;88 
c f he garden of plea) ant Flowers. 
3 . V tlerUna Grata. Greeke Valerian. 
1 
The Greek Valerian hath many winged leaues lying vpon the ground, that is, many 
finall leaues fet on both fides of a middle ribbc.very like vnto the wildc Valerian that 
groweth by the ditch fides, but much fmallcr and tenderer, among which rife vp one 
or two round brittle ftalkes, two foote high or thereabouts, whereon are fee at the 
ioynts, fuch like leaues as grow below, butfmaller : thetoppesof the ftalkes are di 
uided into many fmall branches, thickc fet together, full with flowers, confiding of 
nue fmall round leaues a peece, layd open like vnto the Cinqucfoile flower with fome 
white threds in the middle,tipt with yellow pendents: the colour of thefe flowers in 
fome plants, is of a fairebleake blew colour, and in others pure white ■ And I doe 
heareof one beyond the Seas (if the report bee true, for I haue not feeoe fuch a one) 
which fhould bearc red flowers : after the flowers are path, there come vp intheir pla- 
ces finall hard huskes or heads, containing fmall bhckilh feedes : the roote is com- 
pofedof a number of finall long blackilhthreds,faftened together atthe head with 
out any fent at all of a Valerian, ey ther in roote or leafe 3 and why it thould bee called 
a Valerian I fee no great reafon, foritagreeth withnoneof them, in flower or feede 
and but onely with the wilde Valerian in leafe,as I faid before : but as it is, we fo giue 
it you, and for the flowers fake is receiued into our gardens, to hclpe to fill vp the num- 
ber of natures rarities and varieties. 
The Place. 
All thefe Valerians are fl rangers, but endenizond for their beauties fake 
m our Gardens. The Mountaine Valerian I had of the liberaiitie of my 
loumg friend Iohn Tradefcante, who in his trauaile, and fcarch of natures 
varieties, met with it,and imparted thereof vnto me. 
The Time. 
They flower in the Summer moneths, and feed quickly after. 
The Names. 
The firft is generally called of mod, ralerhnarubraVedemi, who faith 
alfo that fome would haue it to be Belie» rubrum. Some call it rderUntkon 
others make it a kinde of OctmaBrnm , and forae SapenarU altera, vilih other 
names, which are to no great purpofe to fet downe in this place it beeing 
fitter for a generali worke to difcu(Teofnaraes,whcreinboth reading know- 
ledgeand ludgement mud beefhewen,to coned errours,and fet downcthe 
truth, that one may red thereon. The others haue their names in their titles 
fumcien t to didinguifh them. 
TheVertues. 
- J^eMountaine Valerian is of all the the red here fet downe of mod vfe 
m Phyficke, the red hauing little or none that I know, although it be much 
weakerthenthegreatgardenkinde, or the Indian Nardus, inwhofedeed 
anciently it was vfed,in oyles,oyntments, &c. 
D 
C H A P. C. 
Car demise, Cuckow flowers, «r Ladies fmockes. 
F the common forts of Cuckow flowers that grow by dirch-fides, or in moid 
Imedowcs, & wet grounds, it is not my purpofe here to write, but of one or two 
othcjfjthe mod fpecious or fake of all the tribe, that doe bed befit this garden. 
i . Card amine 
