458° ~The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 
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Gramiua. Grafles, 
; ‘Here areamong. an infinite number (asl nay fo fay) of Grates, a few onl 
which I thinke fit to be planted in this Ga both forthe rarity of et 
_ <~ salle anid alfo for your delight, and the excellent beauty that isin them aboue 
"Sy other plants, One of chem hath long agoe bin refpected, and cherifhed in the cou 
| <2 vec of mary Gentlewomen,and others. The others are knowne but hi c0, 
| s x. Gramen firiatam. Painted Graffe or Ladies laces. La 
| SNA, “Thiskinde of Graffe hath many ftiffe, hard, round ftalkes, fall oft ” S$, whercop 
~| £7). gre fet at euery ioynt one long leafe, formewhat broad at the bottome , where it coms 
CEG patecht the falke, and fmallcr to the end, where it is fharpe pointed > hard or cueh i 
~SS dling; and ftriped all the length of the leafe with white ftreakes or lines , ches they 
3 rty coloured laces of white and greene: thetops af the ftalkes are furnithed 
ie tu fis, ike vato the ruts a ec: the c voor final whi : 
ne nein, 
PRG.” 
like old hay in a iaecr, pa indeede all dead, end neuer renidings gy : ‘ 
plucked away votill the Spring,and then other greene leaues or ruthes rife yp by them, 
and ia their ftead, and are abouca foote in length: from the middle of thefe tufts come 
forth rounder and bigger ruthes, which are the ftalkes, and which hae a chafficroun¢ 
eare about the middle thereof, which when itis full growne, is fomewhat higher a 
~ the roppes of the leaues or rufhes, opening it felfe (being before clofe)at the top, 
». fhewing forththree or fourelong ayles or beards, enc aboue another, which a 
_ themfelues a litrledownewards (if they ftand over long beforethey oe hered, 
f edon beth 
“ will fall of, and be blowneaway with the winde) beinigho ms 
>. fides,all ithe length of the beard, and of a pale or grayifh colour, t t 
taile ofthe Bird of Paradife can besiner,or robe com vared \ 
_ | attheead of eucry onc of them, withiatheeare, a fmall, 1 
+ and very fharpe pointed grai -n grai c,th; \ 
» feather that is nex vbr and C che fede fer eineeeo orthree inches, being 
| Por pisang gl? ning or curling it felfe, ifit be fuffered ro ftand too long , iP 
ife being ftraightas the feather it {elf : the roore is compofed 
cba, Bal oe pagans et a far,and wi Unogwil- 
3-Gramen Filtra msiws, Theg greater ex Feather- Grae 
\._ The greater Fi a sthersGraffcis like vnto the \effer, but tharboth hshelaand hs 
ere nothing ones alfo, and of yes Tate and refpe@ 
mary G bein ‘igor thn 
in ead of feathers aie their beds.phcce they ba en atte aring, andat 
other times alfo,when as they haue been muchadauedof he Ladies and comme x 
_bane come to vifitthem. : Th Pla & 
¢ Place. 
The firh of thefe Grafes, as $ Lobel fieegioneth vata in cassia 
and hils of Sauoy, Is hath long agocbcene receiued into our Englifh gar- 
dens. 
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