Chap. zp :>. Englijb Herbs. 
Common. Jernale LajencJet 
CHAP, ccccxxm. 
Of LAVENDER, 
o R, 
LAV ENDER Spike. 
k ' I ' H E A 'antes. This is a Plant unknown (as 
A tar as I can learn) to the ancient Arabians 
and Greeks : the La/rncs call it Lavend.il i and Spi- 
Ca ft we in E "£ r 'A Lavender, alfb Spike, 
11. T be Kinds. There are three Kinds of this 
riant, war. I. Lavendula major five vulgarh • Aar- 
dns Italic a Matthio/i y Lavendula mas, Pj'euionardus 
mas, vel major Spica Tragi ; Caffia a/bi Daleebam- 
ti‘ u P. on %!'”y i feme will have it to be the Iphittm 
lheophrajh i and it is thought by many to be the 
Oteorum which Pliny faith Higinus called Cifia 
which is a (weet Herb, frequently planted in the 
“™t Laly, for the Ufe of their Bees. This 
nrlt Kind is our Common Grlat Lavender. 2 La 
vendula minor, Lavendula femina-, Spica, and Sole, 
min r, Pj'eudonarus jtemina, &■ minor. Small ^La 
^ er '° r i the Leffer S P' lke - 0f thefe Greater an 
Teller Kinds, there are alio two forts, the one h, 
ving a purpjijb blew blower, the other a -while blow 
er ; whicli latter is the more rare. 5. Lavendm 
folio multifile , ( which Gerard calls Staxhas multi, 
jido, but erronioully ) Jagged Lavender. 
Common Male Lavender. 
flowered, called Lavendula nwtor Cofealbo. This 
difeis nothing from the former, but the flowers 
“,7 m fhif and in lie I. eaves, which 
are foniewhai broader. It is a very rare Plane, and 
preferved with us in our Gardens on'v as a Raritv 
being more tender than the former, and not To’ab'le 
to endure our cold Winters. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft, or Common 
Garden Lavender. It has a Root which is woo h, and 
fpreads much under Ground, not dying in the I Vin- 
ter time. It fprings up with a hard woody Stalk 
parted into many fmall Branches, on which grow 
long, narrow and whitifh Leaves, fet bv couples 
one again!! another ; from among which rife up 
naked fquare Stalks, with two Leaves at a Joint 
and at the tops feveral fmall Husks Handing round 
about them, formed in long round Heads or Spikes 
With purple gaping Flowers fpringing out of each 
ef them. The whole Plant is of a ilrbng Tweet 
Smell, but the Spikes of Flowers much more and 
more piercing the Senfes. 
IV. T he firft, or Common Garden Kind, whitft- 
V. cue J econo, or small Lavender or the Leflei 
A , n, Rwr " wooJ y Spreading, and the 
whole Plant is very like unto the frhner, but grows 
not jo high nor is the Spike or Head J'o long, but 
Shorter and Smaller, and the Flowers of a deeper 
pitrphjh blew Color. The Leaves alfo are a little 
harder, whiter and (horter than the former ; and 
rhe Smell is likewife ibmewhat lharper and ftronger : 
this is not fo frequent with us as the firil Common 
ls > it nn nur *" e< * U P * n Gardens in a warmer place. 
U. 1 be Second, or. Small Lavender, or Lefler 
Spike with a white Flower, called, Lavendula minor 
note alho. This Small Lavender differs nothing from 
the former Small Kincl, but is in all things like.it 
Saving, that the blowers are white, and the whole 
riant is yet a little fmaller, and is generally planted 
in very warm places. 
VII- The third or Jagged Lavender. Its Root 
is har.f and wordy, like unto theft heds. It ha 
Ifnall Plant, and 'riles up with fqtiare, rough and 
hoary Branches, to a Foot and half high beinjng 
thereon many hoary whftiih Leaves, va-y -inuch rag- 
ged or torn on the edges, into many parts, even -to 
the middle Rib; and each part cut or jagged- of a 
(harp Talk -pud of a pleafiinr Smeii, "yet much 
weaker ttov ,1 the- other Small Larmier. From 
among theULcivth fife up idu'r-fquntbhoaiy Stalk'- 
without any Leave! 611 them up to the tops, where 
they bear final 1 Spikes ol purple Flowetsflike unto 
the firtt Lavender' pc Spike, but thtlf the Flower's 
‘“i'" tend fqua-re, or in four PaftsoV Corners. 
VI. The Places. The Jour fldt are lound natu- 
rally fit many pfacespf Spain, AdtiSbuc Aarbortc 
in France, where the laft alfo' grows--, but both the 
forts with white Flowers, are much mote' rare than' 
the firlt or Common Kind. The fifth was found- by 
Utejtw about mined in- Spain, ' dnd’ Murcia in the - 
Kingdom' 
