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The (jarden of plea/ ant Flowers. 
The Place. 
ASlthefe, andthereftbe found wilde in diuers Countreyes, as France, 
Spaine,Italie, &c. but wee onelycheriih them in our Gardens for our de- 
light. 
TheTime. 
they flower in the end of Iune, and in Iuly, or thereabouts.. 
The Names. 
They are called Mclinthium, G:tb, and NigeB.i, and of fome Flos D'tux 
Catherine. We may either call them Nigeti* according to the Latine name, 
or the Fcnell flower, as fome doe, becaufethe double blew Nigella hath 
fmallFenell-likeleaues bearing vp the flower, as I (hewed before in the de- 
feription. 
ThcVertues. 
Thefc Nigella’ s are nothing fo hot in qualitie as the fingle Romane kind 
is as may well be knowne by the fmcll of the feede thereof, and therefore 
are not fit to be vfed inthefteedof it, as many ignorant perfonsvfe to doe: 
for the fingle Romane feede is vfed to helpe paines, and cold diftillations in 
the head, and to dry vptherheume, Pena faith, that the preflfedoylcof the 
feede as well taken inwardly as vfed outwardly is an excellent remedy for 
the hardnelfc and fwelling of the fpleene. 
Chap. LVL 
Ptarmica fdaejlru [loro pleno. Double wilde Pelletory. 
T He double wilde Pelletorie hathftraight and (lender ftalkes, befet with long 
and narrow leaues,fnipt round about the edges, in all points like vnto the fin- 
gle wilde kinde, that groweth common withvsalmofteuery where : on the 
toppes of the ftalkes ftand fourc or fiue, or more white flowers, one aboueanother, 
withagieeneleafeatthebottomeof the footeftalke of eueryoneof them, beeing 
fmall thidee, and very double, with a little ycllowifhncflc in the middle of euery 
flower like both for forme and colour vnto the flower of the double Featherfew,but 
fmallcr : the rootes arc many long firings, running here and there in the ground : this 
hath no fmell at all, but is delightfome only for the double white flowers. 
The Place. 
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It is only cherifhed in fome few Gardens, for it is very rare. 
The Time. 
It flowreth in the end of Iune or thereabouts. 
TheNames. 
Itis called of mod Ptarmica, or Stermtamevtori*] of his qualitie to pro* 
tioke ncefing -, and of fome Pnethrom.of i he hot biting trifle. We vfualty 
call it Double wilde Pelletorie, and fotncSncrfewon,fi > F He bor us at bus is 
yfually fo called, and I would not two t!.i; gsfi.c ^ -..d by one name, 
for the miftaking and njit-ufing of them. 
