^oo The (jar den of plea) ant Flow ers. 
furfureo. Their Englifh names arc fufficiently exprelfed in their cities, yet 
fomecall the laft,The purple Marigold, bccaufc it is fo like vnto one in form. 
The Vertues. 
They are held, if they bee the right, to bee good for the biting of a mad 
dogge,the greeneherbe being beaten with old hogs greafe, and apply cdj 
as alfo for fwolne throats : It is likewifevfed for botches that happen in 
the groine, as the name doth import. 
Chap, LXV. 
PilofeUa maior. Golden Moufe-eare. 
S Omerefemblancethat the flowers of this plant hath with the former Golds, 
maketh me to in fert it in rhis place, although I know it agreeth not in any other 
part, yet for the pleafatlt afpeft thereof, it muff bee in this my garden, whole dc- 
feription is as followeth : It hath many broade grecnc leaues fpread vpon the ground 
fpotred with pale fpots,yet more confpicuous at fometimes then at other ; fomewhat 
hairy both on the vpper and vnderfide, in the middle of thefe leaues rife vp one, two 
or more blackifli hairy ftalkes, two fooce high at the lcaft, bare or naked vp to the top, 
whereitbearethan vmbell, or Ihort tuft of flowers, fet clofe together vponfhorc 
ftalkes, of the forme or fafhion of the Haukeweedes, or common Moufe-eare, but 
fomewhat fmaller, ofa deep gold yellow, or orenge tawney colour, with fome yellow 
threds in the middle, of little or no fent at all.-aftcr the flowers are part, the heads carry 
fmall,fhort,blacke feede, with a light downie matter on them, ready to bee carried a- 
way with the winde, as many other plants are, when they be ripe : the rootes fpread 
vnder ground, and fljoote vp in diuers other places, whereby it much encreafeth, efpe- 
ciaily if it be fet in any moift or lhadowic place. 
The Place. 
It groweth in the fhadowic woods of France, by Lions^nd Morapelicr,as 
Lobellteftifieth : we keepeitinourgardens,andratherinafhadowiethca 
ftmnie place. 
The Time. 
It flowreth in Somer,and fometimes againe in September. 
The Names. 
It is called by Lobell, Pulmonaria Gallorum Hier tty facie : andtheHerba- 
rifts of France take it to bethe true Pulmonaria of Tragus.Others call it Hie- 
nt turn flere auree. Pelleterius Hteratium Indicum. Some Pth/tBa, or Auricula 
muris mtior flore aureo. And fome Cbondrilla flore aureo. Dalechamptus 
would hauc it to bee Cor chorus, butfarre vnfitly. The fitteft Englifh name 
we can giue it, is Golden Moufe-eare, which may endure vntill a fitter bee 
impofedonit : forthenameof Grirathe Collier, whereby it is called of 
many, is both idle and foolifh. 
The Vertues. 
The French according to the name vfc it for the defers of thcl'ingcs, 
but with what good fuccelfe I know not. 
Chap. 
