7 be (garden of pleajmt t lowers. 
hundred out or fwelling at eueryioynt, in fome the ftalkes will bee of a faire greenc 
colour, and thofe will bring white, or white and red flowers : in others they will bee 
reddiflr, and more at the ioynts, and thofe giuc red flowers 5 andinfomcof a darker 
greene colour, which giue ydldW flowers ; the ftalkes and ioynts of thofe th it will 
giue red and yellow flowers, fpotced, are fomew hat brownilh, blit not lo red as thofe 
tjiat giuc wholly red flowers : vponthefe ftalkes that fpread into many branches, doe 
grow at the ioynts vpon feuerall footeftalkes, faire greenc leaues, broad attheftalke, 
and poinredattheend : at the ioynts likewife toward the vpper p.trtof.thebranchesj 
atthefooteof theleaues, come forth feucrall flowers vponfliort footeftalkes,euery 
one being ftnall, long and hollow from the botrometo the brimme, which is broade 
fpread open, and round, and confift but of one leafe without diuifion, like vnto a Belt 
flower,, but not cornered at all : which flowers, aslfaid, are of diuers colours, and" 
tliuerlly marked and fpotted, forne being wholly white, without any fpot in them for 
themoftparr, throughall the flowers of the plant • folikewife fome being yellow, 
and fome wholly red ; fome plants againe being mixed and fported/o variably either 
white and red ,or purplc,( except here and there fome may chance to be wholly white, 
or red or purple among thereft) or red and yellow through the whole plant, (except 
as before fome may chance in this kind? to be eyther wholly red, or wholly yeilow) 
that you fiiall hardly finde two or three flowers inahundred, that will bee alike 
(potted and marked, without iome diuerfitie, and fo likewife cilery day, as long asthey 
Blow, which is vntill the winters, or rather autumnes cold blades do ftay their willing 
pronenefle to flower : And I haue often alfo obferued, thatonefideof a plant will 
giue fairer varieties then another, which is mod commonly the Eafterne, as the more 
temperate and flndowie fide. All thefe flowers doc open for the moft parr, in the 
euening,orinthenighrtime, and fo (land blowne open, vntill the next mornings fun 
beginne to grow warme vpon them, which then clofe themfelucs together, all the 
brims of the flowers fhrinking into the middleof the long neckc, much like vnto the 
blew Bindeweede, which in a manner doth fo clofe vp at the funnes warme heate : or 
clfeif the day be temperate andmildc , without any funne finning vpon them, the 
flowers will not clofe vp for the moft part of that day, or vntill toward night : after 
the flowers are pad, come feucrall feedes, that is, but one at a place as the flowers flood 
before, of the bignefte(fometimesJof fmall peafe,but not fo round, (landing within the 
greenc hoskes, wherein the fl wets flood before, being a little flat at the toppe, like a 
crowne or head, and round where it is fattened in the cup, of ablacke colour what ic 
is ripe, butelfegreeneall the while it grovvethon thcftalke, and being ripe is foone 
(haken downe with the wind, or any other light (hiking : the rooreis long and round, 
greater at the head, and fm aller downwards to the end, like vnto a Reddiflj/preading 
into two or three, or more branches, blackifh on the ouefide and whitifli within. 
Thefe rootes I haue often preferued by art a winter, two or three (for they will perifh 
if they be left out in the garden, vnleffe it be vnder a houfc fide) becaufe many times, 
t he y care not falling out kindely , the plants giue not ripe feede, and fo we fhould be to 
feekebothof feede to fo w, and of rootes to fet, if this or the like art to keep them, 
were not vfed; which is in this manner: Within a while after the firtlfrorts haue ta- 
ken the plants, that the leaues wither and fall, digge vp the rootes whole, and lay them 
inadry placcforthtee or fouredayes, that thefupetfluotts moyftuieontheoutfide, 
may be fpent and dryed, which done, wrap them vp feuerally in two or threebrowne 
papers, and lay them by in a boxe,chc(l or tub, in fome conuenient place of the houfe 
all the winter time, where no winde or moift ayre may come vnto them ; ind thus you 
fhall haue thefe rootes to fpring a frefh the next yearc, if you plant them in the begin- 
ning of March,as l haue diffidently tryed. But fome haue tryed to put them vp into 
a barrell or firkin of fand,orafhcs,which is alfo good if thefand and afhes be thorough 
dry, but if it bee any thing moift, or if they giue againe in the winter, as it is vfuall, 
they haue found the moifture of the rootes, or of thefand, or both, to putrefiethe 
rootes, that they haue becne nothing worth, when they haue taken them forth. Take 
this note alfo for the fowing of your feede, that if you would haue variable flowers, 
and not all of one colour, you muft choofc out fuch flowers as be variable while they 
grow, that you may haue the feedeof them : for if the flowers bee of oneentireco- 
lour, you fhall haue for the moft part from thofe feedes, plants that will bring flowers 
all of that colour, whether it be white, red or yellow. 
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