'The (jar den of pie a) ant Flowers. 
leaues vpon it that growbelowe, but notdiuided, branching out into many fmall 
ftalkes, bearing flowers like vnto the vvilde Larkes heeles,but fmaller, and of a bleake 
blewiih colour, which being pad, there come vp two or three fmall cods ioyned toge- 
ther, wherein is blacke (cede, fmaller and rounder then any of the former : thcrooteis 
fmall and thready, quickly periihing with the firft cold that ouertaketh the plant. 
The Place. 
The greateft or firft wildc kindes growe among corne in many countries 
beyond the Seas, and wherccorne hath beenefowne, and for his beauty 
brought and nourilhed in our Gardensrthe lefler wildekindeinfome fields 
of our owne Country. The Spanilh kinde likewile in the like places which 
I had among many leedes that Guillaume Boel brought mee out of Spaine. 
The firft double and Angle hauebeen common for many yeares in all coun- 
tries of this Land, but the tall or vpright fingle kindes haue been entertained 
but oflate yeares. The double kindes are more rare. 
The Time. 
Thefe flower in the Summer onely, but the Spaniih wilde kinde flowreth 
very late, fo that oftentimes in our Country , the Winter taketh it befor&it 
can giue ripe feede : the double kindes , as well the vpright as the ordinary 
or wilde, are very choifc and dainty many times, notyeelding good feede. 
The Names. 
They are called diuerfly by diuers Writers, as Confolida regalis , Cmlurit 
fits ; Fits regius, 'Buccinum Romanorum, and of Matthiolus, Cuminum fileseftre 
alterum D.ofcondts : but the moil vfuall name with vs is Delphinium : but 
whether it be the true Delphinium of Diofcorides,or the Poets Hyacinth or 
the flower of Aiax , another place is fitter to difeuffe then this. Wee call 
them in Engliih Larkes heeles, Larkes fpurres, Larkes toes or clawes and 
Monkes hoods. The laft or Spaniih kinde came to mee vnder the name of 
Delphinium latifolium trigonum , fo ftiled eyther from the diuifion of the 
leaues, or from the pods, which come vfually three together. Bauhinus vp- 
on Matthiolus calleth it, Cenjoltda regalis peregrina paruo flore. 
TheVertues. 
There is no vfe of any of thefe in Phyficke in thefe dayes that I know but 
are wholly ipent for their flowers fake. 
C H AP. L. 
Balfaminafcemini. The Female Balfam Apple. 
I Hauefet this plant in this place, for fome likenefle of the flower, rather then for 
any other comparifon, euen as I muft alfo with the next that followeth.This plant 
rifeth vp with a thicke round reddifh ftalke, with great and bunched ioynts, being 
tenderand full ofiuice, much like to the ftalke of Pur ilane, but much greater, which 
brancheth it felfe forth from the very ground, into many ftalkes, bearing thereon ma- 
nie long greene leaues, fnipt about the edges, very like vnto the Almond or Peach tree 
leaues; among which from the middle of the ftalkes vpwards round about them, 
come forth vpon feuerall fmall ihort foot-ftalkes many faire purpliih flowers, of two 
or three colours in them,fa(hioned fomewhat like the former Larkes hee!es,or Monks 
hoods, but that they are larger open atthe mouth, and thefpurres behinde crooke or 
benddownewards ; after the flowers are paft, there come in their places round rough 
heads, 
