24.4 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



the one cannot be knowne from the other vntill it come to flower, and then it beareth 

 vpon euery ftalke a double green flower, of a little deeper green colour then the flower 

 of the former fingle kinde confiding but of two rowes of fhort leaues moft vfually, 

 and both of an equall height aboue the huske, abiding a pretty time in flower, efpeci- 

 ally if it ftand in any fhadowed place, or where the Sun may come but a while vnto it. 



5. Primula veris Hesketi JJore multiptiri feparatim diuifo. 

 Mafter Heskets double Primrofe. 



Matter Heskets double Primrofe is very like vnto the fmall double Primrofe, 

 both in leafe, roote, and height of growing, the ftalke not rifing much higher then it, 

 but bearing flowers in a farre different manner ; for this beareth not only fingle flowers 

 vpon feuerall ftalkes, but fometimes two or three fingle flowers vpon one ftalk, and alfo 

 at the fame time a bigger ftalke, and fomewhat higher, hauing one greene huske at the 

 toppe thereof, fometimes broken on the one fide, and fometimes whole, in the middle 

 whereof ftandeth fometimes diuers fingle flowers, thruft together, euery flower to be 

 feene in his proper forme, and fometimes there appeare with fome whole flowers o- 

 thers that are but parts of flowers, as if the flowers were broken in peeces, and thruft 

 into one huske, the leaues of the flowers (being of a white or pale Primrofe colour, 

 but a little deeper) feldome rifing aboue the height of the very huske it felfe ; and 

 fometimes, as I haue obferued in this plant, it will haue vpon the fame ftalke, that bea- 

 reth fuch flowers as I haue here defcribed vnto you, a fmall flower or two, making the 

 ftalke feeme branched into many flowers, whereby you may perceiue, that it will vary 

 into many formes, not abiding conftant in any yeare, as all the other forts doe. 



6. Primula hortenjis JJore plena vulgaris. The ordinary double Primrofe. 



The leaues of this Primrofe are very large, and like vnto the fingle kind, but fome- 

 what larger, becaufe it growth in gardens : the flowers doe ftand euery one feuerally 

 vpon flender long footeftalkes, as the fingle kinde doth, in greenim huskes of a pale 

 yellow colour, like vnto the field Primrofe, but very thicke and double, and of the 

 fame fweete fent with them. 



7. Primula veris Jiore duplici. The fmall double Primrofe. 



This Primrofe is both in leafe, roote, and flower, altogether like vnto the laft double 

 Primrofe, but that it is fmaller in all things ; for the flower rifeth not aboue two or 

 three fingers high, and but twice double, that is, with two rowes of leaues, yet of 

 the very fame Primrofe colour that the former is of. 



8. Paralyfa vulgaris pratenfis jlore flauo fimplici odorato. 

 The Common field Cowflip. 



The common fielde Cowflip I might well forbeare to fet downe, being fo plentifull 

 in the fields : but becaufe many take delight in it, and plant it in their gardens, I will 

 giue you the defcription of it here. It hath diuers green leaues, very like vnto the wilde 

 Primrofe, but fhorter, rounder, ftiffer, rougher, more crumpled about the edges, and 

 of a fadder greene colour, euery one ftanding vpon his ftalke, which is an inch or two 

 long : among the leaues rife vp diuers round ftalkes, a foote or more high, bearing at 

 the toppe many faire yellow fingle flowers, with fpots of a deeper yellow, at the bot- 

 tome of each leafe, fmelling very fweete. The rootes are like to the other Primrofes, 

 hauing many fibres annexed to the great roote. 



9. Paralyfa alter a odorata flare pallido poly anthos. The Primrofe Cowflip. 



The leaues of this Cowflip are larger then the ordinary fielde Cowflip, and of a 

 darke yellowifh greene colour : the flowers are many ftanding together, vpon the 

 toppes ot the ftalkes, to the number of thirty fometimes vpon one ftalke, as I haue 

 counted them in mine owne Garden, and fometimes more, euery one hauing a longer 



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