The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



i . CariLiminf fiore plftw. Double Cuckow flowers. 



The double CarJumine hath a tew winged leaues, weakc and tender, lying on the 

 ground, very like vnto the Tingle medow kindc; from among which rifcth vp a round 

 greenc 1 hi Ike, let here and there, with the like leaues that grow below, the top whereof 

 hath a few branches, whereon Itand diuers flowers, euery one vpon a fmall footeftalk, 

 conliliin^ of many fmall whitifh round leaues, a little dafht oucr with a (hew of blufh, 

 fet round together, which make a double flower : the roote creepeth vnder ground, 

 fending forth fmall white fibres, and (hooteth vp in diuers places. 



2. Canlamine trifolia. Trefoile Ladies fmockes. 



This fmall plant hath diuers hard, darke round grcene leaues, fomewhat vneuen a- 

 bout the edges, alwayes three fet together on a blackifh fmall footftalke, among which 

 rife vp fmall round blackilh Italkes, halfe a foote high, with three fmall leaues at the 

 iovnts, where they branch forth; at the toppes whereof ftand many flowers, confuting 

 ot foure leaues a peece, of a whitifh or blufh colour very pale: after which come vp 

 fmall, thickc and long pods, wherein is contained fmall round feede : the root is com- 

 pofed of many white threds, from the heads whereof runne out fmall firings, of a dark 

 purple colour, whereby it encreafeth. 



The Place. 

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The firit with the double flower is found in diuers places of our owne 

 Countrey, as neere Micham about eight miles from London; alfo in Lan- 

 cafhire, trom whence I receiued a plant, which perifhed, but was found by 

 the induflrie of a worthy Gentlewoman, dwelling in thofe parts heretofore 

 remembred, called MirtrefTe Thomaim Tunrtall, a great louer of thcfe de- 

 lights. The other was fent me by my efpeciall good friend lohn Tradefcante, 

 who brought it among other dainty plants from beyond the Seas, and im- 

 parted thereof a roote to me. 



The Time. 



The lalt moft vfually flowreth before the former, yet not much differing, 

 that is, in the end of Aprill or in May. 



The Names. 



The fidt is a double kinde of that plant, that growing wilde abroade, is 

 vfually called CarJamine a/tera, and Si/ymbrium alterum of Diofcorides, and 

 of fome Flos cuculi, but not fitly ; for that name is more vfually giuen vnto 

 the wilde featherd Campions, both fingle and double, as is before exprefled : 

 yet for want of a fitter name, wee may call it in Englifh, eyther Cuckowe 

 flower, or Ladyes fmockes, which you will. The fecond hath beene fent vn- 

 der the name of Sanicula trifolia, but the moft frequent name now receiued, 

 is Cardamine trifolia, and in Englifh Trefoile Ladies fmockes. 



The Vertues. 



The double Ladies fmockes are ot the fame qualitie with the lingle, and 

 is thought to be as effectuall as Watercrefles. The propertie of the other I 

 thinke is not much knowne, although fome would make it a wound herbe. 



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