4.20 The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



then is in any Rofe either wilde or tame : the leaues are fmaller then in moft of thofe 

 that are nourfed vp in Gardens, feuen or nine moft vfually fet together on a ribbe or 

 ftalke, very greene and fweete in fmell, aboue the leaues of any other kinde of Rofe : 

 the flowers are fmall fmgle blufh Rofes, of little or no fent at all, which turne into 

 reddifh berries, fluffed within with a dounie or flocky matter or fubftance, wherein 

 doth lye white hard feede. 



23. Rofa filuejlris odor a Jiue Eglenteria ftore duplici. 

 The double Eglantine. 



The double Eglantine is in all the places that I haue feene it a grafted Rofe, (but I 

 doubt not, but that his originall was naturall, and that it may be made naturall againe, 

 as diuers other Rofes are.) It groweth and fpreadeth very well, and with a great head 

 of branches, whereon ftand fuch like leaues as are in the fingle kinde, but a little larger, 

 not fmelling fully fo fweete as it : the flowers are fomewhat bigger then the fingle, but 

 not much, hauing but one other rowe of leaues onely more then the former, which 

 are fmaller, and the outer leaues larger, but of the fame pale reddifh purple colour, 

 and fmelleth fomewhat better then the fingle. 



24. Rofa femper wrens. The euer greene Rofe bufh. 



This Rofe or bufh is very like vnto a wilde fingle Eglantine bufh in many refpedls, 

 hauing many very long greene branches, but more flender and weake, fo that many 

 times they bend downe againe, not able to fuftaine themfelues without fome helpe, 

 and armed with hooked thornes as other Rofes be ; the winged leaues confift of feuen 

 for the moft part, whereof thofe two that are loweft and oppofite, are fmalleft, the 

 next two bigger then they, the third couple bigger then any of the reft belowe, and 

 the end leafe biggeft of all : this proportion generally it holdeth in euery winged leafe 

 through the whole plant, which at the firft comming forth are fomewhat reddifh, with 

 the young branch that fhooteth out with them, but being full growne, are of a deepe 

 greene colour, and fomewhat fhining, dented about the edges, and fall not away from 

 the branches as other Rofes doe, but abide thereon for the moft part all the Winter : 

 the flowers ftand foure or fiue together at the tops of the branches, being fingle Rofes, 

 made of fiue leaues a peece, of a pure white colour, much larger then the ordinary 

 Muske Rofe, and of a fine fent, comming neareft thereunto, with many yellow chiues 

 or threads in the middle. 



The Place. 



Some of thefe Rofes had their originall, as is thought in England, as the 

 firft and fecond ; for thefe dryed red Rofes that come ouer to vs from be- 

 yond the Seas, are not of the kinde of our red Rofe, as may well be percei- 

 ued by them that will compare our Englifh dryed leaues with thofe. Some 

 in Germany, Spaine, and Italy. Some againe in Turkic, as the double yel- 

 low Rofe, which firft was procured to be brought into England, by Mafter 

 Nicholas Lete, a worthy Merchant of London, and a great louer of flow- 

 ers, from Conftantinople, which (as wee heare) was firft brought thither 

 from Syria ; but perifhed quickly both with him, and with all other to 

 whom hee imparted it : yet afterwards it was fent to Mafter lohn de Fran- 

 queuille, a Merchant alfo of London, and a great louer of all rare plants, as 

 well as flowers, from which is fprung the greateft ftore, that is now flouri- 

 fhing in this Kingdome. 



The Time. 



The Cinamon Rofe is the earlieft for the moft part, which flowreth with 

 vs about the middle of May, and fometimes in the beginning. The ordinary 

 Muske Rofes both fmgle and double flower lateft, as is faid. All the other 

 flower much about one time, in the beginning of lune, or thereabouts, and 

 continue flowring all that moneth, and the next throughout for the moft 

 part, and the red vntill Auguft be halfe paft. 



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