354 The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



white, and in others of a pale blew or watchet colour, hauing little or no fent at all : 

 the feede is fmall, and contained in round flat heads, or feede veffels : the roote is very 

 fmall, white and threddy, creeping vnder the vpper cruft of the ground, fo that often- 

 times the heat and drought of the Summer will goe near to parch and wither it vtterly : 

 it requireth therefore to be planted in fome fhadowie place. 



2. Campanula maior^Jiue Pyramidalis. 

 The great or fteeple Bell-flower. 



This great Bell-flower hath diuers ftalkes, three foote high or better, whereon grow 

 diuers fmooth, darke, greene leaues, broade at the bottome, and fmall at the point, 

 fomewhat vneuenly notched about the edges, and ftanding vpon longer footeftalkes 

 below then thofe aboue : the flowers are blew, and in fome white, not fo great or 

 large as the former, but neare of the fame fafhion, growing thicker and more plenti- 

 fully together, with fmaller leaues among them, burning thicke below, and rifing fmal- 

 ler and thinner vp to the toppe, in fafhion of a Pyramis or fpeere Steeple : the roote is 

 thicke and whitifh, yeelding more ftore of milke being broken (as the leaues and ftalks 

 alfo doe) then any other of the Bell-flowers, euery one whereof doe yeelde milke, 

 fome more and fome lefle. 



3. Viola Mariana fore albido vel purpureo. 

 Couentry Bels white or purple. 



The leaues of Couentry Bels are of a pale or frefh greene colour, long, and narrow 

 next vnto the bottome, and broader from the middle to the end, and fomewhat round 

 pointed, a little hairy all ouer, and fnipt about the edges : the ftalkes rife vp the yeare 

 after the fowing, being fomewhat hairy alfo, and branching forth from the roote, into 

 diuers parts, whereon ftand diuers leaues, fmaller then the former, and of a darker 

 greene colour : at the end of euery branch ftand the flowers, in greene huskes, from 

 whence come large, round, hollow Bels, fwelling out in the middle, and rifing fome- 

 what aboue it, like the necke of a pot, and then ending in fiue corners, which are either 

 of a faire or faint white, or of a pale blew purplifh colour, and fometimes of a deeper 

 purple or violet : after the flowers are part, there rife vp great fquare, or cornered feede 

 veflels, wherein is contained in diuers diuifions, fmall, hard, mining, browne, flat feeds : 

 the roote is white, and being young as in the firft yeares fowing, is tender, and often 

 eaten as other Rampions are ; but the next yeare, when it runneth vp to feede, it grow- 

 eth hard, and perifheth : fo that it is to be continued by euery other yeares fowing. 



4. Trachelium maius fore albo vel purpureo. 

 Great Canterbury Bels white or purple. 



The greater Canterbury Bels, or Throateworte, hath many large rough leaues, 

 fomewhat like vnto Nettle leaues, being broad and round at the bottome, and pointed 

 at the end, notched or dented on the edges, and euery one ftanding on a long footftalk : 

 among thefe leaues rife vp diuers fquare rough ftalkes, diuided at the toppe into diuers 

 branches, whereon grow the like leaues as grow below, but lefler ; toward the ends of 

 the branches ftand the flowers, mixed with fome longer leaues, euery one in his feuerall 

 huske, which are hollow, long and round, like a bell or cup, wide open at the mouth, 

 and cut at the brimme into fiue corners, or diuifions, fomewhat lefler then the Co- 

 uentry Bels, in fome of a pure white, and others of a faire deepe purple violet colour, 

 and fometimes paler : after the flowers are paft, come fmaller and rounder heades 

 then in the former, containing flat feede, but blacker, and not fo redde as the laft : 

 the roote is hard and white, difperfing it felfe into many branches vnder ground, 

 not periming euery yeare as the former (although it lofeth all the leaues in winter) but 

 abiding many yeares, and encreafing into diuers heades or knobs, from whence fpring 

 new leaues and branches. 



5. Trache- 



