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Show aad Eis: 2 Ofthe Hiftory of Plants: q The Defcription. ‘ : ; : si. He great Carnation Gillow-floure hath a thicke round wooddyroot, from which the :on couples by fethvp many ftrong ioyntedftalkes fet with long greene leaues top ofthe ftalkes do growveryfaire floures of anexcellentfweet fmell, and pleafant Carnation colour, whereof it tooke his name. aeg Lis. 2. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 1 eeare fimplex» ingle purple Pinks. 7 SW 504 2 Caryophyllusfjlueftrisfimplex, faanerabens. Single red Pinks, <0 ‘ 4 The Cloue Gillofloure differeth not fromthe Carnation but in greatneffe as well of the floures as leaues. The floure is exceeding well knowne,as alfo the Pinks and other Gillofloures : wherefore I will not ftand long vpon the defcription. $ Caryophyllusfimplex maior. ; q| The Place. Thefingle Gillofloure or Pinke. Thefe Gillofloures, {pecially the Carnations, are kept in pots fromthe extremity ofour cold Winters... The Cloue Gillofloure endu. reth better the cold,andthereforeis plantedin gardens. Nv (' i q The Time, ’ They flourith and floure moft partof the Sommer, @ The Names. The Clone Gillofloureis called of the later Herbarifts caryophyileus flos , of the fmell of cloues wherewithit is poffeffed:; in Italian,G¢ rofoli ; in Spanith, Clauel: in French, ocileis+ inlow-Dutch, ®inoffelbloemen in Latine 0 mott,Ocellus Damafcenus, Ocellus Barbaricas, and Barbarica: inEnglifh, Carnations,and Cloue Gillofloures. Offomeit is called /eron'ta,and Herba Tunica. "The which Bermirdus Gordnins hathfet downe for Diofcorides his Polemmum. Thatworthy Herbarift and learned Phylit onoflate memorie M‘. Dogtor Turner maketh * Caryophyllus to be Cantabrica , which Pliny ib 23. cap. 8. writeth toshaue beenefound out Spaine about Auguftus time , and that bythole of Bifeay. Johannes Ruellius faith, That the Gillofloure was vnknowneto the old writers whole indgment is very good , efpecially becaufe th he whe isngt likerothat of PetonicaorCa Ca, I a i eo iee ucha fa anh eee floure, fo pleafant andfiveet, fhouldlic hid, and notbe ne may be thought notinferiour to.the rofe in beauty, fmell, and varietie oe The Temperature aot erase — a A ees The Gillofloure with the leaues androots for the moft part are temperate in heate and drinetle @ Thevertues Theconfe code: wade> ofthe--floures floures of the CloueGillofloure lok and fugar,is exceeding cordial; 7 pama ee doth comfort the heart, being eaten nowand then. againithotpeftilentiall pfeuers, expelleth rhe poyfonandfurie of the difeale, : ) greatly comforteth the ficke. as of late beene found outbya learned Gentleman of +* Effex,called M®, Rich. cke,ashath Cu 8.183. Of Pinks, or wilde Gillofloures. @ The Defiription, He double u i Pinte purple 1¢ : us © purple Pinke hath manygraffie leaues fet vpon {mall ioyntec couples, one Oppofite aca; z Nae Ppolite againft another, whereupon doe growpleafant doe . 3 Caryophyllus plumarius albus. White jagged Pinks. + Caryophyllus plumarius albus odoratior: Large white jagged Pinks. |
