

The Garden of plea fan t Flowers. 4 1 3 



ouile (as I take it) this Rofe is more frequent and vied in England, then in other places) 

 neuer groweth fo high as the damaske Rofe bulh, but mod vfually abideth low, and 

 Ihooteth forth many branches from the roote (and is but feldome fuffered to grow vp 

 as the damaske Rofe into ftandards) with a grecne barke, thinner let with prickles, and 

 larger and greener leaues on the vpperlide then in the white, yet with an eye of white 

 vpon them, Hue likewife moll vfually fet vpon a ftalke, and grayifh or whitilh vnder- 

 neath. The Roles or Flowers doe very much vary, according to their file and abiding ; 

 for fome are of an orient, red or deepe crimfon colour, and very double (although nc- 

 uer fo double as the white) which when it is full blowne hath the largcft leaues of any 

 other Role ; fome of them againe are paler, tending fomewhat to a damaske ; and fome 

 are of fo pale a red, as that it is rather of the colour of the canker Rofe, yet all for the 

 moft part with larger leaues then the damaske, and with many more yellow threds in 

 the middle : the fent hereof is much better then in the white, but not comparable to 

 the excellencie of the damaske Rofe, yet this Rofe being well drycd and well kept, will 

 hold both colour and fent longer then the damaske, bee it neuer fo well kept. 



4. Rofa Damafcena. The Damaske Rofe. 



The Damaske Rofe bulh is more vfually nourfed vp to a competent height to ftand 

 alone, (which we call Standards) then any other Rofe : the barke both of the ftocke 

 and branches, is not fully fo greene as the red or white Rofe : the leaues are greene with 

 an eye of white vpon them, fo like vnto the red Rofe, that there is no great difference be- 

 tweene them, but that the leaues of the red Rofe feeme to bee of a darker greene. The 

 flowers are of a fine deepe blufh colour, as all know, with fome pale yellow threds in 

 the middle, and are not fo thicke and double as the white, not being blowne, with fo 

 large and great leaues as the red, but of the moft excellent fweet pleafant fent, far fur- 

 catting all other Rofes or Flowers, being neyther heady nor too ftrong, nor fluffing or 

 vnpleafant fweet, as many other flowers. 



5. Rofa Prouincialis Jiue Hollandica Damafcena. 

 The great double Damaske Prouince or Holland Rofe. 



This Rofe (that fome call Centifolia Batauica incarnata} hath his barke of a reddifh 

 or browne colour, whereby it is foone difcerned from other Rofes. The leaues are 

 likewife more reddifh then in others, and fomewhat larger, it vfually groweth very 

 like the Damaske rofe, and much to the fame height : the flowers or rofes are of the 

 fame deepe blufh colour that the damaske rofes are, or rather fomewhat deeper, but 

 much thicker, broader, and more double, or fuller of leaues by three parts almoft, the 

 outer leaues turning themfelues backe, when the flower hath ftood long blowne, the 

 middle part it felfe (which in all other rofes almoft haue fome yellow threds in them 

 to be feene) being folded hard with fmall leaues, without any yellow almoft at all to be 

 feene, the fent whereof commeth neereft vnto the damaske rofe, but yet is fliort of it 

 by much, howfoeuer many doe thinke it as good as the damask, and to that end I haue 

 known fome Gentlewomen haue caufed all their damaske ftockes to bee grafted with 

 prouince Rofes, hoping to haue as good water, and more ftore of them then of damask 

 Rofes; but in my opinion it is not of halfe fo good a fent as the water of damaske 

 Rofes: let euery one follow their own fancie. 



6. Rofa Prouincialis rubra. The red Frouince Rofe. 



As the former was called incarnata, fo this is called Batauica centifolia rubra, the dif- 

 ference being not very great : the ftemme or ftocke, and the branches alfo in this, 

 feeming not to be fo great but greener, the barke being not fo red ; the leaues of the 

 fame largenefle with the former damaske Prouince. The flowers are not altogether fo 

 large, thicke and double, and of a little deeper damaske or blulh colour, turning to a 

 red Rofe, but not comming neere the full colour of the beft red Rofe, of a fent not fo 

 fweete as the damaske Prouince, but comming fomewhat neere the fent of the or- 

 dinary 



