244 c / be (garden of f leaf ant Flowers. 
the one cannot be kno wne from the other vntill it come to flower, and then it beareth 
vpon euery ftalke a double green flower, of a little deeper green colour then the flower 
of the former (ingle kinde confiding but of two rowes of (hort leaues mod vfually, 
and both of an equall height aboue the huskejabiding a pretty time in flower, efpeci- 
ally if it dand in any (hadoWed place,or where the Sun may come but a while vnto it. 
5 . PrimuU veris Heshti flore multiplici feparatim diuifo. 
Mader Heskets double Primrofe. 
Matter Heskets .double Primrofe is very like vnto the fmall double Primrofe 
both in leafe, roote, and heigth of growing, the ftalke not riling much higher then it* 
but bearing flowers in a farre different manner ; for this beareth not only Angle flowers 
vpon (euerall (hikes, but fomtimes two or three fingleflowers vpon encftalk and alfo 
at the fame time a bigger ftalke, and fomewhat higher, hauing oncgrecnehuskeatthe 
toppe thereof, fometimes broken on the one fide, and fometimes whole, in the middle 
whereof ftandeth fometimes diuers Angle flowers, thruft together,euery flower to be 
feene in his proper forme, and fometimes there appearc with feme whole flowers o- 
thers that are but parts of flowers, as if theflowerswercbrokeninpeeces,andthruft 
intoonehuske, the leaues of the flowers (beingof a white or pale ;Primrofe colour 
but a little deeper) feldome riflng aboue the height of thevery hus'ke itfelfe . and 
fometimes, as I haue obferued in this plant, it will haue vpon the fame ftalke, that bea- 
reth fuch floweisasl hauc here deferibed vnto you, a fmall flower or two, making the 
ftalke feeme branched into many flowers, whereby you may perceiue, that it will vary 
into many formes, not abiding conftant in any yeare, as all the other forts doe/ 1 
6. Primal a bortenfis flore pleno vulgarie. The ordinary double Primrofe. 
The leaues of this Primrofe are very large, and like vnto the Angle kind, but fome- 
what larger, becaufe it groweth in gardens : the flowers doc (land euery one feuerallv 
vpon (lender long footeftalkes, as the Angle kinde doth, in greenifh huskes of a pale 
yellow colour, like vnto the fleld Primrofe, but very thicke and double, and of the 
fame fweete lent with th:m. 
7 . Primula veris flore duplici. The fmall double Primrofe. 
This Primrofe is both in leafe, roote,and flower, altogether like vnto the laft double 
Primrofe, butthat itisfmallerinallthings 5 for theflower rifeth not aboue two or 
three Angers high, and but twice double, that is, with two rowes of leaues vet of 
the very fame Primrole colour that the former is of. ’ 3 
8 . Paralyfls vulgarii pratenfis flore flauoflmplki odorato. 
The Common field Cowflip. 
• T^ C c C ?j nrn0 l 1 Cowflip Imight well forbeare to fetdowne, being foplentifull 
a the fields : bur becaufemany take delight in it, and plant it in their gardens Iwill 
giue you the defcripnon of it here. It hath diuersgreen leaues, very like vnto the wilde 
1 nmrole, but (horter, rounder, differ, rougher, morecrumpledaboutthe edges and 
of a faddergreene colour, euery one Handing vpon his ftalke, which is an inch or two 
long : among the leaues rife vp diuers roundftalkes, afoote ormorehigh bearineat 
the toppe many faire yellow Angle flowers, with fpots of a deeper yellow, at the but- 
tome of each leafe, duelling very fweete. The rootes are like to the other Primrofcs 
hauing many fibres annexed to the great roote. y 
9. Par aljfls altera odor ataflore pallido polyanthos. The Primrofe Cowflip. 
The leaues of this Cowflip are larger then the ordinary fielde Cowflip and of a 
datke yellowiff greene colour : the flowers are many (landing together,’ vpon the 
toppes 01 the (hikes, to the number of thirty fometimes vpon one ftalke, ’as I haue 
counted them in mine owne Garden, and fometimes more, euery one hauing a longer 
