The Cj&rden of pleafant Flowers. 
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Chap. LXVII. 
Tragopogon. Goates beard. 
I Muft in this place fct downe but two fortsof Goates beards ; the one blew or afii- 
colour, the other red or purple, and leaue the other kindes : fome to bee fpoken of 
in the Kitchin Garden, and others in a Phyficall Garden. 
t. Tmgopogon flere ctruleo. Blew Goates beard. 
All the Goates beards haue long , narrow , and fomewhat hollow whitilb greene 
leaues, with a white line do wne the middle of euery one on the vpperfide : the ftalke 
rifeth vp greater and ft ronger then the Vipers grade, bearing at the roppe a great long 
head or huske, cotrlpofed of nine or ten long narrow leaues , the (harpe points or ends 
whereofrifevpabouethe flower inthemiddle, which is thicke and double, fome- 
what broad and large fpread , of ablewifh a(h-colour, with fome whitifh threads a- 
mong them, (hutting or doling it felfe within the greene huske euery day, that it abi- 
deth blowing, vntill about noone, and opening not it felfe againe vntill the next mor- 
ning : the head or huske , after the flower is part , and the leede neare ripe, openeth it 
felfe ; the long leaues thereof, which elofed not before now , falling downc round a- 
bout the ftalke, and (lie wing the feede, (landing at the firft clofe together, and the 
doune atthetoppeof them: but after they haue (food a while, it fpreadeth it felfe 
round, and is ready to be carried away with the winde, if it be not gathered : the feede 
it felfe is long, round, and rough, like the feede of the Vipers gralfe, butgreaterand 
blacker : the roote is long, and not very great , but perilheth as foone as it hath borne 
feede, and fpringeth ofthe fallen feede, that yearc remaining greene all Winter , and 
flowring the next yeare following : the whole yeeldeth milke as the former, but fome- 
what more bitter and binding. 
1 . T ngspegm purpureum. Purple Goares beard. 
There is little difference in this kind from the former, but that it is a little Iarger,both 
in the leafe,and head that beareth the feed: the flowers alfo are a little larger, and fpread 
more, of a darke reddifh purple colour, with fome yellow duft as it were caft vpon it, 
cfpccially about the ends : the roote perilheth in the like manner as the other. 
The Place. 
Both thefe haue been fent vs from the parts beyond the Seas , I haue had 
them from Italy, where no doubt they grow naturally wilde,as the yellow 
doth with vs : they are kept in our Gardens for their pleafant flowers. 
The Time. 
They flower in May and Iunc : the feede is ripe in Iuly. 
The Names. 
Their generali name is after the Greeke word Tr*gep»g»n, which is in La- 
tine, Barbi hirti : In Englilh, Goates beard ; the head of feede when it is rea- 
die to bee carried away with the winde, caufingthat name for the refem- 
blance : and because the flower doth euery day clofe it felfe at noone (as I 
faid before) and openeth not againe vntillthe next Sunne, fome haue fitly 
called it, Goe to bed at noone. 
ThcVertues. 
The rootesofthefe kindes arealittlc more bitter and more binding alfo 
then 
