384 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



3. Elattaria In tea alter a vu/gatior. The ordinary yellow Moth Mullein. 



This yellow Moth Mullein (which is the moft frequent in our Gardens) hath 

 longer, and narrower leaues then any of the former, and roundly notched or dented 

 on the edges, of a darke greene colour : the ftalke is fometimes branched, but mofl 

 vfually tingle, whereon (land many gold yellow flowers, not fully fo large as the Spa- 

 nifh kinde, but with the like purple threads in the middle : the feede is fmall, and 

 contained in the like round heads, but alwaies euery one Jingle by it felfe : the roote 

 perifheth euery yeare that it beareth feede. 



4. Elattaria flare luteo purpurafcente. Cloth of gold Moth Mullein. 



The greateft point of difference betweene this and the laft described, confifteth 

 chiefly in the colour of the flower, which in this is of the colour of cloth of gold, that 

 is, the ground yellow, and ouerfhadowed with a bright crimfon colour, which is a fine 

 colour of much delight : the threads in the middle are not fo purple red as in the for- 

 mer, but much about the colour of the flower : this is not fo willing to giue feede, and 

 will as hardly abide in the roote, and hath out of queftion rifen from the feede of the 

 former. 



5. Elattaria flore albo. White Moth Mullein. 



The leaues of the white Moth Mullein are fomewhat like vnto the yellow, yet not 

 altogether fo much roundly notched about the edges, but rather a little dented, with 

 fharper notches : the ftalke rifeth as high as the yellow, and hath now and then fome 

 branches about it : the flowers hereof are pure white, as large and great as the ordinary 

 yellow, or fomewhat larger, with the like purple threads in the middle, as are in the 

 yellow : the feed is like the other ; the root perifheth in like manner, and will not endure. 



6. Elattaria flore purpureo. Purple Moth Mullein. 



The Purple Moth Mullein hath his leaues lying on the ground, broader and fhor- 

 ter then any of the other, of a more grayifh greene colour, and without any denting 

 for the moft part about the edges, fharpe pointed alfo at the end of the leafe ; among 

 the leaues rifeth vp the ftalke, not fo high as either the white or the yellow, and many 

 times branched, bearing many flowers thereon, of the fame famion, and no whit 

 fmaller, of a faire deepe blewifh colour tending to redneffe, the threads in the middle 

 of the flowers being yellow : the feede veflels hereof are fomewhat fmaller then any 

 of the former, except the firft fweete yellow kinde : the roote hereof is long, thicke, 

 and blackifh on the outfide, abiding very well from yeare to yeare, and rifeth well 

 alfo from the fowing of the feede. 



7. Elattaria flore ceeruleo. Blew Moth Mullein. 



This blew Moth Mullein is in all refpedts like vnto the former purple kinde, fauing 

 onely in the colour of the flower, which is of a blewifh violet colour, and is not much 

 inferiour either in greatnefle of the plant, or in the largenefle of the flower, vnto the 

 former purple kinde, and endureth many yeares in the like manner. And thefe be all 

 the forts of this kinde of Moth Mullein, that I haue feene and nourfed vp for this my 

 Garden, without interpofing any vnknowne, not feene, or vnworthy. 



8. Verbafcum filuejire fiue quartum Matthioli. 

 Wooddy Mullein or French Sage. 



Wooddy Mullein or French Sage, hath diuers wooddy branches two or three foot 

 high, very hoary or white, whereon at feuerall ioynts (land diuers thicke leaues, white 

 alfo and hoary, long, fomewhat broad, round pointed, and rough, fomewhat refem- 

 bling the leaues of Sage in the forme and roughnefle, but not in the fent, whereof our 



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