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‘The (jar den of pleajant Flowers. 
Chap. XXX. 
Geranium. StorkesbillorCrartes bill. 
r «4 S was faid before concerning the Crowfeet, of their large extent and reftraint, 
' rbe like may be faid of the Storkes bils or Cranes bils ; for euen of thefe as of 
-L. Jit them , I mult for this worke fet forth the deferiptions but ofa few , and leaue 
the reft to k generali worke. 
I . Get mium tuber of nm vtl bulbofum. Bulbous or knobbed Cranes bill. 
The knobbed Cranes hath three orfoure large leaues fpread vpon the ground, ofa 
grayiih or rather dufty greenc colour, euery one of them being as it were of a round 
forme, but diuidtd or cut into fix or feuen long parts or diuifions, euen vnto the mid- 
dle, whichmakethitfeemetobe fo many leaues, each of the cuts or diuifions being 
deeply notched or indented on both fides ■ among which rifethvpaftalkeafoote 
high or better , bearing thereon diuers pale but bright purple flowers , made of fine 
leaues a peece , afrer which come fmall heads with long pointed beakes, rcfembling 
the long bill ofa Storke or Crane, or fuch like bird, whichafter itisripe, partethat 
rhebotromewhereitisbiggeftjintofoureorfiuefeedes, euery one whereof hath a 
peece of the beake head faftened vnto it , and falleth away if it bee not gathered : the 
rootc is tuberous and round, like vnto the roote of th t Cyclamen or ordinary Sowbread 
almoft, butfmaller, andofadarke ruffet colour on theoutfide, and white within, 
which doth encreafevnder ground, by certainc firings running from the mother root 
into fmall round bulbes, like vnto the rootes of the earth Chefnut, and will prefently 
fhoote leaues , and quickly grow to beare flowers , but will not abide to be kept long 
dry out of the ground, without danger to be vttcrly fpoiled. 
Geranium 'Satracb tides flore camlet . The blew Crowfoote Cranes bill. 
This Crowfoote Cranes bill hath many large leaues, cut into flue or fix parts or di- 
uifions, euentothebottome, and iagged befides on the edges, fet vpon very long 
flendcrfoote-ftaIkes,very like the leaues of the wilde Crowfoot ; from among which 
rife vp diuers Italkes with great ioy nts, fomewhat reddifti, fet with leaues like the for- 
mer: the toppes of the ftalkes are fpread into many branches, whereon ftand diuers 
flowers, made offiue leaues a peece, as large as any of the wilde or field Crowfcete, 
round pointed, of afaire blew or watchet colour, which being paft, theredoearife 
fuch heads or bils , as other of the Cranes bils haue : the roote is compofed of many 
reddifh firings, fpreading in the ground, from a head made of diuers red heads, which 
lye oftentimes eminent aboue the ground. 
Geranium 'B at rachoidts flere Me. The white Crowfoote Cranesbill. 
This Cranes bill is in leafe and flower altogether like the former, theonely diffe- 
rence betweene them confifteth in the colour of the flower, which in this is wholly 
white, and as large as the former : but the roote of this hath not fuch red heads as the 
other hath. 
GertniumTS at rach tides flore alba & ctruleo vtrio. 
The party coloured Crowfoote Cranes bill. 
Theflowersofthis Cranesbill are variably ftriped and fpotted , and fometimes di- 
uided , the one halfe of euery leafe being white, and the other halfe blew , fometimes 
with leffer or greater fpots of blew in the white leafe, very variably, and more in fome 
years then in others,that it is very hard to expreffe all the varieties that may be obfer- 
ued in the flowers, that blow at one time.In all other parts ofthc plant, it is fo like vnto 
the former, that vntill it be in flower, the one cannot be knowne from the ot her. 
Geranium 
