j f be (jar dm of pie aj ant Flowers. 
TheYcrtucs. 
Weknownovfethey haue in P hy fickc, but are cherifhed in Gardens for 
their beautif ull flowers lake. 
Chap. LXIX. 
CiryophySm hortcufis. Carnations and Gilloflowers. 
T O auoide confufion, I rauft diuidc Gilloflowers from Pinkes , and intreare of 
them in fcocrall Chapters. Ofthofe that are called Carnations or Gilloflow- 
ers, as ofthc greater kinde, in this Chapter; and of Pinkes, as well doubleas 
Angle, in the next. But the number of them is lo great , that to giue feucrill deferipti- 
ons to than all were endleffc, ac the leaft necdlefle : I will therefore fet downeonely 
the deferiptionsofthree (for vnto thefe three maybe referredallthe other forts) for 
their fafhionand manner of growing, and giue you the feucrall names fas they are vfu- 
ally called with vs) of the reft, with their variety and mixture of colours in the flow- 
ers, wherein confifteth a chicfe difference. I account rhofe that are called Carnations 
to be the greateft, both for leafeand flower, and Gilloflowers for the moft part to Lee 
leflerin both; and therefore will giue you each defeription apart, and the Orenge 
tawnie or yellow Gilloflowerlikewifebyit felfc,as differing very notably from ali 
the reft. 
I . CuryophyUnt muximm mrrvicenfis fiut Anglian. 
The great Harwich or old Englilh Carnation. 
I take this goodly great old Englifh Carnation, as a prefident for the defeription of 
all the reft of the greateft forts, which forbis beauty and ftatelincfle is worthy of a 
prime place , hauing beenc alwayes very hardly preferued in the Winter ; and there- 
fore not fo frequent as the other Carnations or Gilloflowers. It rifeth vp with a - rear 
thickc round ftalke, diuided into feuerall branches, fomew hat thickly fet with ioynts, 
andateuery ioynt two long greene rather then whitifh leattes, fomewhat broader 
then Gilloflower lcaues, turning or winding two or three times round (in fome other 
forts of Carnations they are plaine,but bending the points downewards, and in fome 
alfo ©f adarke reddifn greene colour, and in others not fo darke, but rather of a vvhitifli 
greene colour: ) the flowers ftandat the toppes of the ftalkcs in long, great, and round 
greene huskes, which are diuided into fiue points, out of which rife many long and 
broad pointed leaues, deeply iagged at the ends, fet in order round and comely, ma- 
king a gallant great double flower , of a deepe Carnation colour, almoft red , f ported 
with many blufh fpots and ftrakes, fome greater and fomelefFer , of an excellent foft 
fweete lent, neither too quickeas many others of thefe kinds are, nor yet too dull, and 
with two whitilb crooked threads like homes in rhe middle: this kinde neuerbeareth 
many flowers, but as it is flow in growing , fo in bearing, not to be often handled, 
which fheweth a kinde of ftatelindTe, fit topreferue the opinion of magnificence: 
the roote is branched into diuers great, long, wooddy rootes , with many fmall fibres 
annexed vneo them. 
2. CurytphyKas bortenfn fltre pleno rubro. The red or Cloue Gilloflower. 
The red Cloue Gilloflower, which I takcas a prefident for the fccond fort, which 
are Gilloflowers, grow like vnto the Carnations, but not fo thicke fet with ioynts and 
leaues : the ftalkcs are more, the leaues are narrower and whiter for the moft parr, and 
in fome doeas well a little turne : the flowers are final ler , yet very thicke and double 
iamoft, and the greene huskes wherein they ftand are fmallcr likewift- then the for- 
mer r the ends ofrhc leaues in this flower, as in all thcreft, arc dented or iagged, yet 
in fome more then mothers ; fome alfo hauing two fmall white threads, crooked atthe 
ends Uke homes, in the middle of the flower, when as diuers other haue none. Thefe 
kindcs. 
