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fane that the floures are not fo thicke thrnft together as the former, and they are fairer, and fewer 
in number, and do not fmell fopleafantly as the other: ofwhich kinde wee haue one lately come 
into our gardens, whofe floures are curled and wrinkled after a moft ftrange manner, which our wo- 
men haue named Iack-an-apes on horfebacke. 
3 Double Paiglc, called of Penn, Primula hortenfts Anglia. t omnium maxima, cr ferotmafloribns 
/i/e»0;thatis,Thegreateft Englifh garden Cowflipwith double yellow floures, is fo commonly 
knowne that it needeth no defcription. 
4 The fourth islikewife known by the name of double Cowflips, hailing but onefloure with- 
in another, which maketh the fame once double, where the other is many times double, called by 
Pena, Geminata, for the likenefle of the floures, which are brought forth as things againft nature, or 
twinnes. 
5 The fifth being the common white field Primrofe, needeth no defcription. t 
6 The fixth, which is our garden double Primrofe, of all the reft is of greateft beauty, the de- 
fcription whereof I refervnto your ovvne confideration. 
7 The feuenth kinde is alfo very well knowne, being a Primrofe with greenifh floures fome- 
tvhat welted about the edges : for which caufe Pena hath called it Siluarum primula, floribns obfeure 
'virentibui fimbriatis . 
8 There is a ftrange Primrofe found in a wood in Yorkfhire growing vvilde,by the trauell and 
induftrie ofa learned gentleman of Lancafhire called M ' .Thomas Hcsketh , a diligent fearcher of 
SimpleSjWho hath not onely brought to light this amiable and pleafant kinde of Primrofe, but 
many others likewife,neuerbeforehis time remembred or found out. This kinde of Primrofe 
hath leaues and'roots like the wilde field Primrofe in each refpeft : it bringeth forth amongft the 
leauesanakedftalkeofagrayifhorouerwornegreenifh colour.-atthe topwhereof doth grow in 
the W inter time one floure and no more, like vnto that Angle one of the field : but in the Sommer 
time it bringeth forth a foft ruflet huske or hofe, wherein are contained many fmall flourcs,fome- 
timesfoureorfiue, and oftentimes more, very thicke thruft together, which maketh one. entire 
floure, feeming to be one of the common double Primrofes, whereas indeed it is one double floure 
made ofanumber of fmall Angle floures, neuerceafingtobearc floures Winter nor Sommer, as 
before is fpeCified. 
X Primula ueris maior. 
Field Cowflips. 
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2 Primula pratenjis inodor a lutea. 
Field Oxlips. 
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