Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
599 
+ 5 t^Armeriaprotifcra, Loh. 
Childing fvveet Williams. 
The Time. 
They flourifh and bring forth their floures 
in April and May, fomewbat before the Gil- 
lofloures, and after beare their floures the 
whole Sommer. 
«■ The Names. 
The fweet Iohn,andalfothe fweet Willi- 
am are both comprehended vnder one title, 
that is to lay ,^rmeria ■■ of fome,Snperha,anA 
Caryophyllus fyluejlris : of fomc Herbarifts, Ve- 
t oni c a agrejl is, ot Sylttcjlris : of f bme,Hcrka tuni- 
ca : but it doth no more agree herewith than 
the Cloue Gillofloure doth with Vetorncn 
altera, or Polemmium . in French, sslrmotrcs : 
hereupon Rue/litts natneth them Armcriy Flo- 
res : in Dutch, &CpkCtt0 : as though you 
fhould fay, a bundell or clufter, for in their 
vulgar tongue bundles of floures or nofegaies 
they call fe£pfe?tl0 ! doubtlefle they are wild 
kindesof Gillofloures : InEnglifhthe firft 
two are called Sweet Iohns ; and the two laid. 
Sweet Williams, Tolmeiners, and London 
Tufts. 
«p 7 he Temperature and Vert ties . 
Thefe plants are not vfed either in meat 
or medicine, but efteemed for their beauty to 
decke vp gardens, the bofomes of the beauti- 
full, garlands and crownes for pleafure. 
Chap. 185. Of Qrow floures } or Wilde Williams. 
The Description. 
t T) Elides tbefe kindes of Pinkcs before deferibed, there is a certaine other kinde,either of 
fjthe Gillofloures or elfe of the Sweetc Williams, altogether and euery where wilde, 
which of fome hath beene inferred amongft the wilde Campions ^ of others taken to 
be the true Flos Cuculi. Notwithftanding I am not of any of their mindes,but doe hold it for nei- 
ther : but rather a degenerate kinde ofwilde Gillofloure. The Cuckow floure I haue comprehen- 
ded vnder the title of Sifimbrium ; Englifhed, Ladies fmocks ; which plant hath been generally ta- 
ken for Flos Cucidt.lt hath ft alks of a (pan or a foot high,whcrupon the leaues do ftand by couples 
outofeuery ioint ; they are fmall and bluntly pointed,very rough and hairy. The floures are placed 
on the tops of the ftalkes,many in one tuft, finely and curioufly fnipt in the edges, lefler than rhofe 
of Gillofloures, very well refembling the Sweet VVilliam (whereof no doubt it is a kinde) of a 
light red or Scarlet colour. 
2 This female Crow-floure differeth not from the male, fauing that this plant is lefler, and the 
floures more finely ragged like the feathered Pinke, whereof it is a kinde. 
? Of thefe Crow-floures we haue in our gardens one that doth not differ from the former of 
the field, fauing that tire plant of the garden hath many faire red double floures, dnd thofe of the 
field Angle. 
The Place. 
Thefe grow all about in Medowes and paftures,and dankifh place?. 
