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trimula verh dr Paralyfis. Primrofes and Cowflips. 
W E hauc fo gicat Variety oFPrimrofesand Cowflips of our owne Country 
breeding, that (hangers being much delighted with them, hauebeene 
often furnifhed into diuers Countries, to their good content : And that I 
may fet them downein forne methodicallmanncr 4 asl hauc doneother things, I will 
firft let downe all the forts of rhofe we call Primrofes, both Angle and double, and af- 
terwards the Cowflips with their diuerficies, in as ample manner as my knowledge 
can direit me. Andyetlknow,thattiienameof Primula veris or Primrofe , is indiffe- 
rently conferred vpon thofe that I diftinguifli for Partlyfcs or Cowflips. I doe there- 
fore for your better vndcrftanding of my diftindtion betweene Primrofes and Cow- 
flips, call thofe onely Primrofes thatcarry but oneflowefvpon a ftalke, be they fingle 
or double, except that of Walter Heskct, and that with double flowers many vpon a 
ftalke, fet out in Gerards Herball, which is his onely, not found (as I thinkc)/» rerum 
natura , I am fure , fuch a one I could neUer hedre of : And thofe Cowflips, that beare 
many flowers vpon a ftalke together conftantly,be they Angle or double alfo. I might 
otherwife diftinguifli them alfo by the lsafe 5 that all the Primrofes beare their long 
and large broad yellowifh greene lcaues , without llalkes mod vfually ; and all the 
Cowflips hauefmall ftalkesvnder the lcaues, which are Anallcr, and of 2 darker 
greene, as vfually , but chat this diftindtion is neither focertaine and generali, nor fo 
well knownc. 
i . Primula neris Jen allo.Tht Angle white Primrofe. 
ThePrimrofe that groweth vndereuery bulhor hedge, in all or moft of the Woods, 
Groucs, and Orchardsof this Kingdome, I may well leaue to his wildc habitation, 
being not fo fit fora Garden, and fo well knowne, thatlmcanenotto giue you any 
further relation thereof : But we haue a kin de hereof which is fome what fmaller, and 
beareth milke white flowers , without any (hew of yellowndfe in them , and is more 
vfually brought into Gardens for the rarity, and differeth not from the wilde or ordi- 
nary kinde, cither in roote or leafe,orany thing elfe, yet hailing thofe yellowfpots, 
but fmaller, and not fo deepe, as are in the other wilde kinde. 
2 . Primula veris flere viridi flmplici. The Angle greene Primrofe. 
The Angle greene Primrofe hath his leaues very like vnto the greater double Prim- 
rofe, but fmaller, and ofa faddergreene colour: the flowers (land (eucrally vpon long 
foot-ftalkes, as the firft fingle kinde doth, but larger thenthey, and more laideopcn, 
of the fame, or very neare the fame yellowifh greene colour that the huske is of, fo that 
at the firft open ing, t he huske and the flower feerae to make one double greene flower, 
whichafrerwards feparatingthemfelues, the fingle flower groweth aboue the huske, 
and fpreadeth it felfe open much more then any other fingle Primrofe doth, growing 
in the end to be of a paler greene colour. 
3. Primula veris flore viridante & alio flmplici. 
The fingle greene and white Primrofe. 
The leaues of this differ in a manner nothing from the former, ncitherdothrhe 
flower but only in this, that out of the large yellowifh green huskes, which contain the 
flowers of the former, there commeth forth out of rhemiddleof each of them either 
a fmall peece of a whitifh flower,<?r elfe a larger, lometimes making vp a whole flower, 
like ah ordinary Primrofe. 
4. Primula veris flore viridi duplici. The double greene Primrofe. 
This double Primrofe is in his leaues fo like the former fingle greene kindes, that 
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