'The (garden of plea/ant Flowers, ^ 
Gefner according to the Countrey peoples name, Reft ^Alpma, an d Ref* 
M out am. Lobcl calleth ir Balfamum Alpirwm, of the fragrant fmell it hath 
and chamxrbododendros CbamaUefolto.knd fomehaue called it Euonyntus 
without all manner of judgement. InEnglifhweemaycallir, The Moun- 
taine R ofe, vn till a fitter name be giuen it. The laft is called of Matthiolus 
Sofmartnum [tlueftrc, but of Clulius Ledum, referring it to their kindred ■ 
and Sitefiucum, becaufe he found it in that Countrey ; or for diftin&ion fake * 1 
as he faith, it may bee called, Ledumfelys Rofmtrini, or Ledum'S ohemicum. 
Cordus, as it feemeth inhisHiftoryof Plants, callethit chamxpeuee, as" 
though he did account it akinde of low Pine,or Pitch tree. 
TheVertues. , 
The firft, fecond, andfift, are very aftringent, effeftuall for all forts of 
fluxes of humours. The fweet Gum called Ledanum, made artificially into 
oyle, is of lingular vfe for Alopecia, or falling of thehaire. Thcfeedofthe 
fourthis.much commended againft the ftone of theKidneycs. Tfaefvveetc 
Rofemary of Silefia is vfed of the inhabitants, whereit naturally groweth, 
againft the fhrinking of fincwes,crampes,or other fuch like difeafcs,vvherof 
their daily experience makes it familiar, being vfed in bathing or otherwife. 
Chap. CXII. 
So f marinum. Rofemary. 
T Here hath becne vfually knowne but onefort of Rofemary, which is frequent 
through all this Country :but there are fome other forts not fo well known - the 
one is called Gilded Rofemary; the other broadeleafed Rofemary • a third I 
will adioyne,as more rare then all the other, called Double flowred Rofmary,bccaufe 
few haue heard thereof, much lefle feenc it,and my felfe am not well acquainted with 
it, but am bold to deliuer it vpon credit. 
I . Lib as otis Coronaria ftue Refmarinum vutgara. 
Our Common Rofmary. 
This common Rofemary is fo well knowne through all our Land, being in euery 
womans garden, that it were fufficient but to name it as an ornament among other 
fweete herbesand flowers in our Garden, feeing euery onecan deferibe it : but that I 
mayfayfomethingof it, Itis well obferued, as well in this our Land (whereithath 
been planted in Noblemens, andgreat mens gardens againft brickewals, and there 
continued long)as beyond the Seas, in the naturali places whereit groweth, that it ri- 
feth vp in time vnto a very great height, with a great and woody demine (of that cem- 
paife, that (being douen out into thin boards) it hath ferued to make lutes, or fuch like 
inftruments, and here with vs Carpenters rules, andtodiuers other purpofes) bran- 
ching out into diuers and fundry armes that extenda great way, and from themagaine 
into many other fmaller branches, wheron are fet at feueral diftances,at the ioy nts, ma- 
ny very narrow long leaues, greeneaboue, and whitifbvnderneath . amongwhich 
come forth towards the toppes of the ftalkes, diuers fweet gaping flowers, of a pale or 
bleake blewifh colour, many fet together, ftanding in whitilh huskes ; the feed is final! 
and red, but thereof feldome doth any plants arife that will abide without extraor- 
dinary care ; for although it will fpring of the feede reafonable well, yet it is fo fmall 
and tender the firft yeare, that a fharpe winter killeth it quickly, vnlelfe it be very well 
defended : the whole plant as well leaues as flowers, fmelleth exceeding fweete. 
a. Refmarinum friatum, fttu aureum. Gilded Rofemary. 
This Rofemary differcth not from the former, in forme or manner of growing, nor 
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