28 z The (jar den of pleafant Flowers. 
i .Violt ftmplex Mtrtit. Single March Violets. 
The (ingle Garden Violet hath many round greenc leaucs, finely fnipt or dented a- 
boutthe edges, (landing vpon fcuerall fmall ftalkes , fee at diuers places of the many 
creeping branches, which as they runne, doe here and there take roote in the ground, 
bearing thereon many flowers feuerally attheioynts of the leaues, which confift of 
fiue fmall leaues, with a (hort round tayleor fpurre behinde , of a perfect blew purple 
colour, and of a very fweete Pent, it bringeth forth round feede veflels , (landing like- 
wife vpon their feuerall fmall ftalkes , wherein is contained round white feede: but 
thefe heads rife not from where the flowers grew, as in all other plants that I know, 
but apart by thcmfelues, and being fowne, will produce others like vnto it felfe, 
whereby there may be made a more fpeedy encreafe to plant a Garden(as I haue done) 
or any other place, then by (lipping, as is the vfuall manner : the rootes fpread both 
deepe and wide, taking ftrong hold in the ground. 
- Of this kindc there is another that beareth white flowers , not differing in fmell or 
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any thing cue from the former. 
litre alto»- And alfoanother,that beareth flowers ofadcadorfad reddilh colour, inallother 
things alike, fauing that this hath not altogether fo good a fent as the other. 
2. Vitlt Mtrti * fltre multiflui. Double March Violets. 
There is no difference betweene this Violet and the former, in any other thing then 
in the doubleneffc of the flowers, which haue fo many leaucs fet and thruft together, 
that they are like vnto hard buttons. There is of this double kindc both white and 
purple , as in the fingle jbutthe white fort is fcldome fo thicke and doubleas the pur- 
ple : but of the red colour to be double I ncuer heard. 
3 . Vitlt flammet fiue trie tier. Harts cafes or Panfics. 
The Harts cafe hath his leaues longer , and more endented or cut in on the edges 
then the Violet hath, and fomewhat round withall : the ftalkes are vpright, yet weake, 
and ready to fall downe , and lye vpon the ground , fet here and there with the like 
leaucs, from whence come forth the flowers, of little or no fent at all, made like vnto a 
Violet, yet more open, and with larger leaues ; but fo variably mixed with blew or 
purple, white and yellow, that it is hard to fet downe all the varieties : For fomc flow- 
ers will be more white, and but fome fpots of purple or blew in the two vpper leaues, 
and the lower leaues with fome ftripes of yellow in the middle:others will haue more 
purple in them then any other colour, both in the vpper and lower leaues, the fide 
leaues blew, and the middle yellow, and others white and blew with yellow ftripes, as 
natureliftethtodiftriburetheir colours : the feede is fmall, whitifli, and round, con- 
tained in fmall round heads : the roote perifheth eucry ycarc, and raifeth it felfe vp 
plentifully by it o wnc fo wing, if it befuffered. 
4. Vult trie tier fltre dufliei. Double Harts cafe. 
We haue in our Gardens another fort, that beareth flowers with more leaues then 
the former, making it feeme to be twice double, and that onely in Autumne ; for the 
firft flowers are (i ngle that come in Summer : This is of that fort that beareth purple 
flowers : And it is to be obferued, that the feed of this kinde will not all bring double 
flower?,butonly fomc,ifthe ground be fit and liking , fo that if you haue once had of 
this double kindc, you (hall feldomc miffe to haue double flowers againeeuery yeare of 
it owne growing or fowing. 
5 .Vitlt fltmmet lutet maxim t. The great yellow Panfie. 
There is one other kindc of Harts cafe , that decketh vp our Gardens not to be for- 
gotten, whofe leaues and flowers are like the former, but more plentifull in ftalkes 
and branches, and better abideth our Winters : the flowers are larger then any of the 
former, 
