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be (jar den of p tea jantF towers. 
hauecomprifed them in one Chapter, and will begin with that which commerhnea- 
reft vnto th cHdkhryfxm of Diofcoridcs , or Aurdu (as Gaza tranflateth it) of Theo- 
phraftus. 
1 . Hclitchryfnm .The Golden flower of life. 
This firft Golden tuft rifeth vp with many hard, round, white ftalkes, a foote and a 
halfe hi»h, whereon at certainc diftanccs (land many fine cut leaues,or rather one leafe 
cut inromany (mall fine parts, almoft as ftnall as Fenell,but gray ifn, like vnto the Cud- 
weedes or Cotton-weedes(whereof certainly thefe are fpeciallkindes)at the toppes 
of the ftalkes (land many round flowers, of a pale gold colour, inanvmbell clofe to- 
gether, yet euery llower vpon his owneftalke, and all of an euen height, whichwill 
keepe the colour, being gathered, and kept dry for a long time after , and are of 9 hot 
and quicke fent : the roote is fmall and wooddy , fpreading vnder the vpper cruft of 
the earth, andliueth long in his owne naturali place , butvety hardly endureth the 
cold of our Winters, vnlefTe they be milde, or it be well defended. 
2. Helubrjfxm Creticum. Candy Goldilockes. 
Candy Goldilockes hath two or three fmall flender white branches , fet here and 
there very fcatteriagly, with fmall, long, and narrow hoary leaues, hauing yellow 
heads of flowers at the tops made into vmbels or tufts', not fo round and euen as the 
former, but longwife one aboue another, the heads being made as it were of feales, 
loofly, and not fo clolely fet together, as in the next following, which when they are 
full ripe, doe paffe into dounc, and are blowne away with the winde, hauing a fmall 
reddifh feede at the end ; but will abide a long time, as the other in his beauty , being 
gathered in time, as the reft will doe. 
5 , Hdichryfum Orient tic fine lutem. 
Golden Flower-gentle. 
This moft beautifull plant is very like vnto the former Candy Goldilockes laft de- 
fcribcd,butgrowingvp higher, with many more branches, and more hoary, white, 
and woolly, hauing alfo long and narrow white leaues, but fomewhat broader, and 
thicker fet on the branches : the tufts of flowers or vmbels likewife doeconfift of 
longer and larger heads, more fcaly, and clofer compadl together , of an excellent 
pale gold yellow colour, and fliining, with fome yellow threads or thrummes in the 
middle : the roote dyeth not euery yeare, but liueth long,cfpecially in the South and 
Eaft Countries, where no colds or frofts are felt; but will require extraordinary care 
and keeping, and yet fcarce fuflicient topreferue it in thefe cold Countries. 
4. chryfocome fixe SUchai citrine. Golden tufts or Golden Caflidony. 
This Golden flower is fomewhat like the former of thefe two laft dcfcribed,hauing 
hoary ftalkes and leaues, (landing confufedly on them, being long, and narrower then 
any of the former: the tops of the ftalkes arc diuided into many parts, each bearing! 
fmall long yellow head or flower at the toppe, with fome yellow thrummes in them, 
which heads being many, are diffufcdly fet together, likealooleor fparfedvmbell, 
keeping their colour long before they wither, and when they art-ripe, haue thinne 
fmall reddifh feede, like Mariorome feede, but fmaller s the roote is fmall and blacke : 
the whole plant, aswell leaues andflowers, as rootes, areof aftrong (liarpt fent , yet 
pleafant. 
5 . Argjrocomc fixcGnaphxlium Americunxm. 
Liuelong or Life euerlafting. 
This filuer tuft or Indian Cotton weede, hath many white heads of leafes at their 
firft fpringing out of the ground, couered with a hoary woollineffe like cotton, which 
rifing into hard,thicke round ftalkes, containe dill the fame hoarinefle vpon them, as 
alfo vpon the long and narrow leaues which are fet thereon, dpecially on the vnder 
fide. 
