) The garden of plea) ant flowers. 
thevsbrowncvnderthem : after which commeth blackifh feede : therooreptriftierh 
at the fit ft approach of winter weather, and is to be new fo wen enery yeare. 
i. Ocimum minimum fine GuriofhyHutum. Bulb Bafill. 
Thcbufb Bafill groweth not altogether fohigh, but is thicker fpreade out irfro 
branches, whereon grow ftmllcr Icaues, and thicker let then thctomu.r,bui ol .amote 
excellent and pleafantfmellbymuch : the dowers are white like the former,, and the 
feede blacke alfo like it, and perilheth as fuddenly, or rather looncr then it, fo thatit 
requireth more paincs to get it, and more care to nourfe it, becaule we feldomeor nc- 
uer haue any feede of it. 
Ocimum Inultum. Indian Bafill. 
The Indian Bafill bath afquare reddiib grecne ftalke, a footehigh orbetter.from 
the ioynts whereof fpreade out many branches, with broadefat leaues fet thereon, 
two alwayes together at the ioynt,one againft another, as other Bafils haue, but forne- 
what deepely cut in on the cdges,and oftentimes a little crumpled, (landing vpon long 
reddiflr footeftalkes, of a datke purple colour, fpotted with deeper purple (pots, in 
fome greater, in others Idler: the flowers (land at the tops of the (hikes fpike-fafhion, 
which arc of a white colour, with redd idi ftripesand veincs running through them, fee 
or placed in darkc put pie coloured huskes : the feede is greater and rounder then the 
former,and fomewhat long withall : the roote perifheth in like manner as theother 
former doe. The whole plant fmelleth ftrong, like vnto the other Bafils. 
The Place. 
The t«ro laft forts of Bafils are greater ftrangers in our Counrry then the 
firft which is frequent, and only fowenand planted in curious gardens.The 
laft came firft out of the Weft Indies. 
TheTime. 
They all flower in Auguft,orIuly atthcfooncft,and thatbutby degrees, 
and not all at once. 
The Names, 
The firft is vfually called Ocimum vulgtre, or vulgttiut, and Ocimum Citru • 
/•«.InEnglifli, Common or Garden Bafill. The other is called Ocimum 
minimum, or Gtritphy/Utum, Cloue Bafill, or Bu(h Bafill. Thelafteyther of 
his place, or forme of his leaues, being fpotted and curled, or all, is called 
Ocimumlndicum micvLlumJatifo/ium & crrfpum.ln Englifh according to the 
Latine, Indian Bafill, broade leafed Bafill, (potted or curled Bafill, which 
youpleafe. 
ThcVertues. ,, 
The ordinary Bafill is in a manner wholly fpent te make fweet, or wafhlng 
waters, among other fweet herbes, yet fometimts it is put into nofegayes. 
The Phyficall properties are, to procure a cheerefull and merry heart, wher- 
vnto the feede is chiefly vied inpouder, &c. and is mod vfed to that, and 
tonootherpurpofe. 
Caih. 
