Chap. 580. 
Jhadow of a light purple or blufb about them , but 
more on the outfide than on the infide. Of this 
Species there are divers forts. 
XXX VII. 3<>. Auricula Urji verficolor lute a , 
The yellow variable Bears Ear, or Auricula. Its 
Leaves arc green and fome thing like to the Deep 
yellow, at Sett. 34. aforegoing , but feme thing of a 
frefber green , more fhining and f. mailer , J. 'nipt alfo 
about the edges towards the ends , as many of thofe 
before arc. The blowers are of a fair yellow color, 
much laid open , when they are full blown , that 
they feem almofl flat , dafht about the edges on- 
ly , with purple , being more yellow in the bottom , 
than in any other part. 
XXXVIII. 36. Auricula Urfi verficolor lutefl 
cente vinde Flore, The Variable yellow green 
Auricula, or Bears Ear. Its Leaves are green , 
much like to thofe laft deferibed, and fnipt in like 
manner about the edges : but in this it differs , 
that its Leaves do not turn or fold t he mf elves a 
little backwards. The Flowers are of a yellowifh 
green color, more clofed than the former, having 
purplijh edges , efpecially after they have flood blown 
fome time , and have little or none at the firft open- 
ing, nor yet any Eyes or circles at all in them. 
XXXIX. 37. Auricula Urfi Flore luteo eximio , 
The Noble yellow Flowered Auricula. It bears 
the large ft Flower and biggefl Trufs , of the deepejl 
yellow color having white Eyes. Of this Species 
there are fome whofe Flowers are of a Buff color, 
fome yellower and fome dunner than others , which 
are in good Efteem. There is alfo one, which on a 
fhort Stalk bears four or Jive double Flowers , with 
three rows of Leaves in each Flower. 
XL. 38. Auricula Urfi verficolor e luteo. The 
variable yellow Auricula. Its Ground is yellow, 
but it is fo diverfified or varied with other colors, 
impojfible to be expreffed in Words -, and they are fo 
many that fome Authors have faid, they are num- 
berlefs . 
XLI. 39. Auricula Urfi Flore luteo Fufco, The 
Leather Coat Auricula , or Bears Ear. It is of 
two Kinds, the greater and lejfer, and deeper and 
paler, one than other. They have all large mealy 
Leaves, yet not fo much as in the Greateft yellow •, 
but yet it fee ms that they are produced from thence, 
they come fo near to it. Of this fort is the Sham- 
my colored. 
XLII. 40. Auricula Urfi Flore Limoniaco, The 
Limon colored Auricula, or Bears Ear. It is of a 
delicate pale yellow color , and of a middle fize, 
both for Leaf and E lower. Of this other fort of 
plain yellows, there are a very great number, impofl 
fible to be difiinguifbed. 
Leaves, of a little darker green color. The Stalk, 
and Flowers are Ukcwife lejfer than the former, 
and have no fhew of yellow nefs at all, in either 
Bud, or Flower, but is pure white, not differing 
in ether things from the reft. 
XLV. 43. Auricula Urfi Flore Niveo , The 
Snow white Auricula, or Bears Ear. The Flowers 
arc of a pure Snow white color , but f mailer than 
thofe in Sett. 44. above • otherwife in all other 
things they are much alike. 
XL\ 1 . 44. Auricula Urfi Flore albido vcl Puli- 
do, The whitifh Auricula, or White mixt with a 
pale blulli. Of thefe there are various Kinds ac- 
cording to the differing mixture of the red with the 
white, the white mo ft predominating. 
XL VII. 4$. Auricula Urfi Flore albo Latfeot 
Lac l irgineum, & Lac Virginia diffa. The Milk 
white Auricula ; called alfo. Virgins Milk, which is 
accounted the heft among the Whites. It has large 
mealy Leaves, a tall flrong Stalk, with a great 
Trufs of Milk white Flowers, with Snow white 
Eyes, which placed among the Purples fels off. \ 
and adds to their glory. There are many perfectly 
tohne, and many Milk whites-, but not many of 
better efteem than the Yellows. 
XLVIII. 46. Auricula Urfi Flore mutiip/ici albo 
Latleo. The double Milk white Auricula, or Bears 
Par. 1 he Leaves are like the former. The Stalk 
bears, but one Flower on its top-, but it is very 
double, and like the Common double Primrofe. 
XUX. The Places. Thefe goodly Plants grow 
Naturally on Mountains, efpecially on the Alps 
in divers places, for which reafon fome call them 
Primulo verts Alpina : lome of them have been 
found alfo on the Pyremean Mountains : but that 
Kind with the Borage Leaf, has been found on the 
Mountains in Spam, and on the Pyrenaans next to 
Spain From which places they have been tranf- 
if r 1 V s ! int0 our Gart/wr, uni into almolt 
all the Gardens of Europe, where they thrive ad- 
mirably well. 
L. The Times. They all Flower from the begin- 
ning of April to the beginning of May, and the 
seed is ripe in the end of June or beginning of 
July. And fometimes they will Flower again in 
the end of Augu ft, or beginning of September- 
it the Seaton prove temperate, moift and rainy : 
but thofe Flowers which come then, are neither 
lo fair, nor fo many on one Stalk, as thofe which 
come in the Spring. 
DircSliotis for Planting them. 
IV. Whites. 
XLIII. 41. Auricula Urfi major Flore albo. The 
great white Auricula , or Bears Ear. Its Boot is 
like the Purple Kind, as all or mofi of the reft are , 
or net 'much differing. It has many fair whitijh 
green Leaves fome what paler than the Leaves of 
any of the Kinds of Auricula: , and a little fnipt 
about the ends, as many others are. From among 
thefe Leaves rife up Stalks four or five Inches high, 
bearing at the top many F lowers, like unto the Smali 
yellow Auricula:, at Seft. 33. aforegoing , of a pale 
■whitijh color , tending to yellow at the firft opening 
of the Flower ; which after 2 or 3 days, change in- 
to a fair white color, and fo continue all the while 
it Flowers. 
XLIV. 42. Auricula Urfi minor Flore albo. The 
lefler white Auricula, or Bears Ear. It has J. mailer 
LI. The belt fort of Auriculet are fet in Pots, 
which they well deferve ; the Pots are to be filled 
almoit half full with lifted Neats Dung, the reft 
with good Sandy Earth, well mixed with lifted 
Dung. About the end of Auguft fet the Plants 
therein, and not too deep, for the Roots will be 
apt enough to run downwards. Place thefe Pots 
in the Sun all the Winter , and with Glaffes defend 
them from over much wet, but Houfe them nor 
they will do better in the open Air. In the Spring 
when they rife to Flower, remove them into a place 
more lhady and after the Flowers are paft (ex- 
cept thofe you leave for Seed) you may dilpole 
them in lome lhady place out of the way , to 
make room for Pots with Gilliflowers. 
L 1 I. But if you Plant them in the Earth at 
large, and not in Pots, let it be in lome place a 
little (haded from the fcorching heat of the Sun 5 
the Soil being firft made very Rich, if [tiff, with 
Sand and (tore of well rotted Neats or Cows Dung* 
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