Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
887 
Lib. 1 . 
Chap. y.6. Of Ladies Lower jor Virgins Lower. 
•^The Defcription, 
I T'Hat which io^c/dcfcribcth by the name Clematis peregrin*, hath very long and (lender 
. (talks like the Vine, which are iointed.of adarke colour ; it climeth aloft, and takerh hold 
with his crooked clafpersvpon euery thing that ftandeth neere vnto it • it hath manyleanes diui- 
ded into diuers parts ; among which come the floures that hang vpon (lender foot-ftalkes, forae- 
thinglike to thofe ofPeruinckIe,confi(tingonely of foure leanes,of a bleiv colour,and fometimes 
purple, with certaine threds in the middle : the feeds be flat, plaine, and fharpe pointed. The roots 
are (lender, and fpreading all about. 
I 2 Clematis peregrina Carulea,five rttlra. £ 3 Clematis Csrttlea flortplcno. 
Blew or red floured Ladies-bower. Double floured Virgins-bovvcr. 
C Ytpicc0bx> 
* The feconddiffereth not from .the other,in leaues, ftalkes, hranches nor feed. The one Iy 
difference confifteth in that, that this plant bringeth forth red floures, and the otherblcvv. 
•t- 3 There is preferued alfo in fome Gardens another fort of this Clematis ^ which in rootes, 
leaues, branches, and manner ofgrovving differs not from the former: but thefloure is much diffe- 
rent,being compofed of abundance of longifh narrow leaues, growing thicke together, with foure 
broaderor larger leaues lying vnder,or bearing them vp,and thefe leaues are ofa darke blewifh pur- 
ple coloM.Cliifius calls this Clematis altera florepleno. ^ 
m The Place. 
Thefe plants delight to grow in Sunnie places : they profper better in a Fruitful! foile than in 
barren. They grow in my garden, where drey flourifh exceedingly. 
«f The Time. 
They floure in Iuly and Auguft,and perfect their feed in September. 
The Names. 
Ladies Bower is called in Greeke *»«■*: in Latine, LsSmiuxum : in Engiifh you may call it La-' 
dies 
