Tribe 
Lthougn I have fee forth in my former booke many forts of Foxgloves, being all of them pretty 
ornaments to a Garden that is kept for delight, yet there is one remaining to bee fpoken of} 
being commonly knowne to grow wilde in our land, in every countrey almofl:, fo thac it is 
not thought worthy a place in our Gardens (although in other countries beyond the Seas, where 
it is not fo familiar,it is as greatly defired as any other with us, that is common with them} but I 
thinke not amide to expred'e the names of them 1 have formerly fet forth, that fo you may fee all 
the forts in one place -.Digitalis max'maferrnginex,X)\m coloured Foxgloves, Digitalis major flore cameo, Blufli 
coloured Foxgloves. Dieita/is media fiore lute o rubente , Orengetauny Foxgloves. Digitalis major alba. The grea¬ 
ter White Foxglove .Digitalis alba altera,feu minor, The lelfer white Foxglove. Digitalis major lutea flore ample; 
The greater yellow Foxglove,, whofe figure I give you herewith the common : and ‘Digitalis minor lutea, five 
pallida. The fmall pale yellow Foxglove. 
Dioitalispttrpttreavulgaris. Common purple Foxglove. 
This common Foxglove hath many long and broad leaves lying upon the ground, dentedabout theedges, a 
little foft or woolly, and of akindof hoary greene colour, among which rife up iundry flalkes fometimes, and 
but one very often, bearing fuch leaves thereon, from the bottome to the middle; from whence to the top it 
is ftored with large and long hollow reddifh pulple flowers, a little more long and eminent at the lower edge, 
i with fome white fpots within them one above another with fmall greene leaves at every one, but all of them 
• turning their heads one way,and hanging downewards, having fome threds alio in the middle, from whence 
I!rife round heads,pointed fiiarpc at the ends,wherin fmall brownefeede lyeth : therootes arc many fmall huskie 
i fibres,and fome greater firings among them; the flower hath no fent, but the leaves have a bitter hot tafle. 
The T lace. 
It groweth in dry fandy grounds for the mod part,and as well on the higher as lo wer places under hedge Gdesj 
in every country alrfioft of this Land,; 
The Time\ 
Itflowreth feldome before l0^,and the feede is ripe in Auguft. 
The tiames. 
It was not knowne unto any of the ancient Greek or Latin writers,for it hath fcarfe attained a Latin name other 
then Digitalis from the hollow forme of the flowers,which are like finger ftalles: Some have taken it to bee a 
kinde of Verbafcum, Cafalp'mw calleth it Virga regia major fore pttrpureo, Alifma alfo and Damafoniam, and 
Fifitslapafloris. Tragus calleth it Campanula [jtveflris,flore pssrpssreo, mi flore lateo : Columna taketh it to bee the 
Fpkemsritm olDio/iorides,mdDalechampim upon P/«yt»kethit to bee CaUthdma ViolaPlinij, as I fayd be= 
