304 . *Tht (jar den of pie af ant Flamers. 
meane the pod of double flowers) fo doe thefe alio, not differing from it in any thing 
but that they arc lower, and haue fmaller greene leaues,and that the flower alfo being 
fmaller, hath cuery leafe abiding hollow, like vnto an hollow pipe, broad open at the 
mouth, and is of as deepe a yellow colour for the moft part as the deepeft of the for- 
mer, yet fometimes pale alfo. 
4. Fits Africtnnt mints mult if lex. The lefler double French Marigold. 
The lefTer double French Marigold hath his leaues in all things like vnto the for- 
mer, but fomewhat lefTer, which are fet vpon round browne flalkes, not fo fliffe or vp- 
right, but bowing and bending diuers wayes, and fometimes leaning or lying vpon the 
ground : the flalkes are branched out diuerfly, whereon are fet very faire double flow- 
ers like the former,and in the like greene huskes, but fmaller, andinfomethe outer- 
moft leaues will be larger then any of the reft, and of a deeper Orenge colour , almoft 
crimfon, the innermoft being of a deepe gold yellow colour, tending to crimfon : the 
whole flower is fmaller, and of a ftronger and more vnpleafant fauour , fo that but for 
the beautiful! colour, anddoublenefte of the flower, pleafant to the eye, and not to any 
other fenfe, this kinde would findc ro#mc in few Gardens : the rootes and feedes arc 
like the former, but lefTer. 
y. fits Africtnus miner {implex. Thcfmall Angle French Marigold. 
This finglc kinde doth follow after thelaftinall manner of proportion, both of 
ftalkts, leaues, feedes, and rootes : the flowers onely of this are finglc, hauing fiue or fix 
broad leaues, ofa deepe yellow crimfon colour , with deepe yellow thrummes in the 
middle, and of as ftrong a (linking fent, or more then the laft. 
The Place. 
Theygrowc naturally in Africa, and efpecially in thepartsabout Tunis, 
and where old Carthage flood, from whence long agoc they were brought 
into Europe, where they are onely kept in Gardens, being fowne for the 
moft part euery yeare, vnleffe in fome milde Winters. The laft Angle and 
double kindes (as being more hardy) haue fometimes endured : but that 
kinde with hollow leafed flowers, as Fabius Columna fetteth it downc, is 
accounted to come from Mexico in America. 
The Time. 
They flower not vntill the end of Summer, efpecially thegreater kindes: 
but the leffer, if they abide all the Winter, doe flower more early. 
The Names. 
They haue been diuerfly named by diuers men .-Some calling them Ct- 
rytfhjUus Iniicm, that is, Indian Gilloflowcrs , and Ttntretnm PeruiAtnum, 
Tanfie of Peru, as if it grew in Peru, a Prouincc of America j and Fits Istii- 
t*t, as a flower of the Indies 5 but ir hath not beene knowne to haue beene 
brought from thence. Others would haue it to be Othtnnt of Plinie,and o- 
thersjfometo be Lje tper ftcum of Galen. It is called, and that more trudy, 
FlosTnnetenfis , Fits Africanus , and C tithe Africtnt, that is, the flower of 
Tunis, the flower of Africa, the Marigold of Africa, and peraduenture 
Feint Pxntrnm. We in Englifh moft vfually call them, French Marigolds, 
withtheir feuerall diftimftions of greater or fmaller, double or finglc. To 
that with hollow leafed flowers, Fabius Columna giueth the name of Fi- 
fliln/t pre, and I fo continue it. 
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