c l be Garden of p lea) ant Flowers. 
1 . Thymum legitimum capitatum. The true Tyme. 
The true Tyme is a very tender plant, hauing hard and hoary brittle branches, 
fpreading from a fmall wooddy ftemme, about a foote and a halfe high , whereon are 
fetat ieuerall ioynts, and by fpaces, many fmall, long, whitiih,or hoary greene lcaues, 
of a quicke fent and taftc : at the tops of the branches (land fmall long w'nitifh greene 
heads, fomewhat Iikevntotheheadsof»a?n&<«, madeas it were of many leauesor 
feales, out of which (fart forth fmall purplilh Bowers (and in fome white, as Bellonius 
faith) after which commeth fmall feede , that foone fallcth out , and if it be not care- 
fully gathered, is foone loft, which made (I thinke)Theophraftus to write, that this 
Tyme was to be fowne of the flowers, as not hauing any other feede : the root is fmall 
and wooddy. This holdeth not his leaues in Winter , no not about Seuill in Spaine, 
where it groweth aboundantly, as Cluflus recordeth, findingnt there naked or fpoiled 
of leaues. And will not abide our Winters, bat perifheth wholly, roote and all. 
a. Serpillum hortenfe ftue maim. Garden wilde T yme. 
The wilde Tyme that is cheriihed in gardens groweth vpright,but yet is lo we, with 
diuers flender branches, and fmall round greene leaues, fomewhat like vnto fmall fin* 
Marierome, and fmelling fomewhat like vnto it : the flowers growe in roundels at the 
toppes of the branches, of a purplilh colour : And in another of this kinde they are 
of a pure white colour. 
There is another alfo like hereunto , th3t fmelleth fomewhat like vnto Muske ; and 
therefore called Muske Tyme, whofegreene leauesarenot fo fmall as the former, 
but larger and longer. 
3. Serpillum Citratum. Lemon Tyme. 
The wilde Tyme that fmelleth like vnto a Pomecitron or Lemon, hath many weakc 
branches tray ling on the ground, like vnto the firft deferibed wilde Tyme, with fmall 
darke greene leaues, thinly or fparfedly fet on them , and fmelling like vnto a Lemon, 
with whitifli flowers at thejtoppes in roundels or fpikes. 
4. Serpillum aureum Jiue verfueltr. Guildcd or embroidered Tyme. 
This kinde of wilde Tyme hath fmall hard branches lying or leaning to the ground, 
with fmall party coloured leaues vpon them, diuided into ftripes or edges , of a gold 
yellow colour, the reft of the leafe abiding greene, which for the variable mixture or 
placing of the yellow, hath caufed it to be called embroidered or guildcd Tyme. 
The Place. 
The firft groweth as is faid before, about Seuill in Spaine , in very great 
aboundance as Clufiusfaithj and as Bellonius faith, very plentifully on the 
mountaines through all Greece, The others growe fome in this Country, 
and fome in others : but wee preferue them with all the care wee can in our 
gardens, for the fweete and pleafant fents and varieties they yeeld. 
The Time. 
The firft flowreth not vntill Auguftjthe reft in Iune and Iuly. 
TheNames. 
Their names are feuerally fetdownein their titles, as is fuffifient to 
diftinguifhthem ; and therefore I lhallnot neede to trouble you any fur- 
ther with them. 
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