1 B. Z, 
Of the Hiftory of Plants 
not fuffice to write of euery one at large in particular jconfidering how infinite they are in ! ho-v 
enery yeareeuery cly mate and countrey bringeth forth new forts, fuch as haue not hcTemfoVbirt 
written of; fome whereof are called Carnations, others Clone Gil lofloiires, fome Sons ; P • 
fome Pagiants, or Pagion colour, Horfc-flefh, blunket, purple, white, double and imafe Gillo’ 
floures, as alfo a Gillofloure with yellow floures : the which a vvorfhipfull Merchant of London 
M '.Nicolas Lete procured from Poland, and gaue me thereof for my garden, which before that time 
was neuer feene nor heard of in thefe countries. Likewife there be fundry forts of Pinkes com- 
prehended vnder the fame title, which thall be deferibed in a feuerall chapter. There be wider the 
name of Gillo floures alfo thofe floures which wee call Svveet-Iohhs and Sweet-Williams. And 
firft of the great Carnation and Clone Gillefloure 
t _ There are very many kindes both of Gillofloures, Pinkes, and the like, which differ very 
little in their roots, leaues, feeds, or manner of growing, though much in the colour , fhape, and 
magnitude of their floures ; vvherof fome are of one colour, other fome ofmore . and of them fo ne 
are ftriped, others fpotted, &c. Now I (holdingk a t h ing not fo fit for me to infift vpon thefe ac- 
cidental! differences of plants, hauing fpecifique differences enough to treat of) refer fuch as are 
addifted to thefe commendable and harmefefle delights to furuey the late and oft mentioned 
Worke of my friend M r . Iohn Parkin fon, who hath accurately and plentifully treated of thefe va- 
rieties ; and if they require further fatisfa&ion,let them at the time of the yeare repaire to the o- ar I 
den of Miftrefle (the wife of my late deceafed friend M r . Ralph Tuggy) in Weftminftet 
which in the excellencie and varietie of thefe delights exceedeth all that I haue feene : as alfo lice’ 
himfelfe whileft he liued exceeded moft, if not all ofhis time,in his care, induftry,and skill in rai 
ling, encreafingand.preferuing of thefe plants and fome others ; whofe Ioffe therefore is the more 
to be lamented by all thofe that are loners of plants. I will onelygiue you the figures of fome 
three or foure more, whereof one is of the (Ingle one, which therefore fome terme a Pinke, though 
in mine opinion vnfitly,for that it is produced by the feed of moft of the double ones, and i’s of dif- 
ferent colour and fhape as they are, varying from them onely in the finglenefle of the floures. f 
£ Caryophylltis malar & minor, rtthro & alho variegati, 
The white Carnation, and Pageant. 
£ Caryophy llus purfurcus prof unde Luiniatus, 
The blew, or deep purple Gillofloure, 
