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Show "Of theHlitorie of Plants. S86 ~ Lr. 2 it. The leauesare faftned forthe moft part byfiues vpon oneribor ftem, twoomeither fide, ard onein the midét or point ftanding alone ; which leaues are broadlike thofe of-Juy, but sor fone Cuar. 326. red atall:among which come forth clufters of white floures, and after them crenata oat feeds, each feed hauing afine white plumelike a feather faitnedto it, which maketh in the wine a goodly fhew, couering the hedges whiteall oner with his feather-like tops. The rodcis long, tough,and thicke, with manyftrings faftned thereto. 2 Of Ladies Bower,or Virgins Bower. @ The Defiription, i Clufizs hath fet forth akindof Clematis, calling it (lematis Betica, hauing a maruellouslong {mall branchfull of ioynts,with manyleaues indented about the edges like thofe ofthe preare tee, but itiffer and fmaller, comming fromeveryioynt ; fom whence alfoat each ioynt proceed no fmall clafping tendrels, as alfo the fmall foot-ftalkes whereon thefeeds do ftand,crowing in great tufted plumes orfeathers,like vnro the precedent, whereofitisakinde. The floures are not «prefied in the figure, nor feene by the Author,and therefore what hathbeenfaidfhall fufice, 1 Fiorna, The Traueliers Ioy, Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 1 a it whichLobel defcribeth by the name Clematis peregrina, hath very long and flender ftalks like the Vine,whichare iointed,of a darke colour;it climeth aloft,and taketh hold with his crooked clafpers vpon euery thing that ftandethneete vntoit: it hath many leaues diuifomeded into diuers parts,among which comethe flouresthat hang vponflender foot-ftalkes, thing like to thofe of Peruinckle,confifting onely of foure leaues,ofa blew colour,and fometimes purplewith certaine thredsin the middle : the feeds be flat,plaine,and fharpe pointed, The roots areflender,and {preadingall about. 2 Clematis Betica, The Spanith Trauellers Toy, . £ 3 Clematu Carulea flore pleno. 1 2 Clematis peregrina Carulea,five rubra. Blew or red floured Ladics-bower. Double floured Virgins- bower. 3 © The Place. almoftia euerie The Travellers loy is found in the borders of fields among thornes and bricrs, hedge asyou go from Grauefend to Canturburyin Kent ;rin manyplaces ofEffe cand in moter os ee parts about London, but not in the North of England thatl ea a ne fecond abbey, is a ftrangerger in in thefe thefe parts: Lyyet haue I foundit itiin the Ifle>of of Wight, by Waltham Wigs # @ The Time. The floures comeforth in Tuly : the beauty thereofappeares. ia Nouembet and December. = : q The Names, hed- z raies and Hr The firft is called commonly Viervia, quafi vias ornans, of decking and adorning We cal die fecond differeth not from the other,in leaues, ftalkes, branches nor feed. The onely “ace coafifteth in thar, that this plant bringeth forth red floures, and, the other blew. mane Bs is preferued alfo in fome Gardens anotherfort of this Clematis, whichin rootes, renebags tes,and mannet ofgrowing differs not from the former: but the floure is much differorderonee npofed of abundance of longith narrow leaues,growingthicke together, with foure Sheesh ee feaues lving vnder,or bearing them vp,and thefe leauesare ofa darke blewithputi OUr.Clifins calls this Clematis alteraflore pleno. $ @ The Place. , ges,where people trauel ; and thereupon I haue namedit the Trauellers loy sof Fachliws A wilt Vitis migra: Of Dodonaus,Vitalba : of Matthiolus, Clematis altera : of Cordws, Vitis alba: of Laine Thefe plants delight to growin Sunnie places : they profper better ina fruitfulfoile thanin Sarre! A. They growin my garden,where they flourifh The Temperature and Vertues. ffrre;» bY § Thefe plants haue no vfe in Geka as get foundout, but are efteemed onely for plete tot €7 Houre in Iulyand Auguft,and perfeé their feed in September. ae _ The Names, , “les Boweris called in Grecke wmuse: in Latine, L¢mbuxum :inEnglith you may ealfit La- Vitis(ylueftris : of Theophraftus, Atragene : in Dutch, Linem s in French,as Ruel ss writers teafon ofthe goodly fhadowwhich they make with their thicke bufhing and elyming, °° the beauty of the floures,and the pleafant fentor fauor of the fame. CHA? exceedingly. iS q The Time. ies |