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i. Bellis maior flere albe plene, The great double whiteDaific, 
The great Daifie witlrthe double white flower , isinall things folike vntothe great 
fingle kinde, that groweth by the high wayes, and in diuers medowes and fields, thae 
therc is no difference but in the flower,which is double. It hath many long, andfome. > 
what broad leaues lying vpon the ground , deepely cut inon both fides, fomewhat 
like vato aa oaken leafe ; but thofe that are on the ftalkes are fhorter, narrower, and 
not fo deeply cut in, but onely notched on the edges : the flowers atthe toppeare (as 
I faid) white and double , confifting of diuers rowes of leaues , being greater in com- 
paffe then any of the double Daifies that follow, but nothing{o double of leaues. 
2. Bellis minor flare rabro fimplioi. Single red Daifies; Ld 4) \ 
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"This fingle Daifie (like as all the reft of the {mall Daifies) hath many fmooth, 
greene, rouad pointed leaues lying on the ground, alittle fnipt aboutthe edges ; from 4 
. among which rife many flender round foote-ftalkes, ratherthen ftalkes or ftems,about 
_ani hand breadth high at the moft, and oftentimes not halfe fo high, bearing one flow- 
erapeece, confifting of many {mall leaues, as apale or border fet abouta middle 
thrumme: the leaues of thiskindearealmoft wholly red, whereas inthe wilde they’ 
are white or whitifh , enclining to red on the edges, the middle being cing yellow in both 
forts : the rootes are many {mall white threads or ftrings. NY 
they arefinaller, and littleor nothing {nipt or-notched about the edges: the {mall 
ftalkes likewife are {mallerand lower, but bearing as double flowers as any that growe 
|. oatheground, being compofed of many {mall leaues, thicke thruft rogether, of diuers 1 
: (but thofe are very rare) are ofa greeni 
colours ; for fome are wholly ofa pure white, others hauea little red, either difperfed 
vponthe white leaues, or onthe edges, and fometimes on the backes of the leaues; 
fome againe feemeto be of awhitifhred, ormore red then white, when asindeede 
they are white leaues difperfed among thered ; others of adeepeordarke red colour, 
iid fonts are {peckled or {triped with white and red through the whole fawer: and 
fomethe leaues will bee red onthe 9 le white vnderneath and fomealfo 
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4: Bells miner bartenfis prolifera. Double double Daifies or childing Daifics. 
\.) "Thereis no difference citherin leafe of toote in this kinde from the former double 
Daifies : the chiefeft variety confifteth in this, that it beareth matly {mal! double fow- 
ers, ftanding vpon very fhort ftalkes round about the middle flower , which is vfually _ 
as great and doubleas any of the other doublekindes, and is either wholly of a deepe 
red colour, er {peckled white and red as in fome of the former kindes, or elfe orcenif 
allthe {mall flowers about it being of the famecolour withthe middlemoft, =. ~ 
| s.Rebis ceralea fine Globalarie, Blew Dailies. ~ 
"The likeneffe andaffinity that this plant hath withthe former, both in the forme 
of leafe and fower, as alfo inthename , hath caufed me toinfert it, and another rare 
- plant of the fame kinde, in this plaee,although they be very rare to be met with in our 
Englith Gardens, This beareth many narrower, fhorter, and blacker greene leaues 
thenthe former, lying round about vpon the ground , among which rife vp flender, 
but itiffeand hard ftalks,halfe a foot high or more, {et here and there with {mall leaues, 
and at che top a {mall round head,compofed of many {mall blew leaves, fomewhat like 
vnto the head ofa Scabious : It hath bin found likewife with a white head of flowers¢ 
the roote is hard and ftringie : the whole plant is Of a bitter tafte. md 
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