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hi they are faiter,and not fo many in num. 



I T 4 """T"?. r V r 7 a i. tv 6^"\'^'- ^y « c »>«r,and not fo many in num. 

 bcr,and do not fmell fo pleafant as the o her : of which kind we haue one lately come into our £ 



dens,whofe floures are curled and wrinkled after a moft ftrange mancr,which our women haue na 



med Iack-an-arjesonhorfebacke. ««ui.i«. 



med Iack-an-apesonhorfebacke 



I Primulaverumaior 



Field Cowflfps. 





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tfratenfis imdoi 

 Field Oxlip S# 



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Double Paigle,called of Pen^ Primula hortenfis K^AnvlicA omnium maxima, & ferotina fort* 

 flcnis • that is ? The grcateft Englifh garden Cowflip with dquble yellow floures, is fo commonly 

 knowne that it needeth no defcription. 



4 The fourth is likewife known by the name of double Cowflips^hauingbut one flourc with- 

 in another, which maketh the fame once double, where the other is many times doub!e,caIled by 

 Fenafieminatajiox the likeneiTe of the floures,which are brought forth as things againft qarure, of 



tvvmnes. 



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The fifth being the common 

 The (txth 5 which is our garden 



whitift yellow field Primrofe 3 needeth no defcription. 



n double Primrofe, of all the reft is of grcateft beauty,thede. 



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fcript ion whereof I refer vnto your owne con fiderat ion. i 



7 The feuenth is alfo very well known,being a Primrofe with grecnifh floures fonwnat " 

 ted about the edges • for which caufe Pena, hath called it Siharum^rimulaprtbHs otfcun vcrem 



jimbriatis. . . 



There is a ftrangc Primrofe found in a wood in Yorkshire growing wilde 3 by the trauc [ a £ d 'JL' 





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ftry of a learned gentleman of Lancafhire called M r The. Heskctb, a diligent fearcher ^ 



who hath not only brought to light this amiable and pleafant Primrofe, but many others a i , 

 uer before his time remembred or found out. This kind of Primrofe hath Ieaues and roots h* 

 wilde field Primrofe in each rcf™ A . ir hi-in^th forth amnn<r the Ieaues a naked ftalk or a g 



r, x.ww x^.« 4 .mLUic m eacn rcipect :it bringetn iortn among tne ieaues * ii«^« «-■ - " an j n o 

 or ouervvorne grecnifh colour,at the top whereof doth grow in the Winter time one how 

 more,Iikevnto that Angle one of the field: but in the Summer time it bringerh tortn a i ^^ 

 huskcor hofe,wherem arc contained many fmal floures, fomtimes foureor fiue,man> iu * dga . 

 very thicke thruft togcther.which make one entire flourc,feeming to be one of the c ° - A nC - 

 ble Prinjrofes,whereas indeed it is one double floure.made of a number of fmall fiog'* 



uer ccafing to beare floures winter nor fummer,as before is fpecified. 



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