2dz The (jar den of plea! ant Flowers. 
Inter hchinoptdts vtlue, afpertm & tnterOntmm, 
Inter dam trefcunt moliu Leuctu. 
Which fheweth, that the foft or gentle ftocke gilloflowers doe fomcrimes 
grow among tough orprickely Furfe and Cammocke. The other forts arc 
only to be found in gardens. 
TheTimtr. 
They flower in a manner all the yeare throughout in fome places, efpe- 
cialiyfomeof the (ingle kindes, if they (land warme, and defended from 
the windes and cold : the double kindes flower fomctimes in A prill, and 
inore plentifully in May, and June ; but the double of fecd,flowreth vfually 
late, and kecpeth flowring vnto the winter, that the froftes and colde 
Biifte i doe puli it do wne. 
the Names. 
It is called Leneeium, & VitU tlb* : but the name Leucoium ( Which is in 
Hnglifh the white Violet) is referred to diuers plants 5 wecallitinEnglifh 
generally, Stockegilloflower, (or as others doe, Stockcgillouer) to put a 
difference betweene them, and the Gilloflowers and Carnations, which arc 
quite of another kindred ,as (hall be fhewne in place conuenient. 
TheVertucs. 
Thefe hade nogreat vfe in Phyfick that I know : only fome hauc vfed the 
leaues of the (ingle white flowred kinde with falt,to be laid to the wrefts of 
them that haue agues, but with what good fuccelfe I cannot fay, if ir hap- 
pen well I thinke in one (as many (uch things elfe will) it will fayle in a 
number. 
Chap. XLI. 
*i. Ue/peris,pueVuU Mttrondu. Dames Violets, 
orQuecnes Gilloflowers. 
WIN 
T He ordinary Dames Violets, or Quecne Gilloflowers, hath his leaues broader, 
grcener,and (harper pointed, then the Stock gilloflowers, and a little endeuted 
about the edges : the (hikes grow two foot high, bearing many grcenc leaues 
vpon them, fmaller then thofc at the bottome,and branched at the toppe, bearing ma- 
ny flowers, in (afhionrnueh like the flowers of ftocke gilloflowers, confiding of fourc 
leaues in like mariner, but not fo large, of a faint purpliflh colour in fome, and in others 
white, and of a pretty fwcet fenr,efpccially towards night, but in the day timclittleor 
noneat all : after the flowers are pad, there doe comefmall long and round pods, 
wherein is contained, in two rowes, fmalland long blacke feede : the roote is wholly 
compofcdof dringes or fibres, which abide many yearcs, and fpringeth frcfli dalks 
cuery yeare, the leaues abiding all the Winter. 
z.Hefperu Psttneniu. Dames Violets of Hungary. 
The leaues of this Violet are very like the former, butfmoother and thicker, and 
notatall indented, orcutinpn theedges : the flowers are like the former, but of a 
fallen pale colour, turning themfelues, andfeldomelyingplaineopen, hauing many 
purple vcines, and dreakes running through the leaues of the flowers, of little or no 
fent in the day time, but of a very fweete lent in the euening and morning j the feedcs 
ate alike alfo,but a little browner.- 
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