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Show Tbe Garden of pleafant Flowers, Lhe Ganitenofpleafént Plowers,\ \ onthe luiube rriec:inthe otherhefaith,that certain do affirme,that the Crore man sOfth¢ Bah Gountry, and the Ligaitranof Italyis one andthe fame plant: owhereby youmhayplainly {ee,that our Priuet which js Ligufirum, cannothe nithat Cyprusiof Plinie with Iuiubc leaues: Befides,both Diofcorides & Plinie idfay,that Cypres'isatree ; bat all know that Liga/frwm, Priuet, is but an hedge buth : Againe,Diofcortdes faith thatthe leaues of Cyprus gineared colour but Privct giucth none.:/Bellonins and Profper Alpinus haue both recor. i ded,rhacthe true Cyprms of Diofcorides groweth plentifully in Eeypr Sy. shia;and thofe'Eafterne Countries, andnourfed vpalfo in Conftantinop le endotherpartsof Gueece|being a merchandife of much worth,i n that they :outran {port the Jeauessdal young branches dryed, which laid in Watergine oycllow'coléur. wherewith che Turkify women colour the nailes of theip snudiands \and fome other! parts of their:bodies likewife, delighting much iV otherein; andttiat ivisnor our Ligsfram,, or Priuct , becaufe Cyprus round white feedeylike Coriander feede' and the leaues abide beareth greene al. waies vponthe tree, which groweth(ifit bee not cut or pruined)tothe height ofthe Pomegranettrce.I hauc (I confeffe) beyond thelimit s I fer for this worke fpoken concerning our Priuet , becaufe I have had the feede of siagang thettueCypras of: Diofeatides fent mee; which. was much differing from ob beQur Reiners, atdialthough-ir {prang vp. yet. would not abide any time ( 1p Whereasif it had Beeneour Privet it would have beene familiar enough ib s8to.our Countreys TheVertues. Itis of{mallvfe in phyficke, yet fome doe viethe leaues in Lotions,that ferne to coole and dry fluxesot fores in diuers parts. PER lia, which Lobelfetteth forth for Hyffepas Grecorum genuina: In Englifh Winter Marjerome, or pot Maricrome : for it hath brpader and greater leaucs then the fweete Marierome, anda different vmbell or tuft of flowers. The difference of this from that fet forth.in the Kirchia, Garden, aonfifteth chiefly in thedaaues., whi¢hare in Summer wholly ycllow,infome, or but alitelegreenesor partedtwithiyehlow.and greene more orleffe, as nature lifketh to.play-: bupin Winter they arcobadarke ordead.greene cos lour, yet recoueringitfelfeapaine : the fent Hereofis all one withthe pot Maricrome. Wee haueanother parted with whiteand greene, much after the mannerwith the oe The Place, Time;Nanves; andVertues|ofboth thefe plants , fhall be de- : 10lclanedawherethe others of their kindes are {pecified hereafter} and inthe eKitchemGarden; forthicy differ notin properties,; lots Cuar. CXXVIL piowiald Lauender Spike. addea fpecified , I mutt. needes A Ferall thefe faire and {weete flowersbeforeGarden, and to pleafe yourfen “Few fweete herbes, both to accomplith this : them in : your Nofegayes i es. , or-elfe or. where,as youlift. ift. And altho hougi¥t lacing rope heend orlaft place, yetare theynotof the lealt account. 1. Leut#dule maior. Garden Laucndet. radi den Lauendérrifeth yp with a hard wooddy ftemme aboue, the FeyTEay {mall branches, whereonare fetwhitith, long, and narrow leanes "by couples one againft,another ; from amongwhich Bhsp.naked favere CHare CXXYVL _ Saluia variegata. Party coloured Sage Aaiorana verficolorfide aurea. Ycllow bt gold. And en Marierome. Neoall thefe fowers ofbeauty and rarity mut whofe beauty confiftethin their leaues ¥ arid nott adioyne two otherplants, intheir flowers; asalfotofecuparate them fromthe others of their tribe; to placethem here in one Chapter, beforethe, {weete herbes that hall :foll ow > asis fi tteftte furnifh this our Gardenot pleafure.. This kinde ot Sage groweth with branches and leaues , very liketheordinary Sage , but fomewhatfinaller » the chiefeftdiffer ence confifteth in the colourof the leaues, being diuerfly marked and {potted with white and red among the greene: for vpon one branchyou fhall have the leaues feueral]ly marked one from-anether, a8 : the one halfe ofthe Icafe white, and the other halfe gtcene, with red fhadowed; ouct them both;ormore whitethen Steene, with fome'red in it, either parted or fhadowed, or dafht here and there, or more greenethenwhite jand red therein eyther in the middleorend oftheleafe, ormoreor leffe patted or ftriped with white andredinthe Bteenc, or ele fometimes wholly greene thewh ole branch together as nature lifteth to play with fuch varieties : which manner of growi ng riffing from one andthe fame (plant, becaufeit is che afore variable; isthe There is another {peckled Sage parted more delightfull and much re{pected. with white and greene, butitis nothin ee tothis, becau mtare colours evidently to bee difcerned in g of ecatc almoft, the red adding a {upe eucty raboundantgracete the reft. i! Materana aurea fine verfieblor, Yellow Or golden Marierome. flalkes, with two leauesat a ioynt,and.atthe toppe diners {mnall huskes ftanding roun aboutthem , formed in long andround headsor{pikes, with. putplegaping Homvess fpringing out ofeach of them. ;. the rooteis wooddy,, and {preadethinthe groun: ; The wholeplant is ofa trong {weete fent , but the heads of flowers much ae an moze piercing the fenfes, which are much yfed to bee put among linnen and apparrell. There isakinde hereof that beareth white.flowers, and fomewhatbroader leaues, rire aids, € eror, , and itit isi moretend aufe i vs, becanfe fe places with in few butit is very rare, and feerie butin will not fo well endure our cold Winters. 2. Lawendule minorfen Spica. Small Lauender or Spike. u aks fot fo high, The Spike or {mall Lauender is very like ynto the former,bur oroweth Sither isthehead or {pike fo great and long, but wipibibenidin i and oy more jorter varder, whiter i colour inthe i whiter, ;and fhorter flower : theleau esalfo area little harder, Ee former; the fentalfo is fomewhat fharper andftronger. This is —— is nourithed butinfomeplaces thatare watme , and wherethey Giéat indiesasthe firft,and > deliphtin rare herbes and plants. The Place. 5 iz Lauender groweth in Spaine aboundantly , in many ee a iftill c way ; and little regarded,that many hauggone,andabiden mens ; vn ouer:from,thence commeth quantity:now great whercof, thereof andalfo.in Lanquedocke, and Prouence ia Fynaces The Time. “mhiskindcofMaricrome belongéth tothat fore'is. called in’ Latine Maiorana /atife lids It fowreth early inthofe hoc Countries , but withvs not vorill ee Z Ppa Iuly. |