T be (far den of pleafant Flowers, 
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Chap. CXXIX. 
Al>rtttnumf*minn fine S*nt dint. Lauendcr Cottdfi. 
T His Lauendcr Cotton hath many wooddy, but brittle branches, hoary or of a 
whitilh colour, whereon are fet many leaues, which are little, long, and foure 
fquare, dented or notched on alledgc-s,andwhiti(halfo:at thetopsof thefe 
branches (land naked ftalkes , bearing on eucry one of thcmalarger yellow head or 
flower, then eyther Tanlie or Maudeline, whercunto they arefomewhat like wherein 
is contained fmalldarke coloured feede : therootc is hard, and fpreadech abroad 
with many fibres : the whole plant is ofa ftrong fweete fent, but not vnpleafant , and 
is in many places planted in Gardens, to border knots with, for which it will abide to 
be cut into what forme you thinke bed ; for ir groweth thicke and bulhy , very fit for 
fuchworkes, befides the comely fliew the plant itfelfe thus wrought dothyeeld, 
being al wayes greene, and of a f.vcct fent but bccaafe it quickly groweth great , and 
will form runne out of forme, icmufl: be cuery lecond or third veare taken vp.and new 
planted. 
' : . The place. 
It is onely planted in Gardens with vs, for the vfes aforefaid efpecially. 
The Time. 
Itflowrethinluly , and ftandeth long in the hot time oftheyeareinhis 
colour, and fo will doe, if it be gathered before.it haue flood ouer long. 
ThcNamcs. , , 
•* ; t* ■ 1 J 1 
DiuersdoecallitasMatthiolus doth, Abrednum ftmina, and Santtlmu - 
and fome call it chumuejptrijfut, becaufe the leaues thereof, are fomewhat 
like the leaues of the Cypreffc tree: Wee call it in Englilh generally Lauen- 
der Cotton. 
ThcVertues. 
Ocimum. Baflilh 
B Aflill is of two forts (befides other kindes) for this our Garden,thc one Whereof 
is greater, the other lefle in cncry part thereof, as fliall be Ihe wed. 
x . Ocimum Cit rutam. Common Baflill. „ 
" • ' ft . 
Our ordinary Garden Baflill hath one ftalke rifing from the root, diuerfly branched 
out, whereon are fet two leaues alwayes at a ioynt, which are broad, fomewhat round, 
and pointed, of a pale greene colour, but frefh, a little fnipt or dented about the edges, 
and ofa ftrong or heady fent, foraewh^jike a Pomecitron, as many haue compared 
it, and thereof call it Citntum : the flowersare fmall and white, (landing at the tops of 
the branches, with two final leaues at euery ioy nt vnder them,in fome plants green pns **- — — 
P p 3 thers 
