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bunched out or fwelling at cucry ioynt, in fome the Italkcs will bee ot a taire grccnc 

 colour, and thole will bring white, or white and red flowers : in others they will bee 

 reddilh ; and more at the ioynts, and thofe giue red flowers; and in fomc of a darker 

 greene colour, which giue yellow flowers; the llalkes and ioynts of thole that will 

 giue red and yellow flowers fpotted, are fomewhat brownifh, but not fo red as thofc 

 that giue wholly red flowers : vpon thefe Italkes that fpread into many branches, doc 

 grow at the ioynts vpon feuerall footellalkes, faire greene leaues, broad at the It.ilkc. 

 and pointed at the end : at the ioynts likewife toward the vpper part of the branches, 

 at the foote of the leaues, come forth feuerall flowers vpon lliort footeflalkes, cuery 

 one beinu; fmall, long and hollow from the bottome to the brimmc, which is broade 

 fpread open, and round, and conlill but of one leafe without diuilion, like vnto a Bell 

 flower, but not cornered at all : which flowers, as I faid, are of diuers colours, and 

 diuerfly marked and fpotted, fome being wholly white, without any fpot in them for 

 the moll part, through all the flowers of the plant; fo likewife fome being yellow, 

 and fome wholly red ; fome plants againe being mixed and fpotted, fo variably either 

 white and red, or purple, (except here and there fome may chance to be wholly white, 

 or red or purple among the rell) or red and yellow through the whole plant, (except 

 a- before fome may chance in this kinde to be eyther wholly red, or wholly yellow) 

 that you (hall hardly finde two or three flowers in a hundred, that will bee alike 

 fpotted and marked, without fome diueriitie, and fo likewife euery day, as long as they 

 blow, which is vntill the winters, or rather autumnes cold blafles do flay their willing 

 pronenefTe to flower : And I haue often alfo obferued, that one fide of a plant will 

 giue fairer varieties then another, which is mofl commonly the Eaflerne, as the more 

 temperate and fhadowie fide. All thefe flowers doe open for the mofl part, in the 

 euening, or in the night time, and fo Hand blowne open, vntill the next mornings fun 

 beginne to grow warme vpon "them, which then clofe themf clues together, all the 

 brims of the flowers Ihrinking into the middle of the long necke, much like vnto the 

 blew Bindeweede, which in a manner doth fo clofe vp at the funnes warme heate : or 

 die it the day be temperate and milde, without much funne fhining vpon them, the 

 flowers will not clofe vp for the mofl part of that day, or vntill toward night : after 

 the flowers are pall, come feuerall feedes, that is, but one at a place as the flowers flood 

 before, of the bignelle (fometimes) of peafe, but not fo round, Handing within the 

 greene huskes, wherein the flowers Hood before, being a little flat at the toppe, like a 

 crowne or head, and round where it is fattened in the cup, of a blacke colour when it 

 is ripe, but elfe greene all the while it groweth on the flalke, and being ripe is foone 

 lliaken downe with the wind, or any other light fhaking : the roote is long and round, 

 greater at the head, and f mailer downwards to the end, like vnto a Reddifh, fpreading 

 into two or three, or more branches, blackilh on the outfide and whitifh within. 

 Thefe rootes I haue often preferued by art a winter, two or three (for they will perifh 

 it they be lett out in the garden, vnlefle it be vnder a houfe fide) becaufe many times, 

 the yeare not falling out kindely, the plants giue not ripe feede, and fo we fhould be to 

 feeke both of feede to fow, and of rootes to fet, if this or the like art to keep them, 

 were not vfed ; which is in this manner : Within a while after the firfl frolls haue ta- 

 ken the plants, that the leaues wither and fall, digge vp the rootes whole, and lay them 

 in a dry place for three or foure dayes, that the fuperfluous moyflure on the outfide, 

 may be fpent and dryed, which done, wrap them vp feuerally in two or three browne 

 papers, and lay them by in a boxe, chell or tub, in fome conuenient place of the houfe 

 all the winter time, where no winde or moifl ayre may come vnto them ; and thus you 

 (hall haue thefe rootes to fpring a frelh the next yeare, if you plant them in the begin- 

 ning of March, as I haue fufficiently tryed. But fome haue tryed to put them vp into 

 a barrell or firkin of land, or afhes, which is alfo good if the fand and afhes be thorough 

 dry, but if it bee anything moifl, or if they giue againe in the winter, as it is vfuall, 

 they haue found the moiflure of the rootes, or of the fand, or both, to putrefie the 

 rootes, that they haue beene nothing worth, when they haue taken them forth. Take 

 this note alfo for the fowing of your feede, that if you would haue variable flowers, 

 and not all of one colour, you mufl choofe out fuch flowers as be variable while they 

 grow, that you may haue the feede of them : for if the flowers bee of one entire co- 

 lour, you fhall haue for the moll part from thofe feedes, plants that will bring flowers 

 all ot that colour, whether it be white, red or yellow. 



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