Be The Garden plese Flowers 
heads, pointed at the end, greeneat the firft, anda little yellower when they bee ripe, 
contai ae within hen eal round blackifh feede, which will foone skippe out of 
the heads, ifthey be buta little hardly preffed betweene the fingers : the rootes {pread 
themfelues vnder ground very much from the toppe, with anumber of {mall fibres an- 
nexedtherennto : this is a very tender or dying every yeare, and muftbee fowne  ~ 
carefully ina pot ofearth, and tended and watered inthe heateofSummer, and all 
little enough to bring it to perfection. t 
The Place. 
“Wee haue alwaies had the feede of this plant ent vs out of Italy, not 
knowing his originall place, 7 
| The Time. — . 
Itflowreth fromthe middle of Iuly,to the end of Auguft : the f eed doth 
feldome ripen with vs, efpecially ifthe Summer be backward, fo that wee 
are oftentimes to feeke for new and good {eede from our friendsagaine. 
The Names. 
Some vietocall it Cherantis femiva, Balfamina femiva, Belfemella , and 
Anguibars, Herbs Santia Katherine, Wehaueno othcr Englifh name to call 
itby, thenthe Female Balfame Apple, or Balfamina, : 
_ Some by reafon of the name, would attribute the property of Balmeva- 
tothis plant, but it is not fufficieatly knowne tohauc any fuch;yetlam 
_ well perfwaded , there may bee fome extradinary quality in fo beautifilla 
_ plant, which yet lyeth hid from vs. = H 
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* Cua. rT; 
_ Niftursivm tedicum, Yndian Creffes,or yellow Larkesheeles. 
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He likeneffe (as I faid before) of this flower likewife, hauing {purres otheeles 
f maketh meioyne it withthereft, whichis of fo; great beauty and fweetnefle 
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“om Garden of delight cannot bee yofurnithed of ic. ‘This fai 
Cost any other thing, but if you will haue it abide clofethercunto,youmufttyeit,or 
: A deale of ground : the leauesare fmooth, greene, and as round as the 
ry ioynt withthe leaues, vpon prety 
‘into very many long trayling branches, enterlaced one within 
very confufedly {yet doth it not winde it felfe with any clafpers about ithe 
_7eifeit willlye vpon the ground)'foure orfiue foot in length atthe leaft ; wherbyitta- 
it 7>\ Breutiyrors that groweth on the ground, without any cut or incifure therein at all 
~~y ia any part, the ftalkes whereof ftand inthe middle of each leafe, and ftandiat e+ 
~ wery ioynt of the ftalke, wherethey area little reddith,and knobbed or bunched outs, 
/ the flowers are of an excellent gold yellow colour, and grow allalong thefe ftalkes, 
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~~~ two of them) there Re MTE WE tps Gr reat, OF excellent crimfon colour,with 
>) long heele or fpurre behinde ine finall 
ante eth fent, very pleating , which being placed in the middle of fome Carnations 
