The Cjarcten of f leaf ant Flowers. 
1 6 . .Rtfa littea ftmplcx. T he Angle yellow Rofe. 
This Angle yellow Rofe is planted rather for variety then any other good vfe. It 
often groweth to a good height, his ftemme being great and wooddy , with few or no 
prickes vpon theold wood, but witha numher of fmall prickes like haires,thicke fet$ 
vpon the younger branches, of a darke colour fomewhatreddiih, thebarkeof the 
young fliootes being of a fad greene reddifh colour: the leaues of this Rofe biifh are 
finaller, rounder pointed, of a paler greene colour, yet finely fniptabout the edgesj 
andmore in number, that is,Teuen or nine on a ftalke or ribbe , then in any other Gar- 
den kinde, except the double of the fame kinde that followcth next : the flower is a 
fmall Angle Rofe, confiftingof fiueleaues, not fo large as the Angle SpanilhMuske 
Rofe, but fomewhat bigger then the Eglantine or fweete Briar Rofe, of a Ane pale yel- 
low colour, without any great fent at all while it is frefh, but a little more, yet fmall 
sad weakc when it is dryed. 
_ i 'j.Rof* lutet multiplex flue (lore plene. 
The double yellow Rofe. 
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The double yellow Rofe is ofgreat account, both for the rarity, and doubleneffe of 
the flower, and had it fent to the reft, would of all. other be of higheft efteeme. The 
ftemme or ftocke, the young fhoots or branches, thcftnall hairy prickes, and the fmall 
winged leaues, are in all parts like vnto the former Angle kinde • the chiefeft difference 
conAftethin the doubleneffe of the flower or Rofe, which is fothickeand double, 
that very often it breaketh out on one fide or another , andbuta few of them abiding 
whole and faire in our Countrcy, the caufe whereof wee doe imagine to bee the 
much moifture of our Countrey, andthetime of flowring being lubieiftto much 
raineand fhowers 5 many therefore doe either plant it againft a wall , or other wayes 
defend it by couering : againe,it is fo plentiful! in young fliootes or branches, as alfo 
in flowers atthetoppeof euery branch , which are fmall and weake for the moll part, 
that they are not able to bring all the flowers to ripeneffe ; and therefore moft of them 
fall or wither away without comming to perfection (the remedy that many doe vfe 
for this inconueniencelaft recited is, that they nippe away moft of the buds, leauing 
but fome few vpon it, that fo the vigour of the plant may be collected into a few flow- 
ers, whereby they may the better come to perfection, and yet euen thus it is hardly 
effected ) which arc of a yellowifh greene colour in the bud, and before they be bio wne 
open, but then are of a faire yellow colour, very full of leaues, with many fliort haires 
rather then leaues in the middle, and hauing fhort, round, greene, fmooth buccons, al- 
moft flat vndcr them : the flower being faire biowne open, doth fcarcegiue place for 
largeneffe , thickneffe, and doubleneffe, vnto the great Proucnce or Holland Rofe. 
This Rofe bufli or plant is very tender with vs here about London , and will require 
fome more careand keeping then the Angle ofthis kinde, which is hardy enough ; for 
I haue loft many my felfe, and I know but a few about this towne that can nourfe it vp 
kindly , to beare or fcarceto abide without periling ; but abideth well in euery free 
aire of all orthe moft parts of this Kingdome:but(as f heare)not fo well in the North. 
1 8. Roft MifchtU fanplex & multiplex. 
The Muske Rofe Angle and double. 
TheMuske Rofe both Angle and double, rife vp oftentimes to a very great height, 
that it ouergroweth any arbour in a Garden, or being fet by an houfe fide, to bee ren 
or twelue foote high, or more, but more cfpecially the fingle kinde, with many green 
farre fpread branches , armed with a few fliarpc great thorncs , as the wilder forts of 
Rofcs are, whereof thefe arc accounted to be kindes, hauing fmall darke greene leaues 
on them, not much bigger then the leaues of Eglantine : the flowers come forth at the 
toppes ofthe branches, many together as it were in an vmbell or tufr, which for the 
moft pare doe flower all at a time , or not long one after another, euery one (landing 
on a pretty long ftalke, and are of a pale whitifh or creaine colour, both the Angle and 
