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5. Leucoij alter urn genus, fore turn multiplici funm Jimplici ex feminio oriundtim. 



Another fort of Stocke gilloflowers bearing as well double 



as fingle flowers from feede. 



This kinde of Stocke gilloflower differeth neyther in forme of leaues, ftalkes, nor 

 flowers from the former, but that it oftentimes groweth much larger and taller ; fo that 

 whofoeuer (hall fee both thefe growing together, (hall fcarce difcerne the difference, 

 onely it bearethjflowers, eyther white, red or purple, wholly or entire, that is, of one 

 colour, without mixture of other colour in them (for fo much as euer I haue obferued, 

 or could vnderlland by others) which are eyther fingle, like vnto the former, or very 

 thicke and double, like vnto the next that followeth ; but larger, and growing with 

 more (lore of flowers on the long ftalke. But this you must vnderrtand withall, that 

 thofe plants that beare double flowers, doe beare no feede at all, and is very feldome 

 encreafed by flipping or cutting, as the next kinde of double is : but the onely way to 

 haue double flowers any yeare, (for this kinde dyeth euery winter, for the moft part, 

 after it hath borne flowers, and feldome is preferued) is to faue the feedes of thofe 

 plants of this kinde that beare fingle flowers, for from that feede will rife, fome that 

 will beare iingle, and fome double flowers, which cannot bee diftinguifhed one from 

 another, I meane which will be fingle and which double, vntill you fee them in flower, 

 or budde at the lealt. And this is the only way to preferue this kinde : but of the feed 

 of the former kinde was neuer known any double flowers to arife, and therefore you 

 mult be carefull to marke this kinde from the former. 



6. Leucoium fare pleno diuerforum color urn. 

 Double Stocke Gillowflowers of diuers colours. 



This other kinde of Stock gilloflower that beareth onely double flowers, groweth 

 not fo great, nor fpreadeth his branches fo farre, nor are his leaues fo large, but is in 

 all things fmaller, and lower, and yet is woody, or fhrubby, like the former, bea- 

 ring his flowers in the like manner, many vpon a long ftalke, one aboue another, and 

 very double, but not fo large as the former double, although it grow in fertile foyle, 

 ,which are eyther white, or red, or purple wholly, without any mixture, or elfe mixed 

 with fpots and (tripes, as the fingle flowers of the firft kinde, but more variably, and 

 not in all places alike, neuer bearing feede, but mufl be encreafed, only by the cutting 

 ot the young fproutes or branches, taken in a fit feafon : this kinde perifheth not, as 

 the former double kinde doth, fo as it bee defended in the winter from the extreame 

 trolls, but efpecially from the fnow felling, or at the lealt remaining vpon it. 



7. Leucoium fathium lute urn Jiorc pleno. 

 The double yellow Stocke Gilloflower. 



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This double yellow Stock gilloflower is a (banger in England, as far as I can learne, 

 yther haue I any further familiaritie with him, then by relation from Germany, 

 where it is affirmed to grow only in fome of their gardens, that are curious louers of 

 thefe delights, bearing long leaues fomewhat hoary or white, (and not greene like 

 vnto the Wallflower, whereunto elfe it might be thought to be referred) like vnto the 

 Stock gilloflowers, as the ftalkes and branches alfo are, and bearing faire double 

 flowers, of a faire, but pale yellow colour. The whole plant is tender, as the double 

 Stock gilloflowers are, and muft be carefully preferued in the winter from the coldes, 

 or rather more then the lalt double, left it perilh. 



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The fingle kindes, efpecially fome of them, grow in Italic, and fome in 

 Greece, Candy, and the Ides adiacent, as may be gathered out of the verfes 

 in Plutarches Booke De Amore fraterno : 



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