2o8 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



Hauing thus farre proceeded in the two parts of the kindes of Anemones or Wind- 

 flowers, it remaineth to entreate of the reft, which is thofe Anemones which haue thin 

 cut leaues, whereof fome haue reckoned vp thirty forts with Jingle flowers, which I 

 confefTe I haue not feene ; but fo many as haue come to my knowledge, I fhall here fet 

 downe. 



Anemone tenuifolia fiue Geranifolia ccerulea. 

 The Watchet Anemone or Storkes bill leafed Windflower. 



This firft Windflower with thin cut leaues, rifeth not out of the ground vntil the great 

 Winter frofts be paft, that is, about the middle or end of February, and are fomewhat 

 brownifh at their firft appearing, but afterwards fpread into wings of greene leaues, 

 fomewhat broader then the reft that follow, diuided into three parts, & each part into 

 three leaues, euery one cut in about the edges, one ftanding againft another vpon a 

 long (lender foote-ftalke, and the end leafe by it felfe : among thefe rifeth vp two or 

 three greene ftalkes, garnifhed with fuch like thin leaues as are at the bottome, from 

 aboue which rife the flowers, but one vpon a ftalke, confifting of fourteene or fifteene 

 fmall pale blew or watchet leaues, lefler then any of the fingle kindes that follow, 

 compafling many whitifh threads, and a fmall greene head in the middle, fomewhat 

 like the head of the wilde Crowfoote, wherein is contained fuch like feede : the roote 

 is blackifh without, thrufting out into long tuberous peeces, fomewhat like vnto fome 

 of the broad leafed Anemones. 



'ba. Of this kinde there is another, whofe leaues are not browne at their firft rifing, but 



greene, and the flowers are white, in other things not differing. 



Anemone tenuifolia purpurea vu/garis. 

 The ordinary purple Anemone with thin leaues. 



This purple Anemone which is moft common, and therefore the lefTe regarded, 

 hath many winged leaues ftanding vpon feuerall ftalkes, cut and diuided 'into diuers 

 leaues, much like vnto the leaues of a Carrot ; among which rife vp ftalkes with fome 

 leaues thereon (as is vfuall to the whole Family of Anemones, both wilde and tame, 

 as is before faid ;) at the toppes whereof ftand the flowers, made of fix leaues moft vfu- 

 ally, but fometimes they will haue feuen or eight, being very large, and of a perfect 

 purple Violet colour, very faire and liuely : the middle head hath many blackim 

 thrums or threads about it, which I could neuer obferue in my Gardens to beare feed : 

 the roote is fmaller, and more fpreading euery way into fmall long flat tuberous parts, 

 then any other kindes of fingle or double Anemones. 



CameapalKda. There is another very like in leafe and roote vnto the former, but the 



flower is nothing fo large, and is whitifh, tending to a blufh colour, and 



of a deeper blufh colour toward the bottome of the flower, with blackifh 



blew thrums in the middle, and giueth no feede that I could euer obferue. 



Canea viuida There is likewife another like vnto the laft in leafe and flower, but 



vngmbus albis. t j iat t h e fl ower j s larger then it, and is a of a liuely blufh colour, the leaues 



hauing white bottomes. 



Alba venii pur r And another, whofe flower is white, with purple coloured veines and 

 pums. ftripes through euery leafe, and is a lefTer flower then the other. 



Anemone tenuifolia coccinea fimplex. The fingle Scarlet Anemone with thin leaues. 



The leaues of this Scarlet Windflower are fomewhat like vnto the former, but a lit- 

 tle broader, and not fo finely cut and diuided : the flower confifteth of fix reafonable 

 large leaues, of an excellent red colour, which we call a Scarlet; the bottomes of the 

 leaues are large and white, and the thrums or threads in the middle of a blackim pur- 

 ple colour : the roote is tuberous, but confifting of thicker peeces, fomewhat like vnto 

 the rootes of the broad leafed Anemones, but fomewhat browne, and not fo blacke, 

 and moft like vnto the roote of the double Scarlet Anemone. 



CocAnea abfq ; There is another of this kinde, whofe flower is neare vnto the fame co- 

 vnguibus. i ourj DUt t hi s h at h no w hi te bottomes at all in his leaues. 



We 



