Chap. 579. 'Enghjh Herbsi 
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The Flowers ftand Severally, upon long foot Stalks , 
as the firft Single Kind does, but larger than they , 
and more laid open , of the fame, or very near the 
fame yellowijh green color that the Husk is of fo 
that at jirfl opening , the Husk and the Flower , 
feem to make but one double green Flower , which 
afterwards feparating the mj elves, the Jingle Flower 
grows out of the Husk and fpreads it felf open , 
much more than any other Single Primrofe does, 
growing in the end to be of a paler green color. 
VI. The third , or Single green and white Prim- 
10 fe. The Leaves of this differ in a manner , no- 
thing from the former , neither does the Flower , 
but only in this , that out of the larger yellowijh green 
husks , which contain the Flowers of the former , 
there comes forth , out of the middle of each of 
them, either a fmall piece of a whitifh flower , or 
elfe a larger , fometimes making up a whole Flower, 
like an ordinary Piimrofe. 
VII. The fourth , or Double green Primrofe. 
This Plant is in its Leaves, fo like the former 
Green Kinds, That the one cannot be known from 
the other, untill it come to Flower, and then it bears 
upon every Stalk a double green Flower, of a little 
deeper green color than the Flower of the former 
Single Kind , confifiing but of two rows of jhort 
Leaves moft ufually , and both of them of an equal 
height above the Husk, abiding a pretty time in 
Flower, m re efpecially if it flands in a fhady place, 
or where the Sun can come but h little to it. 
VIII. The fifth, or HesketV double Primrofe. 
It is very like unto /fc Double fmall Primrofe, as 
well in Root, as in Leaf and Magnitude, the Stalk 
not rifing much higher than it, but bearing Flow- 
ers in a jar different manner. For this bears not 
only fingle Flowers upon fcveral Stalks, but fome- 
times two or three fingle Flowers upon one Stalk, 
and alfo at the fame time a bigger Stalk, and 
fomething higher , having one green Husk at top 
thereof -, fometimes broken on the one fide, and fome- 
times whole in the middle whereof fiands fome- 
times, divers fingle Flowers thrufi together, every 
Flower to be feen in its proper form. And fome- 
times there appears with fame whole Flowers, others 
which are but parts of Flowers, at if the Flowers, 
were broken in pieces , and thrufi into one Husk, 
the Leaves of the Flowers ( being of a white or 
pale Primrofe color > but a little deeper) feldom 
rifing above the height of the very Husk it felf and 
fometimes, as I have obferved in this Plant, it will 
have upon the fame Stalk, which bears fuch Flowers 
as* are here defer i bed, a fmall Flower or two, making 
the Stalk feem Branched into many Flowers, by 
which it is manifeft, that it will diver fify it felf in- 
to many forms , not abiding confiant in any Tear, as 
the other Kinds do. 
IX. The fixth, or Common double Garden Prim- 
rofe, The Leaves of this are very large, and like 
■unto the Single Kind, but fomething larger, becaufc 
of its cultivation in Gardens. The Flowers do 
ftand every one fever ally , upon long flendcr foot 
Stalks , as the Single Kinds do -, in greenifh Husks, 
of a pale greenifh color, like unto the Field Primrofe • 
but very thick and double , and having the fame 
fweet Smell with them . 
X. The feventh , or Small double Primrofe. 
This is in Root , Leaf, and Flower, altogether like 
unto the laft Double Primrofe, but that it is f mailer 
in every refpetf, for the Flower rifes not above 2 
or 3 Fingers high, and but twice double, that is, 
with two rows of Leaves, yet of the very fame 
Primrofe color which the former is of 
XL The eighth, or Turky purple Primrofe. The 
Leaves of this are fo like the other Primrofes, 
that they can very hardly be diftingufhed until the 
Flowers appear : but the chief difference in the 
Leaves is, that they are fomething longer, rounder 
' pointed, and a litt/ereddijh at the very bottom of the 
Leaves. The Flowers are as large as any other 
Primrofe, or rather larger, made of five Leaves like 
unto them ', but of a delicate Violet purple color- 
the bottoms of them yellow, circled as it were with 
a deep Saffron like yellow , which adds a greater 
grace thereto : in other things it is like to the Com- 
mon or Ordinary Primrofes. 
XII. The ninth , or Turky crimfon Primrofe. 
This differs but little from the laft, neither in its 
Leaves , Stalks , Flowers, magnitude, and form of 
growing, nor indeed in any thing, except in the color 
of the Flowers , which in this i-s crimf on, as in the 
other it is purple. 
XIII. The tenth, or Red Primrofe. This is of a 
newer date than any of the former, fits more beau- 
ty, ™d greater variety than the former. In Roots, 
Leaves and fafhion, it differs not from the Com- 
mon fingle field Primrole, only the tops of the 
Roots, and bottoms of the Stalks are of a reddifh 
color-, but the great eft difference is in the colors of 
the Flowers, there being of them, afmoft twenty 
diver fit y of reds, fome deeper , and others lighter ■ 
from Blood red , to a pale Pink color, fome are of a 
blewifh Rofe color , [adder and paler , fome of a 
Bnck color, fome of a Dove color , others of the 
color of an old Buff Coat, and fome Hair color, all 
which Kinds have been raffed from Seeds , as alfo 
thefe more excellent Kinds following. 5 
XIV. The eleventh, or Fair red Primrofe. It is 
a plcafant Flower, of a moft beautiful, rich , fhin- 
ing. Velvet, red color, with a yellow Star in the 
bottom, as in all the reft. 
XV. The twelfth, or Scarlet Primrofe. It is a 
Flower of very greed efteem , and of a bright 
fear let color, and more rare than any of the for- 
mer Kinds. 
XVI. The thirteenth, or Red Primrofe Hofe in 
Hofe. It has many Stalks rifing from one Root 
each of which bears a Flower, 04 J h,u Hfe in Hofe 
upon every Stalk, that is two Flowers ingeminated, 
one ft an ding within the other , in fome bigger , and 
of a deeper red color -, in others leffer and paler. 
Of this Kind Mr. Rea fays, he had raffed fix ffe- 
veral diverfitics, differing from each other, either 
in flee, fafhion, or color. 
XVII. The fourteenth, or Double red Primrofe. 
This is the rarefi of all the Kinds. The Flower is 
faid to be almoji as large, thick and double , as the 
Common pale yellow Kind, and of a fair red color. 
For the fake of this Flower, much Seed has been 
fown, in hopes to have obtained it. 
XVIII. The Places. The firft three Kinds have 
been found growing Wild in molt places of this 
Kingdom. The eighth and nin;h came to us out 
of Turky: but now all the various Kinds here 
Treated of, are found to grow in Gardens, and are 
Nurft up by the diligent lovers of f lowers. The 
Enghjh' Kinds are hardy and profper in any place 
which is not too hot, or too much in the Sun. 
The Red Kinds are planted, fowed, and ordered in 
£ he,, fa me manner as we do Bears Ears. Yet if 
lowed in a Bed of good Earth, towards the end* 
of September, they will come up in the Spring 
and fooir^ome to bear Flowers. H sket’s Prim- 
rofe gTonfm-Clapdale lVood, 3 Miles from Settle 
in Torkfhire . 
XIX. The Times. Primrofes Flower generally 
very early in the Spring, and fometimes again in 
Autumn. Some Flower earlier, fome later, and 
lome in the midft of Winter, as they are defended 
from Cold and Froft, and rhe mildnefs of the Win- 
ter will admit. The Common double Tnmrofe 
Flowers 
