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Show The Gardenofpleafant Flowers, The Gardenof pleafant Flowers. iv : ver : ‘The Names, CHar Gx XTX. Teiscalled offoie Nardee Wulice , ANP Dewendale\' ‘tHe oreattrda ated > pamingand tlie letfer 474°We doc-call them gcherdlly Lauendey,Vopry. ucrider Spikejandthe 1afer Spike, withducaiy otheraddition: Fog ads ditw ono li id Pons The Vertes." “iv BNI: rock 1 ©! .o!ls! i9y cl a9) Abrotanumfeminafine Sautoliaa, Lauander Cotton, T= Lauander Cotton hath many wooddy,butbrittle branches, hoary or of a ». ‘E:aiender is littlewfed in inward phyficke', but ouewardly ; the oyle for coldandbcnunmed:-parts;atid is almoft wholly fpentawithysjofor to per. furnc linen, appanreli, gloues,leather, &c.and the diped flowers to com. fortand dry vpthe moifture ofa cold braine. whitifl colour, whereonare fet many leaues; whicharelittle, long, and foure fquare; dented or notched on all edges, and whitifhalfo: at the tops of thefe nanchssftand'nakedftalkes beating of ‘euery one‘of: them larger yellow head or flower, then eyther Tanfic or Mandeline, whereunto they arefomewhatlike, wherein is contained {mall darke colouredfeede : the roote is hard, and {preadeth abroad with manyfibres : the whole plantis ofa ftrong fweetéferic, but not vnpleafant, and isinmany places. planted in Gardens, to border knots with, for whichit will abideto becut into what foime you thinke beft ;for it groweth thicke and bufhy, ‘veryfit for fich workes, befides the.comély thew the’ plant ic {elfethns wronght, doth yeeld; beng alwayesgreene, and ofafwect fent ; butbecaufeit quickly growethgreat, and wil foon runne out offorme,it mult be enery fecond or third yeare taken vp, and new Cuar. CXXYIIL plated. Stachas, Sticadoue, Caffidony, or French Lauender. oN ( The Place. Affidony that growethinthe Gardens of our Counttey,. may peradueptyre © fomewhatdiffer in colour,as well asin ftrength , from that which groweth in hotter Countries ; but as it is with vs, it is more tendera great dealethen La. uender, and growethrather like an herbe then a buthorfhrub, not dbouea footeanda halfehigh, or thereabouts, hauing many narrow long greene leaueslike Lauender, but fofter and fmaller, fecac feuctall diftatices togetheraboutthe ftalkes, which fpread abroadinto branches ; at therops whereofftand long and round,and fometimesfoure fquare heads, ofa darke greenifh purple cdiour, compaa ofmanyfeales fer together; fromamong whichcome forth the flowers, of ablewith purple colour, afterwhich follow feede veffels, Which are fomewhat whitith when they are ripe, containing blackith browne fecdewithinthem : the roote is fomewhat wooddy,and will hardly abidetheiniuries of our cold Winters, exceptin fomeplaces onely, or before it hiaue flowred : The wholeplant is fomewhat fweete,bat nothing fo muchas Lanendcr. Ttis onely planted ih’ Gardens with vs, for the vies aforefaid'efjpecially. Tle Time. It fowreth in Iuly , and ftandethlong in the hot time ofthe yeare in his 's e@eloun, and fowill doe,ifit be gathered beforeit haue ftood oucrlong. ge ee Pre Nudes. Diuers doe call itas Matthiolus doth, Abrotana femina,and Sastolinaca ; and fomecall it chamecypars/f; becaufe the leaues thereof, are fomewhat like the leaues ofthe Cyprefietree: Weecall itin Englifh generally Lauan< The Vertues. “der Cotton. The Place, Catfidony groweth in the Iflands Stechades,which are ouer againft Mafelles, anid in Arabia alfo : we keepit with great care in our Gardens, This is vfually put amotig other’Hot herbes, eyther into bathes , oint- edat other riesshacace vied for cold canles. Thefeedealfo is much », wked forthe wormes. 19 Se! The Time. Te flowreth the next yeare afteritis fowne,inthe end of May, whichis a moneth before any Lauender. CHAR. CXRX, Ocimam. Baffill. The Names. Itis called offorte Lancwdaléfilvefres,but moft vfuallysrechasin Englith, of fome Stickadoue, or French Lanender ; and in manypartsof. England, Caffidony. 3 The Vertues, Ttis ofmuch more vfein phyficke then Lauender , and is much vied fot old paines in the head.Itis alfo held to be goodfor to open obftructions,o expell melancholy , to cleanfe and ftxengthen theliver, and otherinwat parts, andto be a Pectoral alfo. CAF i one whereof£ : qt his our Garden,the Affill is of twoforts (befides other kindes) fort B: con the other Jeffein enery- part thereof, as fhall be thewed,., ‘dk Ocimene-Citratam, CommonBaffll. Si : , ; > bio aadz or bsly fem eibs brane diuerfly root, the from rifing Garden Baflill hath oneftalke inary ence fet two leaues alwayes at a ioynt,which ate broad, ee ee4 ige > and pointed, of a pale greene colour,but frefh,a little fnipt or dented aboutthee cee haue many as on, Pomecitr kea fomewhatli fent, heady or ftrong ofA and ' at it,and thereof called Citratum : the fowers are {mall and white, ftanding i two {mall : leaues at eucry > ioynt, : infome p'ants plantsgreene, in O~ ofthe branches, with g' oni |