l The (garden of plea) ant Flowers. 
heads, containing fuch (mail brownilh feede as is in the former male kindc : the roote 
is woody, and fpreadeth voder ground, abiding fome y cares, if it be placed vndc r a 
wall, where it may bee defended from the windesthat often breake it, and from the 
extremitieof our winters, andcfpcciallythefnow, if it lyevponit, which quickly 
caufeth ir to perilh. 
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6. Ledum Alpinum feu Roft Alpine. The Mountaine fweet Holly Rofc. 
The fragrant fmell with properties Correfpondcnt of two other planrs, caufeth me 
to infertthem in this Chapter, and to bringthem to your knowledge, as well worthy 
a fit place in our Garden. The firftoFthem hath diuersflender woody branches, two 
foote high or thereabouts, couered with a gray ifh coloured barke, andmanytimes 
leaning downetotheground, whereby it taketh roote againe : vponthefe branches 
grow many thicke,lhort, hard greene leaues, thickefet together, confufedly without 
order, fometimes whitilh vnderneath, and femetimes yellowilh : the toppes of the 
branches are loden with many flowers, which caufe them to bend downwards, being 
long, hollow and reddifb, opening into fiue corners, fpotted on the outfide with many 
whitefpots, and of a paler red colour on the infide, of afinefweetfent : after the 
flowers are part, there follow fmall heads, containing fmall brownifh feede : the root 
is long, hard and woody, abiding better if it comprehend in the ground, then fomc of 
the former, becaufe his Originali is out of a colder country. 
7 . Ledum Silefucum. Thefweete Mary Role, 
or Rofemary of Silefia. 
This other fweeteplanterifeth vp with woody afh-coloured branches two foote 
high or more, which (hoote forth other branches, of a reddilh or purplilh colour, co- 
uered with a brownifh yellow hoarinelTe, on which are fet many narrow long greene 
leaues like vnto Rofemary leaues, but couered with the like hoarinelTe as the ftalks are 
(cfpeclally in the naturali places, but not fo much beingtranfplanted) and folding the 
fides of the leaues fo clofc together, that they feeme nothing but ribbes, or ftalkes, of 
an excellent fweet and pleafantfent •, at the ends of the branches there grow certaine 
brownilh fcaly heads, made of many fmall leaues fet thicke together, out of which 
breake forth many flowers. Handing in a tuft together, yet feuerally euery one vpon 
his owne footftalkc, confiftingof fiue white leaues, withcertainewhitethredsinthe 
middle, fmelliog very fweete : after which rife fmall greene heads, fpotted with 
brownilh fpots, wherein is contained very fmall, long, yellowilh feede : the roote is 
hard and woodic. 
The Place. 
The firft,fecond, fourth and fifth, grow in the hot Countries, as Italic, 
Spaine,&c. Thethird,andthetwolallinthecolderCountries, asFrife- 
land, Germanic, Bohemia. 
The Time. 
They do all flower in the Summer mpneths ofIune,Iuly and Auguft, and 
their feede is ripe quickly after. 
The Names. 
The firft,fecond, fourth and lift, haue their names fufficiently expreffed 
in their defetiptions. The third was fent vnto Clufius, vndcr the nameof 
Herculue Fri ficus, becaufe of the ftrong fent : but he referreth it to the kinds 
of Cbemeeijlue, that is, d warfe or low Ciftsa, both for the low growth, and 
forthe flowers and feede fake. The fixt is diuerlly called ; for Clufius calleth 
it Ledum Alpinum : Others , Nerium Alpinum, making ittobeeaRofe Bay. 
Gcfner 
