*1 be (jar den of pleaf ant Flowers. 
Wee call them in Englifli eyther Anemones , after the Greeke name, 
or Windflowers , after the Latine. 
ThcVcrtues. 
There « little vfeofthefe in Phyficke in our dayes, eyther for inward or 
outward dilcafes ; onely the leaues are vfed in the Ointment called Marcia- 
turn, which is compofcd of many other hot herbes, and is vfed in cold 
griefes, totvanne and comfort the parts. The roote, by reafonof the 
fturpendfc, is apt to drawc downe rheumc, if itbetaftedor chewed inthe 
mouth. 
Chap. XXVI- 
Acontam. Wolfebane. 
> i'^ Here be diners forts of Wolfebanes which are not fit forthis booke, butarc 
i 5 referued for a generali Hiftory or Garden of Simples , yet among them there 
f JL are fome, that notwithftanding their euill quality, may for the beauty of their 
flowers take vp a roome in this Garden , of whom I meane to entreate in this place : 
And firft ot the Winter Wolfesbane, which for the beauty, as well as the earlinefle of 
his flowers , beingthefirft of all other, that (hew thcmfelucs after Chriftmas , defer- 
ueth a prime place ; and therefore for the likenclfe of the rootes vnto the Anemones, 
I ioyne it next vnto them. 
t. Miiitum fijemale.T he Winters Wolfesbane, 
This little plant thrufteth vp diuers leaues out of the ground, in the deepe of Win- 
ter oftentimes , if there be any mildc Weather in Ianuary, but mo ft commonly after 
the deepe Frofts, bearing vp many times the fnow vpon the heads of the leaues, which 
like vnto the Anemone, doe euery leafe rife from the roote vpon fcuerall Ihort foote- 
ftalkes, not aboue foure fingers high, fomehauing flowers in the middle of them, 
(which come vp firft moft vfually) and fome none, which leaues ftand as it were 
round,rhe ftalke rifingvpvnderthemiddleofthe leafe, deeply cut in and galhed to 
the middle ftalke almoft, of a very faire deepe greene colour , in the middle whereof, 
clofe vnto the leafe, ftandeth a lmall yellow flower, made of fix leaues, verylikea 
Crowroore, with yellow threads in the middle : after the flower is fallen, there rife vp 
diuers lmall homes or cods fee together, wherein are contained whitifh yellow round 
(cede. The roote is tuberous, fo like both for fhape and colour vnto the rootes of A- 
nemones, that they will eafily deceiue one not well experienccd,buc that it is browner 
ind [moot her without, and yellow within, if it be broken. 
2 . Aconitum flare aikido, flue Aconitum Iuleum Ponticum. 
The whitilh yellow Wolfesbane. 
This Wolfesbane (hooteth not out of the ground vntill the Spring be well begun,’ 
and then it fen deth forth great broad greene leaues, deeply cut in about the edges, 
not much vnlike the leaues of the great wilde Crovvfoote , but much greater from a- 
tnong which leaues rifethvp a ftrongftiffc ftalke, three foote high , hauing here and 
there leaues fet vpon it, like vnto the loweft, but fmaller , the toppe of t he ftalke is di- 
uided into three or foure branches, whereon are fet diuers pale yellow flowers, which 
turneatthe laft to bealmoft white, in fafhionlike almoft vnto the flowers ofthe Hel- 
met flower, but much fmaller, and not gaping fo wide open : after the flowers 
are paft come vp diuers (hort poddes , wherein is contained blacke feede : the 
roote is made of a number of darke browne firings , which fpread and fallen 
themfclucs ftrongly in the ground. s 
