the Paradife of Plants. 23 
they flourith.all winter,yif the'weather be calm, borh thefe and Gowflips are na- 
siie 
green Primrole.. 5, Field Cowlips-6-Fié pps-_ 7, Double Paicles, 
3. Cowflipps nwo ina hole, 9, white Bin ea Birdcine, 11. Yel- 
low Bearsear, 22, Purple Bears“emr.T3. F . 14. Scarlet Bears ear 
BinficolesrOd Bears car. 16. Bright red’Bearsear. 17. Scamel Bears ear. 
ts ttle white Bears ear. He thar defires to be’any better informed in thefe 
kinds of flowers; let him confult che Mafeuline, bur efpecially che Feminine 
Work of Mr. Parkinfon,who hath created more ‘Targely of them, There have 
been many forts alfo found out anid brought from beyond the Seas of lare daies: 
buc being no: very skilful Florift,1 defire ro be excufed for not mentioning of 
them. fhould proceed co the Defcriptions of the Ordinary fort of each, but be- 
canfe they are{o well known I fhall deferibe only the Bearsear, 
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- Bears-Ear is a beaiiriful and brave platit, having ereen, thick and fat leaves 
fomewhat finely {nipc about che edges, not altogether unlike thofe of Cowflips, 
but +greener, and nothing rough or crumpled ; among which arifeth 
up aflender round ftemme an handful highsbearinga tuft of flowers at the top, 
fometimes of a ycllow, fometimes — le orred, and fometimes ofa 
white colour, not mutch unlike co the @ %f Oxlippsy buc more open, and 
confifting of one onely Leaf like’ Cotilédon or Pennywort , the root 
is very threddy, and like unto the Oxelip, 
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The Placeand Time, 
Primrofes and Cowllips | joy, moh in thad wy ; olaces, and therefore 2 
_ Sommonly found. in Woods and borders of fieldéneat tothe hedge fides. 
purple Primro‘e, the double Primrofe,the green Primrofe, chedo 
and rhe Cowflips two in a hofe are feldom teen but in: Gardens,. T 
White Birdeine do grow very plencifully in che Northern parts: 
1n Harwood near Blackburn in Lang Alhire, acCroshy, Ravenswaith, 
Clofe In Weffmor eland, and infome ot places. The Originall o 
«* came firit from the mountaines of German [ery 
Pyrentes, Sc. But the greateft variety hath ri 
