, a little diftant onefrom another, which adde much grace tothe flower : after the lowers are patt, there come in their places {mall round heads, being two forked at the end, containing within them {mall brownith chaflfie feede : the roote is {malland flender, with manyfibres thereat z VA |OS ET LTR GENS\_» >= <S Z SEES > <t Lat creeping vndef ground, and thooting forth in diuers places, wherebyit much encreae {eth : the whole plant,and cucrypart of it,fmelleth ftrong withoutany pleafant feat, 4, Ciilas annuus, The Holly Rofeot a year e. This fmall Ciftus that endureth but ayear (and will requir be fowneeuety year, ifye will haueit)rifeth vp with ftraight, but flender hard ftalkeseto ,fet hereand thereconfufedly with long and narrow greenith leaues, very like vntothe leaues of the Gum Ciftus or Ledon, being little ¢ lammy-withall: at theto ppe ofthe ftalkes, and atthe joynts withthe leaves, ftand two orthree pale ycllo w flowers, confifting of fineleaues a peece, witha reddifh fpot neerethebottome ofeuer y leafe oF the flower,as quickely fading as any of the former : after which follow {mali three {quare heades, containing finall{eede,like vnto the firkt female-kinde, but fomewhat paler or yellower i theroat is{imalland woody, and.perifheth as.faoneas it hath borne feede,,:. 5+Ciitas Ledon, The Gum. Ciftus,or Swee te Holly Rofe , This fiveete Holly Rofe or Gum Ciftus,rifeth higher,and fpreade th larger then the former male kind doth; with many blackifh woody branches, «whercon arefet diuets long and narrow darke greene leaues, but whitifh vnderneath, two alwayes ftanding togetherat a ioint,both ftalks and leaues bedeawed as it were continually with ala my fweetem } Ore plentifull, and most fiver then:in ours) almoft tran{parent, i ing gatheredbythe inhabitants, with certaine inftruments for that purpofe (which in fome places are leather thongs, drawac outer the bufhes, and after fcraped off from the thongs againe, and puttoge fer) ts that kind of blacke {weet gum, which iscalled Zadenaminthe A pothecaries L fe fhops.: at thetops of the branches ftand fingle white flowers, like vnto fingle Roles, being larger then in any of the former kindes, confifti ng of fine leaues, whereof cucty onc harhat the bottome a dark purpli(h fpot,broad below,and fmall pointed vpwatd with fome yellow threds in the middle : after whichare paft, there arife corneree neads, op mas The male Holly Role. 2 Chamecifius Ledom, The (we t HoHoll y The (weet bamecifius Frifucus. Frifucus. The Ciftus Ledon, The dwarfe Holly } Ciffus Rofe of Fri Prifia, ; ite Role s edu Si'e peag: The fe et Role Mary of Sulefia, feorsumme Ciftus. 4 Ledum Alpitam, The mountaine Holly Rote. Mafmarinum aurcun. Gilded Rofemary, — Na 2 |