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kind of stock-gilliflower) ; violets, "the spring's 

 chief flowers for beauty, smell and use," both single 

 and double; snap-dragons, "flowers of much more 

 delight"; columbines, "single and double, of many 

 sorts, fashions and colors, very variable, both 

 speckled and parti-colored no garden would will- 

 ingly be without them." Next "Larks' heels, or 

 spurs, or toes, as they are called, single and double" ; 

 pansies, or heartsease, of divers colors, "although 

 without scent yet not without some respect and de- 

 light"; double poppies "adorning a garden with 

 their variable colors to the delight of the beholders" ; 

 double daisies, "white and red, blush and speckled 

 and parti-colored, besides that which is called Jack- 

 an-Apes-on-Horseback," double marigolds; French 

 marigolds "that have a strong, heady scent, both 

 single and double, whose glorious show for color 

 would cause any to believe there were some rare 

 goodness or virtue in them ; and carnations and gilli- 

 flowers." 



Here again Parkinson's enthusiasm causes him to 

 pause, for he exclaims: 



"But what shall I say to the Queen of Delight 

 and of Flowers, Carnations and Gilliflowers, whose 

 bravery, variety and sweet smell joined together 



