The Cjarden of pie a! ant Flowers. 
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Chap. LXXIII. 
Seabhfa. Scabious. 
T He forrs of Scabious being many, yeeld not flowers of beauty or refpedl , fit 
to bee cherifhcd in this our Garden of delight; and therefore I leaucthcmto 
the Fieldsand Woods, there to abide. I haueonely two or three ftrangers to 
bring to your acquaintance, which are worthy this place. 
i . Sabicfa florc tlbt. White flowred Scabious. 
This white Scabious hath many long leaues , very much iagged or gafht in on both 
fides,ofameanebigneffe, being neither fo large as many of tbefield, norfofmallas 
any of the fmall kindes : the ftaikes rife about a foot can d a halfehigh, or fomewhat 
liigher,at the tops whereof grow round heads, thickefet with flowers,like in all points 
vnto the field Scabious, but ofa milke white colour. 
2 . Sabicfa rubra Aujlritca. Red Scabious of Auflria. 
This red Scabious hath many leaues lying vpon the ground , very like vnto Deuils 
bit, but not lo large, being fhorter and fnipt, notgalhedab®ut the edges, ofa light 
greene colour; yet (there is another ofa darker greene colour, whofe flower is of a 
deeperrcd)the ftaikes hsucdiuersfuchIeauesonthtm,fet by couples attheioyntsas 
grow bclowe , and at the tops fmall heads of flowers, each confiding of fiuc leaues, 
the Biggeft flowers (landing round about in the outer compaffe, as is vfuallalmoft in 
all the kinds of Scabious, of a fine light purple or red colour : after the flowers are paft, 
comethefeede, which is fomewhat long and round, fet withcertainchairesatthe 
head thereof, like vnto a Starre t the ro®ce is compgfed of a number of flender 
firings, fattened at the head. 
3 . Scabicfa rubra Indica. Red flowred Indian Scabious. 
This (reputed Indian) Scabious hath many large faire greenc leaues lying on the 
ground , iagged or cut in on both fides to the middle ribbe , euery peece whereof is 
narrower then that at the end, which is the broadeft : among thefe leaues rife vp fun- 
dry flender and weake ftaikes, yet (landing vprighr for the moftpart , fee with fmallcr 
and more iagged leaues at cei caine diftances, two or three at euery ioynt , branching 
forth atthe toppe into other fmaller branches, bearing cuery one head of flowers, 
like in forme vnro other Scabioufes,but of an excellent deepe red crimfon colour (and 
fometimes more pale or delayed) of no fent at all : after which doe come fmall roun- 
difli feede, like vnto the field bcabious : the roote is long and round , com palled with 
a great many fmall filings, and perifheth vftully as foone as it hath borne out his flow- 
ers and feede : otherwife if it doe not flower the firft yeare of the fowing, if it be care- 
fully defended fromthe extremity of Winter, it will flower the fooner the next yeare, 
as I my felfe haue often found by experience. 
The Place. 
The firft is fometimes found wilde in ourowne Countrcy, but it is very 
geafon, and hath been fent among other rare feedes from Italy. 
Thefecond was firft found and written of by Clufius , in Pannonia and 
Auft ria, where it is very plentifuil. 
The third hath been fent both from Spaine & Italy, and is verily thought 
to grow naturally in both thole parts. 
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