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The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 
The Names... 
The name —4atirrbiaam iswfually giuen to this plant, although ir fully 
not eythér with the defcription of Diofcorides, or Theophraftus; _ 
Ithathalfo diuers other names in Latine, as Orewtinm , Canis cerebrum Os 
10) SLeomis| Lee berbascre. In Englith Calues faout, from the forme of the feede 
00) weffelsyand Snapdragon, or Lyons mouth; from the formeof the Jowers, 
g tier} ot SO CeO Sib conta: NI Shis3 Sh 3 sesh 
‘The Vertues.’ 
They are feldome.or never vied in Phyficke by any in our dayes. 
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Willow 
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. ehameperium flore delphing. The Willowe dower. 
plane ifeeh vp with many ftrong, wodéy, round, brownith great (talkes; 
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oe three or foure footchigh, belethereand there witheut order, with one broad q 
» ‘and long whitifh greene leafe at aioynt, fomewhat like vnto a Lyfimachie, or 
herbe, asalfo vnto a Peach leafe, but larger and longer : atthe toppe of the 
branches ftand many flowers one aboue another, of a pale reddifh purple colour, 
* nfiting of fue less "y eg 
d open with an heele or {purrebehindethem,with many — 
ycllow threads inthe middle, much larger then any flower of the Larkes {purres, and 
fmelling fomewhat {weete withall ; it beareth afhew oflong pods withfeede, butl 
could neuer obferac the feede : the rootes are like the rootes of Lyfimachis, ortheordi« 
seioal. Wee hatienot knowne wheré:this We 
oo) oo but we haue it ftanding in an out cogae 
vo oC ber of delightfull fewers.. 
naty yellow Loofe-ftrife, or Willowe herbe, but greater : running and {preading va~ 
ground, and (hooting vp inmany places, whereby it filletha ground that ilivess a4 
quickly : the ftalkes dye downe euery yeare and: {pring againe in many places farre 
Villowe flower growsth naturally, 
rof our Gardens, to Gill vp the num | 
-- Ieflowreth notyntill May, andabideth a long while dowsing, 
aay 9 “2, 77 arenas 
'), Lemay feeme to diners, that this is thac plant that Dodonatus called P/fas 
1 helpliomsshinm purpurenm minus, and Lobel feemeth by the name of Delphi= 
nian buccinum toaime at this a 
am buccinum this plant, but withall callech it Chamamcrinm— 
Gefneri, and giveth the fame figure that Dodonzus hath for his P/eudelyfe 
mashium : But that isone kinde of plant (which hath {maller.and fhorter. 
ftalkes, and very narrow long leaues , whofe flowers ftand vpon leng flen- 
“nc onidercods, fullof downe, with reddith fede, likevatothe Lyfimachia fie 
~ quofe filuestris, and rootes thas abide many yeares, but creepe not)and this 
~ Boat, ItiscalledinEnglith, The Willowe flower, forthelikenefle of the - 
is another, much greater, whofe true figure is not extant in any Authorthat 
Tknow, Itis viually called Chamenerinm fore delphing but the name of 
Delphinium buccinum in my minde may not fo conueniently be applyed vn- 
Jeaues, and the beauty and te(pettofthe flowers. ao 
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