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cenus and Barbarieus. Of some Cantabrica Pliny. 

 Some think they were unknown to the Ancients and 

 some would have them be Iphium of Theophrastus, 

 whereof he maketh mention in his sixth and seventh 

 chapters of his sixth book among garland and sum- 

 mer flowers; others to be his Dios anthos or Louis 

 flos. We call them in English, the greatest kinds, 

 Carnations, and the other Gilloflowers (quasi July 

 Flowers). The Red, or Clove, Gilloflower is most 

 used in physic in our apothecaries' shops (none of 

 the others being accepted, or used) and is accounted 

 to be a very cordial." 



Some writers say that the gilliflower was a cure 

 for pestilential fevers. Gerard writes: "Conserve 

 made of the flowers of the Clove Gilloflower and 

 sugar is exceeding cordial and wonderfully above 

 measure, doth comfort the heart, being eaten now 

 and then." 



The Italian painter, Benvenuto Tisio, always 

 painted a gilliflower in the corner of his pictures 

 as his emblem, from which he is always called // 

 Garofalo. 



The word "pink" is derived from the Dutch word 

 Pinkster (Whitsuntide), the season a certain "Whit- 

 suntide Gilliflower" was in bloom. The pink was 

 regarded as an antidote for epilepsy; and a vinegar 



