Salmons 
Wood Limit, feme in City Grounds, ioroe in f •eittk 
fields other feme in Barren places, dry and bandy 
Soils,’ and l'ome of them in a low, humid or morlt 
k*XIV The l imes. Thefe all Flower from almoft 
the middle of April, until the end ot May. 
XV. The Qualities, Specification , Pi eparattons 
and Virtues of thefe Fox-ftones, fee in Chap. 226. 
before pall, thefe having the fame pr^MS with 
rwnhfftrr.his or Doe-ftones there treated or. 
CHAP. CCLXXXXIX. 
Of FOXGLOVE Garden, 
0 R, 
FOX FINGER, Garden. 
Herbal. Lib. I. 
Flowers are alfo confiderably fmaller than the f ield 
Port, and of a bluih color. 
VI. The third, or Orange Tawney, has a fibrous 
Root, which per iflies always after bearing Seed, which 
is ufually the feconi Tear of its J fringing up. 1 Pis 
Fox-clove is none of the Greatell kinds, nor yet is 
it any of the Smallelt, but a Medium between both. 
Its Leaves are in lome Proportion correfpondent to 
the Lejfer yellow, but not To large as the Letter 
white. ‘ The Flowers are long and narrow, almolt as 
large as the lalt White, but nothing fo large as the 
hrll White, and of a fair yellowilh brown color, as 
if the yellow was over-lhadowed with a reddilh 
color, and is that we ufually call an Orange- tawney 
color’. The Seed of this is very like the former. 
VII. The fourth, or Greater White Fox-Glove, 
is in Root , Stall:, Leaves, flowers , and Seed, as al- 
fo in the manner of growing, fo like to the Common 
Field Kind, that it can fcarcely be difttnguijhed from 
it except in the frefher greennefs and largenefs of 
the Leaves-, the Flowers are as large as thofe of the 
Paid Common Kind, but they differ in Color, for as 
thofe are Purple, thefe ate wholly White, without 
any ipot in them , in the Seed and all other things 
I -T'HE Karnes. This Plant was wholly un- 
l known to the Ancient Greeks and Latins, 
fo far as we know, for which reafon it hasno.Grert 
Name, nor yet any Latin Name but what is very 
Modern and noval. Some of the hitter Writers 
toe called it Digitalis, which is the molt common 
Name, and firlt fo called as feme think by Fuchjtus- 
others call it Alcima, and Damafontum ; i ragus calls 
it Campanula Syheftris : Dalechampws upon Pliny, 
thinks it to be Viola Calatbinna Plmn in Engltjh it 
is called Fox Glove, and fox finger ; alfo Finger 
11 Tb The Kinds. There are two general kinds, 
vie. 1. Digitalis Horlenjis, Digitalis Saliva, .Garden 
Fox Glove, of which we treat (God willing) m 
this Chapter. 2. Digitalis Sylveft ns Digitalis a- 
erettis Digitalis vulgaris. Common Field Fox Glove, 
or Finger Wort, of which in the next Chapter. 
111 . Of the Garden kind there are feyen (proper- 
ly but fix) feverul Species, vis. 1. p«‘ talu max ‘- 
la Yerruginea, Dun or Kult colored Fox-glove, or 
Finger-wort. 2. Digitalis mayor Jhre cameo, Blufh- 
colored Fox-glove. 3. Tig, tales medta M' J*" 
rubente , Orange-tawney Fox-glove. 4 - 
major alba. The greater white Fox-glove. ;. Di- 
gitalis minor alba. The lelTer white Fox-glove. 6 . 
Digitalis major lutea flore ample. The great yellow 
Fox-glove. 7. Digitalis minor lutea pallia. The 
fmall pale yellow Fox-glove. 
IV. The Defcriptions. Thefirft, or Dun or Ruft 
colored Fox-glove, has a Root which is fibrous or 
tinney (like that of the Common or Field kind) 
which does ufually perifh , or feliom out- live Us gi- 
ving Seed. From this Root fpring up Leaves which 
are long and large, of a greyilh green color, finely 
cut or dented about the edges. Among which 
comes up a tali ltrong Stalk, which, when it is full 
grown, and witli ripe Seed thereon, has been found 
to be (even Feet at leaft in height ^ on which grow 
almoft an innumerable company ( refpefling the 
great abundance) of Flowers, nothing fo large as 
the Common or field kind, and of a brown or yel- 
lowilh dun color, with a long Lip at every Flower. 
They being palled away, then comes the Seed, 
much like the Common kind, but in fmaller Heads. 
V T/j efecond, or Bluih -colored, has Roots, Stalks , 
Leaves and f lowers, much like to the Common Field 
kind but all lefs. The Leaves ate reafonable large, 
but not full out fo large as the Common. The 
they agree. . .... . 
VIII. The fifth, or LelTer White, has a fibrous 
Root, enduring as the others do, the Leaves are like 
unto the lafi deferibed, but not altogether fo long or 
large, and of a darker green Color -, the Stalk grows 
not fo high, not being full three Feet ; the Flowers 
are pure white, falhioned like unto the former, but 
not fo great or large, in all other things alike; the 
Seed is alfo like the former. 
IX. The fixth, or Greater \ellow, hat a Root 
which is greater at the Head, and more Woody than 
any of the reft, with many fmaller Fibres , Spreading 
them fe Ives in the Ground, and abides almoft as well 
as our Common Purple Kind; the Leaves of this 
are in form fomewhat like unto the Common Kind, 
but not altogether fo large ; the Stalk grows to be 
three or four Feet high, on which grow many long, 
hollow pendulous Flowers, in lhape like unto the 
Common field Purple , but fomewhat (hotter, and 
more large and open at the brims, of a fair yellow 
Color, in which are long Threads, as in the o- 
*1 The Seventh, or Small pale Yellow, has a 
Root which is f ibrous, or Stringy, but durable , and 
feliom Pcrijhes with the batdjhip of the ext? eti??iejf 
froft ; it has fomewhat fhort, broad, fmooth, and 
dark green Leaves, l'nipt or dented about the edges 
very finely; the Stalk is two Feet high, befetwith 
i'uch like Leaves, but lelTer ; the Flowers are mote 
in number than in any of the reft, except the firft 
and greatell, and grow along the upper part of the 
Stalk, being long and hollow, like the other, but 
very lmall, and of a pale yellow Color, almoft 
white. 
XI. The P laces. All thefe, except the fourth, or 
Greater White , are Strangers to us, but are all of 
them cherifhed in our Gardens; the laid Greater 
White Kind has been often found growing wild in 
many places of England, and generally among , or 
hard by the Common field Purple Kind in the next 
Chapter. „ . , . , _ 
XII. The Times. They flower in June and Ju- 
ly, and iome in Auguft, the Seed becoming ripe 
quickly after. . . 
XIII. The Qualities, Specification, Preparations 
and Virtues, are the time with the Common field 
purple kind in Chap. 300. next following, to which 
1 you are referred. 
CHAP, 
