64 A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND 
of Vynys ”—“ Of settyng’ and sowyng’ of Sedys ”—“ Of 
sowyng' and settyng’ of Wurtys ”—“ Of the kynd of P er- 
selye ”—“ Of other maner Herbys ”—“ Of the kynde of Safer- 
owne.” This work is invaluable, as it gives incontrovertible 
evidence of the plants then actually to be found in an English 
garden, and the way in which they were cultivated, and is, of 
course, infinitely more worthy of belief on this subject than 
any translated work. The only other available sources of 
information on this point are the early cookery-books, in some 
of which the herbs suitable for a garden are enumerated. 
The following is a list of plant 
poem : 
Plants from “The 
Adderstong ( Ophioglossum ). 
Affodyli ( Narcissus Pseudo¬ 
narcissus). 
Auans ( Geum urhanum). 
Appyl [Pyrus Malus). 
Asche tre ( Fraxinus excelsior). 
Betony (Stachys Betonica). 
Borage ( Borrago officinalis). 
Bryswort [Beilis perennis). 
Buguit [Ajuga reptans). 
Byguit [Chrysanthemum sege- 
tum). 
Calamynte [Calamintha offici¬ 
nalis) . 
Camemyl [Anthemis nobilis). 
Carsyndylls [cress, and lily ?). 
Centory [Centaurea nigra, or 
Erythrcea Centaurium ?). 
Clarey [Salvia Sclarea). 
Comfery [Symphytum offici¬ 
nale) . 
Coryawnder [Coriandrum sati¬ 
vum). 
Cowslippe [Primula veris). 
mentioned in John Gardener’s 
Feate of Gardening.” 
Dytawnder [Lepidium lati- 
folium). 
Egrimoyne [Agrimonia Eupa- 
toria). 
Elysauwder [Smyrnium Olusa- 
trum). 
Feld wort [Gentiana). 
Floscampi [Lychnis). 
Foxglove [Digitalis purpurea). 
Fynel [Fceniculum vulgare). 
Garleke [Allium sativum). 
Gladyn [Iris). 
Gromel [Lithospermum offici¬ 
nale) . 
Growdyswyly [Senecio vul¬ 
garis) . 
Halsel tre [Corylus Avellena). 
Hawthorn [Cratcegus Oxyacan- 
tha). 
Henbane [Hyoscyamus niger). 
Herbe Ion [Hypericum perfo¬ 
ratum) . 
Herbe Robert [Geranium 
Robertianum). 
