“Lhe Gardenof plealant Powers: oe 
a. Inthe great booke of the Garden of the Bithop of Eyftot (which place is‘neere _) paris ping 
_-ynto Norcmberg)in Germany, Lreade of aClematis of this former kinde, whofe fi- grina lore car- 
gure is thereto alfo annexed, with double flowers of an incarnate, of pale purple ten. fee cera'es, 
ding toa blufhcolour,; whereof Lhaue not heard from any other place i 
8. Flammals Touts eres. V pright Virgins Bower. 
"This kinde of Clematishath diuers more vpright ftalkes then. any of the baits laft 
S : Bepeciied: fometimes foure or fiue Foote high , or more ; yer leaning or bending a lic- 
. ac, fo that ithad fome neede of fultaining , couered with a brownith barke; from 
- whence come forth on all fides diugrs winged leaues,confifting of fiue or feuen leaues, 
fet on both fides of a middle ribbe, whereof one is at the end: the tops of the ftalkes* 
are divided i into many branches,bearing many white {weet {melling flowers on them, 
‘ its in fafhion vnto the white Virgins Bower ; after which come fuchlike feathe rtopt 
_ feede, which remaine and fhew themfelues, being flat like the other, when the plumes 
- greblowne abroad : the roote fj preadcth in the ground from a thicke head, into many 
dong ftrings, and faftencth it felfe ftrongly in the earth ; but all ape ant aie 
pry Yess and f {pring afrefhin the beg of thenext, 7 
Fa te ees OO ee ee Eb ae a ee ie ee an ed J RO 
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ie} 
e - a 9. clematis re Pabionite. 4. The Hungarian Climet. “ 
Pk: The falks of this plant ftand vpright, Se are foure fe uare,bearing at edecblewatanil 
Bi “Beinn atthe firft are clofed together, shed aaete past peat fomewhat like 
-yntothe leaues of 4/élepias, or Swallow-wort : from the tops of the ftalks, and fome- 
Imes alfofromthe fides by the leaues commeth forth one flower » bending thehead 
_ downward,confifting of fourc leaues,fomewhat lon & narrow, ftanding likeacroffe, 
 andturning vp their endsalitleagaine, of a faire blew. oy ski¢ colour, witha thicke 
 paleyellow thore thrumme, madi likes beadin ter the floweris paft, 
the head turneth into fachalikexound feathertopt ball jasisto be:feene i in the’ Fra- 
uelletsi ioy , dr Yiorma(as it is called} that groweth plentifully in” Kent, ahd in other 
laces by the way fides, andin the hedges 5: whérein-is included fiurch like flat {eedes 
3 Thefe fualles (like as the laft) dye'downe to the, ground every yeare, and rife. againe 
2 inth the S Sg fallovein g:thooting ont new bradiches,and every encreafeth in the: root: 
ins > i sf : iid 
13 jai Ae 
4 ens  aocAarse faecal The Virginia Climers a 
3 fiaw oe, a ; 
% Sacecte tha bemeand too much ¢ at doth in fomte: things. iplendble: the 
. be Climers, {othat vate wharother fauetlgct kindted might better conioyne it 
know not ; letme I pray infertit inthe end of their Chapter, with this defcription. It 
_ wifeth out of the ground (very lateiathe'yeare, about the beginning of May, ifit bea 
_ planthath sca fboma che teed of our owne fewing,and if it be an old one,fuch as hath 
been brought to vs from Virgitiajiortill theend thereof) with around ftalke, not a- 
3 felt that T hae feerie) but fa ee ee 
i haue fet irdowne , higher 5 t : one leafe at cueryioynt, whic 
3 from theg ground tothe middle thereof hat no‘clafpers} but'from thence vpwards 
«fat thatthe fanteioyht with theleafebotlia finall ewining clafper, ikeynitoa Vine,and 
_ @floweralfo.: eucry ledfe is broad at thre ftalke rhereof , vand divi ed-about 
4 oth fides, making it fomewhiac refemble 2 Figge ‘leafe,. endi 
E opie» aldnmeca faery : the bud oftlie flower, before icdoe open, is very 
a like vnto the head or feede veffell of the ordinary fingle Wigella , hauingat the head or 
top fiue {mall crooked. hornes,which when this bud openeth,are the ends or points of 
fiue leaucs, that are whit ea ras cute cmf{clues fat, like ynto an Anemone, 
and area little Hollow lik Leaitoeie! hiss ot ‘with fiac other fmaller leaues, and 
Whiter then they lying becweerie them , which river hic fothebad before it opened, 
- fo that this flower bein fall blowne open, co ‘often white leaues , laide in or- 
der round one by another : from the bottor of thefe leaves on the infide, rife divers 
wined threads, which fp read and lay themfelues all ouer thefe white] 
yo ond she points gaia little, and are ofareddithpeachcolour:towards the bot- 
