/ be ijardm of plea/ant Flowers. 
lit, which Label fettcth forth for Hyffopus Frnommgenuint: InEnglifh Winter~Mar 
lerome , or pot Maricrome : for it hath broader and greater leaues then thefweete 
Maricrome, and a different vmbcfl or tuft of flowers. The difference of this from that 
fct forth m the Kitchm, Garden, confiftcth chiefly in the leaues, which are in Summe r 
wholly yello w in fomeyor but a little greene, or parted with yellow and .wen c more 
or lefle,as nature hfteth to play : but in Winter they are of a darke or dead greeneco- 
lour,yet recouenng it rdfeagaine : the fent hereofis all one with the pot Maricrome 
Weehaueanother parted with white and greene, much after the manner with the 
former. 
w 
The Place, T ime, Names, and Vertues of both rhefeplants fball be de- 
clared wherethe others of their kindes are fpecified hereafter and in the 
Kitchen Garden 5 forthey differ notin properties.; ’ ' ,e 
Chap. CXXV1I. 
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LtucnduU. Lauender Spike. 
A Ftcr all thefefaire and fweete flowers before fpecified, I muff needes addea 
few fweete hcrbes,both to accomplifh this Garden, and to pleafe your fenfes 
by placing them in your Nofegayes, or elfe where, as you lift. And although I 
bring them in the end or laft place, yet arc they not of the leaft account. ° 
i. LtucnduUmtitr. Garden Lauender. 
Ourordinary Garden Lauender rifethvp with a hard weoddy ftemmeaboue the 
ground, parted into many fmalt branches, whereon are fct whitifh, long, and narrow 
leaues, by couples one againft another; from among.which rifeth vp naked fquare 
ftalkes, with two leaues at a ioy nt,and at the toppe diu'ers fmall huskes (landing round 
about them, forraedin long and round heads or fpikes; with purplegaping flowers 
fpringing out of each of them : therooteis wooddy, andfpreadethintheground: 
The whole plant is of a ftrong fweete fent , but the heads of flowers much more and 
more piercing the fenfes, which are much vfed to bee put among linnen and ap- 
parrell. 1 
There is a kinde hereof that beareth white flowers, and fome what broader leaues 
but it is very rare , and feene but in few places with vs, becaufeit is more tender and’ 
will not fo well endure our cold Winters. 
2. LtucnduU minor fen Spict. Small Lauender or Spike. 
The Spike or fmall Lauender is very like vnto the former, but groweth not fo high 
neither is the head or fpike fo great and long, but (hortcr and fmaller , and of a more 
purplifh colour in the flower : the leaues alfo are a little harder, whiter, andfhorter 
then the former ; the fent alfo is fomevvhat (harper and ftronger. This is not fo fre- 
quent asthefirft,and is nourifhed butinforae places that are warme and where they 
delight in rare herbes and plants. 5 1 
The Place. 
Lauender groweth in Spaine abonndantly, in many places fo wilde 
and little regardcd,that many haue gone, and abiden there to diftill the oyle 
thereof whereof great quantity now commeth ouer from thence vnto vs: 
and alfo in Lanquedocke, and Prouence in France. 
The Time. 
It flowreth early ir.thofe hot Countries, butwithvs notvntilllune and 
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