The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 353 



ly the Autumn? Gentian, and a*, it is reported, the Vernall likewifc. The 

 lingle or ordinary Sopeworte is found wilde in many places with vs, hut 

 the double came to vs from beyond the Sea, and is I'carce known or heard 

 of in England. The Role Plantaine hath beene long in England, but whe- 

 ther natural! thereof or no, I am not allured. 



The Time. 



They flower for the molt part in lunc and luly, but the fmall Gentian of 

 the Spring flowrcth fomewhat earlier, and that of the Autumne in Au- 

 gult and September. 



The Names. 



Gentiana is the general! name giuen to the Gentians. We call them in En- 

 glilh Gentian, Fellworte, Bitterwort, and Baldmoney. Safonaria taketh his 

 name from the fcouring qualitie it hath : Wee call it in Englilh Sopewort, 

 and in I'ome places Bruifewort. Some haue thought it to bee Struthium of 

 Diofcorides, or at leaft haue vfed it for the fame caufes, but therein they 

 are greatly deceiued, as Matthiolus hath very well obferued thereon, and 

 fo is Dodonseus, that thought it to be Alifma. The Rofe Plantaine is fo cal- 

 led of the double fpikes it carrieth. 



The Vertues. 



The wondertull whollbmnefle of Gentian cannot bee eafily knowne to 

 vs, by reafon our daintie taftes refufe to take thereof, for the bitternefle 

 fake: but otherwife it would vndoubtedly worke admirable cures, both 

 for the liuer, llomacke and lunges. It is alfo a fpeciall counterpoifon againll 

 any infection, as alfo againft the violence of a mad dogges tooth : wilde 

 Sopewort is vfed in many places, to fcoure the countrey womens treen, and 

 pewter veflels, and phyfically fome make great boaft to performe admira- 

 ble cures in Hydropicall difeafes, becaufe it is diureticall, and in Lue Vene- 

 ria, when other Mercuriall medicines haue failed. The Rofe Plantaine no 

 doubt hath the lame qualities that the ordinary hath. 



CHAP. LXXXVI. 

 Campanula. Bell-flowers. 



Nder the title of Bell-flowers are to bee comprehended in this Chapter, not 

 only thole that are ordinarily called Campanula, but Viola Mariana, and 'Trache- 

 lium alfo, whereof the one is called Couentry, the other Canterbury Bells. 



i . Campanula Perjicif'olia alba, vet caruU-a. 

 Peach-leafed Bell-flowers white or blew. 



The Peach-leafed Bell-flower hath many tufts, or branches of leaues lying vpon the 

 ground, which are long and narrow, fomewhat like vnto the leafe of an Almond or 

 Peach tree, being finely nicked about the edges, and of a fad greene colour, from a- 

 mong which rife vp diuers italkes, two toote high or more, let with leaues to the mid- 

 dle, and from thence vpwards, with many flowers ftanding on feuerall fmall foote- 

 Italkes, one aboue another, with a fmall leafe at the foote of euery one: the flowers 

 rtand in fmall greene huskes, being fmall and round at the bottome, but wider open at 

 the brimme, and ending in fiue corners, with a three forked clapper in the middle, let 

 about with fomc fmall threds tipt with yellow, which flowers in fome plants are pure 



Y 2 white 



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