i/ be Lj ard en o/ pieajant t lowers, 
Ch ap. LXXI. 
'^irrntrm. Sweet Iohns, and fweet Williams. 
T Hefe kindes of flowers as they come neereft vntoPinkes and Gilloflowers. 
though manifeftly differing, fo it is fit tell to place them next vnto them in 
a peculiar Chapter. 
i. Armcrius angasl if situs rubens ftmplex. Single red fweetc Iohns. 
The fweetelohn hath his Ieaues broader, fhorter and greener then any of the for- 
mer Gilloflowers, but narrower then fweete Williams, fet by couples, at the 
ioyntsof theftalks, which are fhorter thenmoftof theformer, and not aboue a 
footeandahalfehigh, at the tops whereof ftand many fmall flowers, like vnto fmall 
Pinkes, bur {landing clofer together, and in fhorter huskes, made of fiue Ieaues, fmal- 
ier then mod of them, and more deceply iagged then the Williams, of a red colour in 
themiddle, and white at the edges, but of afmallorfoftfent, and not all flowring at 
once, but by degrees : thefeede isblacke, fomewhat likevnto thefeedeof Pinkes, 
the rootc is difperfed diuerfly, with many fmall fibres annexed vnto it. 
2. Armcrius angujlifolius alius fimplex. Single white fweet Iohns. 
This white Iohn diffcreth notin any thing from the former, but onely that the leafe 
doth neuer change brownifh, and that the flower is of a fake white colour, without 
any mixture. ' . 
3. Ar merius anguHifolius duplex. Double fweet Iohns. 
There is of both thofe former kindes, fome whofe flowers are once double, that is, 
confiding of two or three rowes of leaues,and the edges not fodeepely iagged • not 
differing In any thing elfe. 
4. Armtrius latifolius fimplex flore rubre. 
Single red fweet Williams. 
The fweet Williams doe all ofthem fpread into many very Iongrrayling branches, 
with Ieaues ly ing on the ground, in the very like manner that the fweete Iohns doe : 
the chiefe differences betweene them are, that thefe haue broader, and darker greene 
Ieaues, fomewhat brownifh, efpecially towards the points, and that the flowers ftand 
thicker and clofer, and more in number together,in the head or tuft,hauing many fmall 
pointed Ieaues among them, but harmlefle,as all men know; the colour of the flower is 
of a deep red, without any mixture or fpot at all. 
5. Armcrius latifolius flore rubro multiplici. 
Double red fweete Williams. 
The double kinde diffcreth not from the Angle kinde of the fame colour, but only ia 
the doubleneffe oi the flowers, which are with two rowes of Ieaues in euery flower. 
6. Armcrius latifolius variegatus fiue verpcolor. 
Speckled fweetc Williams, or London pride. 
Thefe fpotted Williams are very like the firft red Williams, in the forme or mancr 
of grow ing, hauing Ieaues as broade,and browne fometimes asthey,the flowers ftand 
as thicke ot thicker, cluftting together, but of very variable colours : for fomc 
flowers will be of a fine delayed red, with few markes or fpots vpon them, and others 
will 
