c f he (jar den of pleajant Flowers. 
fius would haue them, Lesmonia of Theophraftus ;they are generally called 
ofmoft Hcrbarifts Anemones filne sires, Wilde Anemones or Windflowers. 
The Italians call them Gengeuo falnatico, that is, Wilde Ginger, becaufe the 
rootes are, befides the forme, being foinewhat like fmall Ginger, of a bi- 
ting "hot and fharpe tafte. 
^Anemone Lafltanica fine hortenfis lat folia flore fimplici lutet. 
The Angle Garden yellow Windflower or Anemone, 
This Angle yellow Anemone or Windflower hath diuers broad round leaues, fome- 
whatdiuided and endented withall on the edges, brownilh at the firft riflng vp out of 
the ground, andalmoft folded together , and after of a fad greene on the vpperAde, 
and rcddi(hvnderneath;among which rife vp fmall (lender flalkes, befet at the mid- 
dle ofthem withtwo or three leaues, more cut anddiuided thenthofebelowe, with 
fmall yellow flowers at the toppe of them , confiding of ten or tweluc leaues a peece, 
hauing a few yellow threads in the middle of them , ftanding about a fmall greene 
head, which in time growing ripe hath fmall flat feede, inclofed within a foftwooll 
or downe , which is eafily blowne away with the windc : the roote groweth downe- 
ward into the ground, diuerfly f pread with branches here and there, of a brownifh yel- 
low on the outfide,and whitifh within, fo brittle, that it can hardly bee touched with- 
out breaking. 
Anemone Utlfoli* flore luteo duplici. The double yellow Anemone or Windflower. 
This double yellow Anemone hath fuch broad round leaues as the Angle kindc 
hath, butfomewhat larger or ranker : the ftalkes are befet with larger leaues, more 
deeply cut in on theedges : the flowers are of a more pale yellow, with fomc purpliflj 
veines on the outfide, and a little round pointed ; but they are allontheinfideof a 
fairc yellow colour, confiftihgoftworowes of leaues, whereof theinnermofl is the 
narrower, with afmall greene head in the middle , compafTed with yellow threads as 
in the former : the roote is like the roote of the Angle ; neither of thefe haue any good 
fent, and this fpringeth vp an d flowreth later then the Angle kinde. 
> The firfl leaues ofthis purple Anemone, which alwayes fpring vp before Winter,’ 
(ifthe roote be not kept too long out of theground,) arefomewhat like the leaucsof 
Sanicle or Sclfc- hcale , but the reft that follow arc more deeply cut in and ragged -a- 
mong which rife vp d iuers round ftalkes, befet with iagged leaues as all other Anemo- 
nesarc,aboue which leaues, the ftalkes riftngtwo or three inches high, beare one 
flower a peece, com pofed of twclue leaues or more, narrow and pointed, of a bleake 
S iurple or whitifh afh-colour , fomewhat Alining on the outfide, and of a fine purple co- 
_our tending to a murrey on the infide, with many blackifh blew threads or thrummes 
inthemiddleoftheflower, fet about a head, whereon groweth the feede, whichis 
fmall and blacke,inclofedinfoft wooll or downe, which flieth away with the winde, 
carrying the feede with it , if it be not carefully gathered : the roote is blackifh on the 
outfide, and white within, tuberous or knobby, with many fibres growing at it. 
Anemone purpurea Stellata altera. Another purple Starre Anemone. 
Thereis fo great diuerfity in thecolours of the flowers of thefe broad leafed kinds of 
Anemones or Windflowers, that they can very hardly be expreffed, although in their 
leaues there is but little or no difference. I (hall not neede therefore to makefeuerall 
deferiptions of euery one that fliall be fet downe ; but it will be fuffieient, I thinke, to 
giue you the diftin&ions ofthe flowers : for as I faid , therein is the greareft and chie- 
feft difference. This other Starre Anemone differeth not from the formerinleafeor 
flower, but onely that rhis is of a more pale fullen colour on the outfide, and of a paler 
Anemone latifolia purpurea JlcUata flue papaver acet' 
The purple Starre Anemone or Windflower. 
purple colour on the infide. 
There 
