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| Miftris Buggs her fine purple was raifed by her in Batterfey neer 
London, it is like the former in all the parts, but that the great 
head of flowers ftands more ereét, of a deeper purple and broader 
white eyes, | | 
Mr, Whitmores purple is alfoavery good flower, fair and large, ma~ 
ny ononeftalk, of a lighter purple than any of the former, with fair 
white eyes; this wasraifed by my worthy friend Wiliam Whitmore 
of Balmes near Hodg{den Efquire, who was pleafed the laft Spring 
to give me a Plant thereof, : 
Purple Fran{way is another good flower, it beareth a great trufs of 
tich fining purple flowers, with very large white eyes. | 
~ The black Imperial may be reckoned with the purples, ic hath {mall 
Jeaves and a fhort ftalk, but beareth many fair flowers clofe fet toge- 
ther, of fo dark a purple colour, that without much error it may be 
called black, with tair faow-white eyes ; this was raifed in oxférd, 
Rickets fable Auriculais like the laft, onely a little bigger in allthe 
parts, but of as blacka colour, with fair white eyes ; this was lately 
raifed by Mr, Rickets of Hog/den often remembred, the beft and moft 
faithful Flori ft now about London, 
The purple ftriped Auricnla is foal in-allthe pares, hatha weak 
low ftalk, bearing four or five purple flowers, ftriped with white, 
 Thepurpled and Lemon-coloured ftriped Anricula is a much bigger 
and ft r Plant than the laft, the ftalk is ftiff, but not tall, bearing 
often eight or ten flowers, which are Lewon-colour, ftriped with red-= 
difh purple ; this wasalfo raifed by Miftris Buggs before mentioned, 
and is a flower of good efteem, , : 
There are divers other good purples which have been raifed from 
feeds by my felf and others, and every year produceth new varie- 
ties, not to be confined within any limits, | 
Auricula flore rubro five coccineo. 
of He Red ot {carlet-colour Auricula is of divers forts, one of the 
beft I know, is called Miftris Au/tins fcarlet, it hath large leaves, 
a ftrong a a ftalk, bearing a great trufs of fine fcarlet howers, 
with fnow-white eyes; divers other excellent flowers have been raifed 
in Oxford by Mt, Facob Bobert keeper of the publike Garden, 
There are divers forts of reds, inclining to fcarlet, fome redder 
and fome yellower than others , fome with large flowers, and man 
on one ftalk with white, or pale yellow eyes, upon many of which, 
feveral fantaftical names ( by thofe that raifed them ) have been a 
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