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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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B. 2. 
5f The Defcription. 
i nPHe great Carnation Gillow-floure hath a thicke round wooddy root, from which ri- 
| feth vp many ftrong ioynted ftalkes fet with long greene leaues by couples : on the 
top of the ftalkes do grow very faire floures of an excellent fvveetfmell, arid pleafant 
Carnation colour, whereof it tooke his name. 
a The C loue Gillofloure differeth not from the Carnation but in greatnelfe as well of the 
floures as leaues. The floure is exceeding well knowne, as alfo the Pinks and other Gillofloures ■ 
wherefore I will not ftandlong vpon the defcription. 
^ Caryophyllus Jimplex mtiior. 
The Angle Gillofloure orPinke. 
5f The Place. 
B 
Thefe Gillofloures,efpecially the Carnati- 
ons, are kept in pots from the extremity of our 
"'4 cold Winters. The Cloue Gillofloure endu- 
'•* reth better the cold,and therefore is planted in 
gardens. 
5f The Time. 
They flourifh and floure moft part of the 
Sommer, 
51 The Names. 
The Cloue Gillofloure is called of the later 
Herbarifts Caryop bp Ileus flos , of the fmell of 
cloues wherewith it is pofTelTed : in Italian, Ga- 
rofoli : in Spanifh, Claud : in French, Oei/letz. : 
in lotv-Dutch, ©mOffelblOfltlCIl t in Latine of 
moft, Ocellus Damafcenus , Ocellus Barbaricus, and 
Barbaric*: tnHnglifh, Carnations, and Cloue 
Gillofloures. Of fome it is called Vetonica,and 
Herb* Tunica. The, which Bertt.irJus Gordonius 
hath let dovvne for Diofcorides his Polemonium. 
That worthy Herbarift and learned Phyliti- 
on of late memoric M r . Doctor T urner maketh 
CaryophyUus to be Canlabrica s which Pliny, lib. 
23 . cap. 8.writethtohauebeenefound out in 
Spaine about Augufius time , and that by thofe 
ofBilcay. 
lohannes Ruelhus faith. That the Gillofloure 
was vnknowne to the old writers : whole iudg- 
ment is very good , efpecially becaufe this 
herbe is not like to that of Vettnica or Cantabrj- 
„ r < r j ca ‘ It is maruell, laith he, that fuch a famous 
floure^ 10 plealanc and lweet, mould lie hid, and not be made knowne by the old Writers : which 
may be thought not inferiour to the rofe in beauty, fmell, and varietie. 
51 The Temperature. 
The Gillofloure with the leaues and roots for the moft part are temperate in heateand drinefle. 
51 The Vert ues. 
The conferue made of the floures of the Clone Gillofloure and fugar, is exceeding cordiafand 
wonderfully aboue meafure doth comfort the heart, being eaten now and then. 
1 1 preuaileth againft hot petlilentiall fetters, expelleth the poy fon and fltrie of the difeafe and 
greatly comforteth the fteke, as hath of late beene found outby a learned Gentleman of Lee in 
fcflex, called M '.Rich. 
Chap. i8j. Of c Pin\s, or Ttilde (gillofloures. 
5 f The Defeription. 
X *T - 'He double purple Pinke hath many gralfle leaues fet vpon fmall ioynted ftalkes by 
couples, one oppofite againft another, whereupon doe grow pleafant double purple 
oures. 
