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Of the Hifterte of Plants. 



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CeruulMftndit. The Crowac InipeiWl. 



drau Imt trials) com femini'. 

 Qovvnc Imperial! with the feed. 



CPmuhKteriAiidnfliciciTtxt. 

 The double Crownc lmperiall, 



heais downward as it were bcls : in fokxrf 

 it is ycllowifh ; orto giue you the true co- 

 lour, which by words otherwifc cannot be 

 expr'eflcd.ifyou lay Tap berries in llccpe in 

 fairewatcr for the fpacc ot twohoutts^uid 

 mix a little Saffron with that mfufrorvLiI 

 layitvpon paper, it fliewcth tlie perfta 

 colour to limnc or illumine the floure 

 withall. The backfideof the faid floure it 

 ftrcakedwith putplifh lines, which doth 

 greatly fct forth the beauty thcrcol.In the 

 bortomeofeach of thefc bells there is pla- 

 ced fix drops of mod eleerc mining facet 

 watcr^'n taft like lugar.rclcmbling in (hew 

 fairc Orient peatles , tLe which drops if 

 you take away, there do immediately ap- 

 pcarc the like: notwithii.nding if they 

 maybefufrered toftand.;!ll in the floure 

 according tohis ownc nature, rlicv wilnc- 

 ucrfalIawav,nr>notif you (bike thcnlanc 

 vurill it be broken. Amongll thcfcJior* 

 there Itandcrhout a cerrame porteJ!,as alia 

 fund ry final chines tipped witUfmall pen- 

 danrs like thole of the Lilly :.ihouc the 

 whole floures there growes a ruft of green 

 leaueslikcthofc vponthcnalke,but fmal-- 

 let. After rhe floures be fi.l. I 

 lewcodsor feed-veflcls fix f.jiurr., 



Crown Imperial. A Page from Gerarde's Herball. 



