354 - he (jar den of pleafant Flowers. 
white, and in others of a pale blew or watchet colour, hauing little or no fcnt at ail : 
the feede is fmall, and contained in round flat heads, or feede veflels : the roote is very 
fmall,white and threddy, creeping vnder the vpper cruft of the ground, fo that often- 
times the heat and drought of the Summer wil goe near to parch and wither it vtterly : 
it requireth therefore to be planted in forae (hadowie place. 
2 . Campanula maior, fine Pyramidalis. 
The great or fteeple Bell-flower. 
This great Bell-flower hath diuers ftalkes, three foote high or better, whereon grow 
diueisfmooth, datke, greeneleaues, bioade atthebottome, and fraall at the point 
fetncwhat vneuenly notched aboutthe edges, and ftanding vpon longer footeftalkes 
belowthen thofeaboue : the flowers areblew, and in fomc white, not fo great or 
largeas the former, butneareof the fame fafliion, growing thicker and more plenti- 
fully together, with (mailer leaues among them,bu(hing thicke below, and rifingfmal- 
ler and thinner yp to the toppe, in fafliion of a Pyramis or fpeerc Steeple : the roote is 
thickeand whitifli, yeelding more ftore of milke being broken (as thelcauesand (talks 
alfodoe) then any other of the Bell-flowers, euery one whereof doe yeelde milke, 
fomc more and fome lefle. 
3 . Fitla Mariana fiore albide vel furfureo. 
Coucntry Bels white or purple. 
The leaues of Coucntry Bels are of apaleorfre(hgreenecolour,long,and narrow 
next vnto the bottome,and broader from the middle to the end, and (omewhat round 
pointed, a little hairy all ouer, and fnipt about the edges : the ftalkes rife vp the yeare 
after the fo wing, being fomewhat hairy alfo, and branching forth from the roote, into 
diuers parts, whereon (land diuers leaues, fmaller then the former, and of a darker 
greene colour : at the end of euery branch (land the flowers, in greene huskes, from 
whence come large, round, hollow Bels, fwelling out in the middle, and riling fome- 
what aboue it, like the neckc of a pot, and then ending in fiuecorners, which are either 
of a faire or f aint w hite, or of a pale blew pur plifli colour, and fometimes of a deeper 
purple or violetrafter the flowers are pad, there rife vp great fquare, or cornered feede 
veflels, wherein is contained in diuersdiuifions,fmalI,hard,ftiining,brownc, flat feeds: 
the roote is white, and being young as in the firft yeares fowing, is tender, and often 
eaten as other Ram pions are ; but the next yeare, when it runneth vp to feede, it grow- 
cth hard, and perilheth : fo that it isto be continued by euery other yeares fowing. 
4. Trachelium maim flere albe vel furfureo. 
Great Canterbury Bels white or purple. 
The greater Canterbury Bels, or Throateworte, hath many large rough leaues, 
fomewhat like vnto Nettle leaues, being broad and round at the bottome,and pointed 
at the end,notched or dented on theedges,and euery one ftanding on a long footftalk: 
among thefe leaues rife vp diuers fquare rough ftalkes, diuided at the topne into diuers 
branches, whereon grow the like leaues as grow below, but lefler * toward the ends of 
the branches (land the flowers,mixed with iome longer leaues, euery one in hisfeuerall 
huske, which are hollow, long and round, like a bell or cup, wide open at the mouth, 
and cut at the brimme into fiuecorners, or diuifions, fomewhat lefler then the Co- 
ventry Bels, inforneof apurewhite,andothersof afairedeepe purple violet colour, 
and fometimes paler : after the flowers are pad, come fmaller and rounder heades 
then inchc former, containing flat feede, butblackcr, and not fo redde as the laft : 
the roote is hard and white, dilperfing it felfe into many branches vnder ground, 
not periftiing eueryvcarc as the former (although it lofeth ail the ieaues in winter) but 
abiding many yeares, and encreafing into diuers heades or knobs, from whence fpring 
new leaues and branches,, 
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