304 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



meane the pod of double flowers) fo doe thefe alfo, not differing from it in anything, 

 but that they are lower, and haue fmaller greene leaues, and that the flower alfo being 

 fmaller, hath euery leafe abiding hollow, like vnto an hollow pipe, broad open at the 

 mouth, and is of as deepe a yellow colour for the moft part as the deepeft of the for- 

 mer, yet fometimes pale alfo. 



4. Flos Africanus minor multiplex. The lefler double French Marigold. 



The lefler double French Marigold hath his leaues in all things like vnto the for- 

 mer, but fomewhat lefler, which are fet vpon round browne ftalkes, not fo ftiffe or vp- 

 right, but bowing and bending diuers wayes, and fometimes leaning or lying vpon the 

 ground : the ftalkes are branched out diuerfly, whereon are fet very faire double flow- 

 ers like the former, and in the like greene huskes, but fmaller, and in fome the outer- 

 moft leaues will be larger then any of the reft, and of a deeper Orenge colour, almoft 

 crimfon, the innermoft being of a deepe gold yellow colour, tending to crimfon : the 

 whole flower is fmaller, and of a ftronger and more vnpleafant fauour, fo that but for 

 the beautifull colour, and doubleneffe of the flower, pleafant to the eye, and not to any 

 other fenfe, this kinde would finde roome in few Gardens : the rootes and feedes are 

 like the former, but lefler. 



5. Flos Africanus minor fimplex. The fmall fingle French Marigold. 



This fingle kinde doth follow after the laft in all manner of proportion, both of 

 ftalkes, leaues, feedes, and rootes : the flowers onely of this are fingle, hauing fiue or fix 

 broad leaues, of a deepe yellow crimfon colour, with deepe yellow thrummes in the 

 middle, and of as ftrong a ftinking fent, or more then the laft. 



The Place. 



They growe naturally in Africa, and efpecially in the parts about Tunis, 

 and where old Carthage flood, from whence long agoe they were brought 

 into Europe, where they are onely kept in Gardens, being fowne for the 

 moft part euery yeare, vnlefle in fome milde Winters. The laft fingle and 

 double kindes (as being more hardy) haue fometimes endured : but that 

 kinde with hollow leafed flowers, as Fabius Columna fetteth it downe, is 

 accounted to come from Mexico in America. 



The Time. 



They flower not vntill the end of Summer, efpecially the greater kindes : 

 but the lefler, if they abide all the Winter, doe flower more early. 



The Names. 



They haue been diuerfly named by diuers men : Some calling them Ca- 

 ryophyllus Indicus, that is, Indian Gilloflowers, and Tanacetum Peruinanum, 

 Tanfie of Peru, as if it grew in Peru, a Prouince of America ; and Flos Indi- 

 cus, as a flower of the Indies ; but it hath not beene knowne to haue beene 

 brought from thence. Others would haue it to be Othonna of Plinie, and o- 

 thers ; fome to be Lycoperjicum of Galen. It is called, and that more truely, 

 Flos Tunetenfis, Flos Africanus, and Caltlia Africana, that is, the flower of 

 Tunis, the flower of Africa, the Marigold of Africa, and peraduenture 

 Pedna P&norum. We in Englifh moft vfually call them, French Marigolds, 

 with their feuerall diftindlions of greater or fmaller, double or fingle. To 

 that with hollow leafed flowers, Fabius Columna giueth the name of Fi- 

 Jiilufo fore, and I fo continue it 



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