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Show ——— 740 3° ~ Of the Hittorie of Plants. Liv. 2, heise 3. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. 74 The fmalleror finer leafed double Marigold groweth vprig ht, having for the moft part one thus the ftalkes and leaues are fometimes hairy, otherwhiles fmooth , the floure is yellow,orelfe at the top ofthe {mall branches, very double,but leffer than the other, confifting Of more fine ag. blew. I hauing threefigures ready cut, thinke it not amiffe to giue youone to expreffe each varietie. + ftemorfat fpongeous ftalke, garnifhedwith fmooth and fat leaues confufedly. I he floures grow gedneffe, and ofa faire yellow gold colour. The rootis like the precedent. 4 The Globe-flouring Marigold hath many large broad Jeaues rifing immediately forth of the ground , among which rifeth v pa ftalke of the height ofa cubit, diuiding it felfe toward the top into otherfmaller branches, fet or garnifhed with the like leaues, but cc nfufedly, or without order. The floures growat the top ofthe ftalkes, very double ;the {mall leaues whereof arefetin comely order bycertaine rankes or rowes, as fundry lines are in a Globe, trauerfing the wholecum- a a affe of the fame , whereuponit tooke thenameOrbiculata, 5 The fifth fort of double Marigoldditfereth not from the laft defcribed,faningintheedlour of the floures ; for this plant bringethforth floures of aftrawor light yellowcolour,and the others hg he not fo, wherein confifteth the difference. 2, + Allthefe fiue here defcribed, and whichformerly had fo many figures,differ nothing butin the bigneffe and littleneffe of the plants and floures,andin the intenfeneffe and remifheffeattheir colour, whichis either orange, yellow,or ofa ftraw colour. + , , 6 The Marigold withfingle floures differeth not from thofe with double floures, butintlat it confifteth of fewer leaues, whichwe therefore terme Single, in comparifon of the reft, and that 10 Thewilde Marigold is likevntothe fingle garden Marigold,but altogether leffer,and the whole plant perifhech at the firft approch of Winter, andrecouerethit felfe againe by falling of the feed. @ ThePlace, Thefe Marigolds, with double floures efpecially, are fet and fowen in gardens: the reft, their titles do fet forth their naturall being. @ The Time. The Marigold floureth from Aprill or May cuenvntill Winter, and in Winter alfo, if it be warme, q The Names, The Marigold is called Calendula : it is to be feene in flourein the Calends almoft ofeuerie moneth: it is alfo called Chry(anthemum,of his golden colour: of fome, Caltha, and Caltha Poetarum :wheteof Columella and Virgil doewrite, faying, That Caltha isa floure of a yellow colour: Wwhereofvirgil in his Bucolickes,the fecond Ecloge, writeth thus; s maketh the difference. This fruicfullor much bearing Marigold is likewife called of the vulgarfort of women, Tacke-an-apes on horfebacke : it hath leaues, ftalkes,androots like the commonfort ofMarigold, differing in the thape ofhis floures,for this plant doth bring forth at the topof the ftalke one floure like the other Marigolds , from the whichftart forth fundryother{mal floures, yellowlike. wife, and of the famefafhionas the firft, whichif I be not deceiued commeth to paffe per actidens, or by chance, as Nature oftentimes liketh to play with other floures, or as children are bornewith two thumbes ononehand, and fuchlike,which liuing to be men,do get children like vnto others; euen fo is the feed of this Marigold, whichif it be fowen, it brings forth not one floure inathou- fand like the plant from whenceit was taken. 8 Tum Cafia atque alys intexens fuauibus herbis Mollia Luteolapingit vaccinia Caltha, Andthen fhee'l Spike and fuch fweet herbes infold, And paint the Iacinth with the Marigold. Colmella.al{o in his tenth booke of Gardens hath thefe words; Candida Leucoia & flauentia Lumina Calthe, ‘Stock-Gillofloures exceeding white, And Marigolds moft yellow bright. te The otherfruitfull Marigold is doubtleffe a degenerate kind,comming by chancefrom the feed of the double Marigold, whereas for the moft part the other commeth ofthe feed ofthe fin gle floures,wherein confifteth the difference. + The floure ofthis (wherein the onely difference confifts) you fhall finde expreft at the bottome ofthe fourth figure. + i id 9 The Alpith or mountaine Marigo ; 9 Calendula Alpina. Mountaine Marigold, which Lobelius fetteth downe for ioe (er tica, or Plantago Alpina,is calied by T The montanus, Caltha, ot Calendula Alpina: a0 i caufe I fee it rather refemoles4 ph thananyother plant,I haue notthought : miffe to infert it inthis place, ia ; confideration thereof vnto the friendly kit der, or toa further confideration, DectiD is a plant that I amnot welledei all; yet I doe reade thatithathat at Gite growing aflope vnder the vpperc™ fe, a0 earth, of an aromaticall or {picie a bises fomewhatbiting, with many threddy Fal annexed thereto: from which elm thicke and rough leaves ofan oe 4. colour,not valike to thofe of TG a mong which there rifeth vp 2 rove” ae der ftalke fer with the like leaucs s a tis thought to be Gromphena Plinij:in low-Dutchitis called aSoudt bloettters : in high-Dutch; Rgeblumen tin French,Sovfij Goude : in Italian, Fior d'egmimefe:in Englith, Marigolds,and ices, q|_ The Temperature and Vertues. % __Thefloute ofthe Marigoldis of temperatute hot, almoft inthe fecond degree,efpecially when {tisdty sitis thought to ffengrhert { and comfort the heart very much, and alfo towithftand poyfon,as 1 alfotobeé good againft peftilent A gues, being taken any way, Fuchfiue hath written, That cing drunke with wine it bringeth downe the termes, and that the fume thereofexpelleth the fecondine or after-birth But the leaues ofthe herbe are hotter for there is in thema certain biting, but by reafon ofthe ie withit, it doth not by and by fhewit felfe , by meanes of which moifture they elly,and procure folubleneffe ifit be vfed asa pot-herbe. Fuchfius wtiteth, That if the mouth be wathedwiththe iuyce it helpeth the tooth-ache. Cc ¢ flouresandleaue igolds being beins diftilled; difti anc the water ; sd into in’ ted and wyr atety D eyes, ceaf aues of Marigolds and dropped eth the inflammation,and taketh away the paine. Confe tue made ofthefloures and fugartaken in the morning fatting, cureth the theheart.» and is alfo giuen intime ofplague or peftilence, or corruption of theaire. trembling of 5 Th yellow leaties of the floures are dried and kept throughout Dutchland againft Winter, to : p P Ut int to broths,in hyficall potions,and for diuers other purpofes, in fuch quantity,thatin fome TOcers or § pice-fellers houfes are tobe foundbarrels filléd with them,and retailed by the penny Moreor lefft ¢ infomuch that nobroths ate well made without dried Marigolds. wherof commethforth afing!¢ Ce paled about the edges with {mall wile light yellow, tending to 4 oe fa bundle middle ofthe floure is compo! OR ch as 8 ofthreds, thicke thruft together, ns dee inthe middle of thefield Daifies ° low colour. + eharwo y+ This Plantis allone with pat i feribed inthe next Chapter: they Cuar. 255. Of Germane Marigolds. G The Defiription. Olden Matigold with the broad leafe doth forthwithbring from the rootlong’ lea _ see vpon the ground, broad, greene, fomething roughin the vpper Lar ; mooth, and ofa light greene colour :among which {pring vpflender flalks a cubie Q4943 high, |