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Se ___ The Gander plealant Flowers. 
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shaue comprifed them in one Chapter,-and will begin with that which commeth nea-; 
reft vnto the Helichry/um of Diofcorides , or Awrelia(as Gaza tranflateth it) of Theo - 
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Pr 1, Heliochryfum. The Goldenflower oflife. 4 
: This firft Golden tuft rifech vp with many hard, round, white ftalkes,a foote anda 
+ halfe high, whereon at certaine diftances ftand many fine cut leaues,or rather one leafe. 
cut into many {mall fine parts, almoftas {mall as Fenell,but grayifh, like vntothe Cuds 
weedes or Cotton-weedes(whercof certainly thefe.are {peciall kindes) at the toppes. 
of the ftalkesftand many round flowers, of a pale gold colour, inan vmbell-clofe to. _ 
gether, yet euery flower vpon his owne ftalke , and all ofan euen height, w hich will) : 
keepe the colour, being gathered, and kept dry fora longtime after, and afe of a hot 
~- and quickefent : the roote is {mall and wooddy , {preading vnder the vpper cruft of. 
- theearth, and liveth longin his owne naturall place, but very hardly endureth thes 
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cold of our Winters, valeffethey be milde, or itbe well defended. 4 
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2 Helichry[um Cresicum, Candy Goldilockes. 
»» «Candy Goldilockes hath two or three {mall flender white branches, fet here and. 
_. therevery {catteringly, with fmall, long, and narrow hoary leaves, hauing yellow: 
_-heads of flowers at the topsmade into vmbels or tufts’, not fo roundandcuen as the 
former, but longwife one aboue another , the heads being made as it were of fcales,4 
loofly, and not fo clofely fet together, asin the next following, which whenthey are: 
__ fullripe, doe paffe into doune, and are blowne away with thewinde, having a {malfi 
- xeddith feede at theend ; but will abidea long time,as the other in hisbeauty, being 
ak Helichry/um Orientale fine Ldmwarantlous Iuteni, Be ‘S . oa i 3 
ee Golden Flower-gentle. _ PBs. . 
\_ This moft beautifull plant is very like vnto the former Candy Goldilockes laft dew 
fcribed, but growing 7 higher, with many more branches, and more hoary, white, 
~ and woolly, hauing alfo long and narrow white leaues, but fomewhat broader, and _ 
‘thicker fet onthe branches : the tufts of flowers or vmbels likewife doeconfift of _ 
longer and larger heads, more fcaly , and clofer compaé together, of anexcellent, 
pale ing yellow colour, and fhining , with fome yellow threads orthrummesin the 
middle : the roote dyeth nort.euery yeare, but liveth long, efpecially intheSouthand — 
__ Eaft Countries, where no colds orfrefts are felt ; but will require extraordinary care’ 
and keeping, and yet {carce fufficient to preferue.it inthefe cold Countries, 
4. Chryfecome ‘iad Stachas Citrine, Golden tufts or Golden Caffidony. , 
is Golden flower is fomewhat like the former of thefe two laft defcribed,hanin 
=| them, being long, and narrower then) 
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