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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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creation of the ininde which is taken hereby, cannot be but very good and honed : for they admo- 
nifh and dir vp a man to that which is comely and honedTor floures through their beaurie, variety 
of colour, and cxquifiteforme.dobringtoa liberalland gentle manly minde,the remembrance of 
honcftie,comelincfle,and all kindes of vertues. For it would be an vnfeemely and filthie thingfas 
a certaine wife man fairh)for him that doth looke vponand handle faire and beautifull rhino- sand 
who frequenteth and is conuerfant in faire and beautifull places, to haue his minde not faire "but 
filthie and deformed . 
The Vcfcripion. 
i -j-Heblacke or purple Violet doth forthwith bring from the root many leaues, broad 
1 fleightly indented in the edges, rounder than the leaues of Iuie: among the nnd ft wher- 
of fpring vp fine (lender ftems.and vpon euerieone a beautifull floure fweetly fmelling , of a blew 
darkifh purple,confifting of flue little leaues, the lowed: whereof is thegreaced ; and after them doe 
appeare little hanging cups or knaps, which; when they be ripe,do open and diuide themfelues in- 
to three parts. The feed is fmall,long, and fomewhat round withall. Therootconfidethof many 
threddie firings. 
2 The white garden V iolet hath many miike white flouresjn forme and figure like the prece- 
denc : the colour of whofe floures efpecially letteth forth the difference. 
3 The double garden violet hath leaues, creeping branches.and roots like the garden Angle vi- 
olet ■ differing in that, that this fort of Violet bringeth forth mod beautifull fw’eet double floures, 
and the other (ingle. 
4 The white double Violet likevvife agreeth with the other of his kinde,and only differeth in 
the colour . For as the lad defer ibed bringeth double blew or purple flouresxontrariwife this plant 
beareth double white floures, which maketh the difference. 
5 The yellow Violet is by nature one of the wilde Violets, for it groweth feldome anywhere 
but vpon mod high and eiaggie mountains, from whence it hath bin diners times brought into the 
garden, but it can hardly be brought toculture,orgrowin the garden without great indudrie. And 
by the relation of a Gentleman often remembred , called M '.Thomas Hesketh , who found it 
growing 
