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The (garden of plea f ant Flowers. 
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difcoloured or fpotted on the outfide,then the greater kinde is. There is a Idler kind 
then this, not differing in any thing from this, but that it is leffer. 
4. Lupinas flare lutein Theyellow Lupine. 
The yellow Lupine growethnot vfuallyfo high, but with larger leaues then the 
fmall blew Lupine 5 the flowers grow intvvoorthreerundles or tufts, round about 
thcftalke and the branches at theioynts, of a delicate fine yellow colour, like in fa- 
fhionvnto the other kindcs, being larger then the laft, but nothing fo large as the 
greater kindcs, and of a fine fmall fent: the feede is round, andnotflat,butmucha- 
bout the forme and bigneffe of the fmall blew, or fomewhat bigger, of a whitifh co- 
lour on the outfide, fpotted with many fpots. 
The Place. 
Thcfirft groweth in many places of Greece, and the Bafterne Countries 
beyond it, where it hath becne anciently cherifhed for their foode, being 
often watered to take away the bitternelfe. Itgroweth alfo in thefe Weftern 
parts, but ftill where it is planted. T he great blew Lupine is thought to 
come from beyond the pats of Perils, inCaramania. The lefTerblewis 
found very plentifully wil H,in many places both of Spaine and Italy.The 
lad hath beene brought vs likewife out of Spaine, whereas it is thought it 
groweth naturally. They all grow now in the gardens of thofe, that are 
curious louers of thefe delights. 
The Time. 
They flower in Summer, and their feede is ripe quickly after. 
The Names. 
They are generally called Lupini. Plautus in his time faith, they were 
vfed in Comedies in dead of money, when in any Scene thereof there 
was any ftiew of payment, and therefore he calleth them Auram Censieum. 
And Horace hath this V erfe, 
Ntt timers igntnnt, quid distent <tn Lupinis , 
to (hew that counterfeit money (fuch as counters are with vs, or as thefe Lu- 
pines were vfed in thofe times) was eafily knowne from true and currant 
coine. In Englifh wee vfually call them after the Latine name, Lupines • 
and fomc after the Dutch name, Figge-beanes, becaufe they are flat and 
round as a Figgc that is preffed ; and fomc Flat-beanes for the fame reafon. 
Some haue called the yellow Lupine, Spanifh Violets : but other foolifh 
names haue beene giuen it, as Virginia Rofes, and the like, by knauifh Gar- 
diners and others, todeceiuemen, and make them beleeue they were the 
finders out, or great preferuers of rarities, of no other purpofe, but to 
chcatemenof their money : as you would therefore auoyde knauesand 
deceiuers, beware of thefe manner of people, whereof the skirts of our 
towne arc too pitifully pedered . 
TheVertues. 
The firfl or ordinary Lupine doth fcoure and cleanfe t he skin from fpots, 
morphew, blew markes, and other difcolourings thereof, beeing vfed cy- 
ther inadccodlion ot ponther. Weefeldomevfeit in inward medicines, 
tot that it is dangerous, but of negledt, for formerly it hath beene much 
vfed for the wormes, &c. 
i.Litbjrus 
