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'The Garden of plea/ant Flowers. 265 



CHAP. X LI I 

 Viola Lunaris fiuc Bolbonacli. The Sattin flower. 



Nto the kindes of Stocke-Gilloflowers I thinke rittelt to adioyne thefe kindcs 

 of Sattin-flowers, whereof there arc two forts, one frequent enough in all our 

 Countrie, the other is not fo common. 



i . Viola Lunaris vu/garis. The common white Sattin flower. 



The firil of thefe Sattin flowers, which is the molt common, hath his leaues broad 

 belowe, and pointed at the end, fnipt about the edges, and of a darke greene colour : 

 the Ihilkes are round and hard, two foot high, or higher, diuided into many branches, 

 let with the like leaues, but fmaller : the tops of the branches are befet with many pur- 

 plilh flowers, like vnto Dames Violets, or Stocke-Gilloflowers, but larger, be- 

 ing of little lent : after the flowers are paft, there come in their places round flat 

 thin cods, of a darke colour on the outfide, but hauing a thinne middle skinne, that is 

 white and cleare fhining, like vnto very pure white Sattin it felfe, whereon lye flat and 

 round brownilh feede, fomewhat thicke and great : the rootes perifh when they haue 

 giuen their feede, and are fomewhat round, long, and thicke, refembling the rootes of 

 Lilium non bulbofum, or Day Lilly, which are eaten (as diuers other rootes are) for Sal- 

 lets, both in our owne Country, and in many places befide. 



2. Viola Lunaris altera feu peregrina. Long liuing Sattin flower. 



This fecond kinde hath broader and longer leaues then the former, the ftalkes alfo 

 are greener and higher, branching into flowers, of a paler purple colour, almoll white, 

 confining of foure leaues in like manner, and fmelling pretty fweete, bearing fuch like 

 pods, but longer and flenderer then they : the rootes are compofed of many long 

 Itrings, which dye not as the former, but abide, and fhoot out new ftalkes euery yeare. 



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The Place. 



The firft is (as is faid) frequent enough in Gardens, and is found wilde in 

 fome places of our owne Country, as Mafter Gerard reporteth, whereof I 

 neuer could be certainly aflfured, but I haue had it often fent mee among o- 

 ther feedes from Italy, and other places. The other is not fo common in 

 Gardens, but found about Watford, as he faith alfo. 



The Time. 

 They flower in Aprill or May, and fometimes more early. 



The Names. 



It hath diuers names, as well in Englifh as in Latine ; for it is called moft 

 vfually Bolbonach, and Viola Lunaris : Of fome Viola latifolia, and of others 

 Viola Peregrina, and Lunaria Gr<eca, Lunaria maior, and Lunaria odorata, and 

 is thought to be Thlafpi Crateua : In Englifh, White Satten, or Satten flower : 

 Of fome it is called Honefty, and Penny-flower. 



The Vertues. 



Some doe vfe to eate the young rootes hereof, before they runnc vp to 

 flower, as Rampions are eaten with Vinegar and Oyle ; but wee know no 

 Phyficall vfe they haue. 



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