The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



haue comprifed them in one Chapter, and will begin with that which commeth nea- 

 reft vnto the Helichryfum of Diofcorides, or Aurelia (as Gaza tranflateth it) of Theo- 

 phraftus. 



i . Helichryfum. The Golden flower of life. 



This firft Golden tuft rifeth vp with many hard, round, white ftalkes, a foote and a 

 halfe high, whereon at certaine diftances ftand many fine cut leaues, or rather one leafe 

 cut into many fmall fine parts, almoft as fmall as Pencil, but grayifh, like vnto the Cud- 

 weedes or Cotton-weedes (whereof certainly thefe are fpeciall kindes) at the toppes 



!of the ftalkes ftand many round flowers, of a pale gold colour, in an vmbell clofe to- 

 gether, yet euery flower vpon his owne ftalke, and all of an euen height, which will 

 keepe the colour, being gathered, and kept dry for a long time after, and are of a hot 

 and quicke fent : the roote is fmall and wooddy, fpreading vnder the vpper cruft of 

 the earth, and liueth long in his owne naturall place, but very hardly endureth the 

 cold of our Winters, vnlefle they be milde, or it be well defended. 



2. Helichryfum Creticum. Candy Goldilockes. 



Candy Goldilockes hath two or three fmall (lender white branches, fet here and 

 there very fcatteringly, with fmall, long, and narrow hoary leaues, hauing yellow 

 heads of flowers at the tops made into vmbels or tufts, not fo round and euen as the 

 former, but longwife one aboue another, the heads being made as it were of fcales, 

 loofly, and not fo clofely fet together, as in the next following, which when they are 

 full ripe, doe paffe into doune, and are blowne away with the winde, hauing a fmall 

 reddifh feede at the end ; but will abide a long time, as the other in his beauty, being 

 gathered in time, as the reft will doe. 



3. Helichryfum Orientate Jiue Amaranthus luteus. 

 Golden Flower-gentle. 



This moft beautifull plant is very like vnto the former Candy Goldilockes laft de- 

 fcribed, but growing vp higher, with many more branches, and more hoary, white, 

 and woolly, hauing alfo long and narrow white leaues, but fomewhat broader, and 

 thicker fet on the branches : the tufts of flowers or vmbels likewife doe coniift of 

 longer and larger heads, more fcaly, and clofer compact together, of an excellent 

 pale gold yellow colour, and mining, with fome yellow threads or thrummes in the 

 middle : the roote dyeth not euery yeare, but liueth long, efpecially in the South and 

 Eaft Countries, where no colds or frofts are felt; but will require extraordinary care 

 and keeping, and yet fcarce fufficient to preferue it in thefe cold Countries. 



4. Chryfoc ome Jiue Steechas Citrina. Golden tufts or Golden Caflidony. 



This Golden flower is fomewhat like the former of thefe two laft defcribed, hauing 

 hoary ftalkes and leaues, ftanding confufedly on them, being long, and narrower then 

 any of the former : the tops of the ftalkes are diuided into many parts, each bearing a 

 fmall long yellow head or flower at the toppe, with fome yellow thrummes in them, 

 which heads being many, are diffufedly fet together, like a loofe or fparfed vmbell, 

 keeping their colour long before they wither, and when they are ripe, haue thinne 

 fmall reddifh feede, like Mariorome feede, but fmaller ; the roote is fmall and blacke : 

 the whole plant, as well leaues and flowers, as rootes, are of a ftrong fharpe fent, yet 

 pleafant. 



5. Argyrocome Jiue Gnaphalium Americanum. 

 Liue long or Life euerlafting. 



This liluer tuft or Indian Cotton weede, hath many white heads of leafes at their 

 firft fpringing out of the ground, couered with a hoary woollinefle like cotton, which 

 rifmg into hard, thicke round ftalkes, containe ftill the fame hoarineffe vpon them, as 

 alfo vpon the long and narrow leaues which are fet thereon, efpecially on the vnder 



fide, 



