Lib.i 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants* 



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Chap. z& Of French 



'gold, or ajffrican Marigolds 





^ 7 he Description 



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, "T^He great double African Marigold hath a great long brovvne reddifh ftalke, crefted* 

 I furrowed and fomewhat knobby,diuiding it felfe toward the top into other branches^ 

 * whereupon grow leaues compofed of many (mail leaues fet vpon a middle rib by cou- 

 ples mucb like vnto the leaues of wilde Valerian, bearing at the top very faire and beautifull dou- 

 ble yellow floursjgrcater and more double than the greateft Damask Rofe,of a ftrong fmel,bu t not 

 .nnlealanr. The Houres being paft,therc fucceedeth long black flat feed:the whole plant perifhes 



2 There is little difference betweene this and the precedent, or laft defcribed,fauingthat this 

 plant is much Ic(Ter,and bringcth forth more ftore of floures>which maketh the difference. $ And 



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minor multifli 



Flos Afhrianns major Poly ant hos. 



The great African double Marigold 



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Flos ^Aphricmus major fimpliciflore 



The great (ingle French Marigold 





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:h « fmall branch«Z 7 and furrowed, of the height of two cub tts,diuidcd 



; ! K< thofe o " th Aft t e o£rt 3rC fC r ! °u g k ' aUeS ' Com Pf a r ° r COr »P°^ of ma'ny little 



h. do g^owr vtllowfina, ° )0f a ftron S fmeI1 >y« not very vnpleafant : on the top of thebr an- 



ruftc 4etheri ? 8 fl° ur «> c ™P°fedinthemidd!cof a bundle of yellow thrummes hard 



10Tts mufth« lulL P ianc penfheth with the firftfroft, andmnft h*f™„n« .,— t i_ .^ n . 



fende 

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J bianS^Hna ^S" 8 '^ J^ tCm \ c , ic French Marigo!d,hatb fmall wcake and 

 tC ""**, or to* lT4 c 7 ZZl 3r A aUe r S ' £*?? 1 aboUt th?cd g« 5 which being held v P a« in ft 



c » nc, arc ftcne to be full ofholes like a Geue,euenas thoCeoi Saint Iofitw 





