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berries as are in other Rofes, but are blacke when they are ripe and not redTwith white feedes lyin°bTfl"od^T 
oNowrie as others doe. ' s 
6 . Ro/afylfejlrds AafflridiiaprepbemceH. The VermillionRofe of Auftrie 
' The younger branches ofthis Rofe are (lender and reddifh, the elder brownifh gray, fet with divers chorees 
but not very thickc great or fharpe: the leaves are fomewhat larger then thofe of. the (ingle yellow Rofe el ft 
not much unlike : the flowers are Angle andas large as of that yellow Rofe whereof I take it to bee a fbecils but 
differing in colour for this is of an excellent Orenge tawny colour,with an eye of Vermillion caft oyet lc and of a 
paler yellow on the outftde,afcer which luccecdc the fraite. 
7 - Pfflapumila rubra Auftnaca. The Angle dwarfe red Rofe of Austria. 
This dwarfe Role groweth hot mnch above halfe a yard high, with (lender greene ftemmes, fet with few or 
no thomes below, but furnilhed up higher with many, having wbitifli greene leaves upon them like the ordina¬ 
ry red Rofe and grayifh underneath five or fev^n fet together uponaftalke : atthe toppes of the branches come 
forth very great bearded brakes, wherein ftand large flowers made of five leaves a pcece, fomewhat Iw cct red 
a: the firft hue decaying with handing, growing much more pale before they fall away, with yellow threads in 
the middle, after which come the fruit which are red as the others but greater then any of thofe before declared' 
formed iomewhat more like unto a peare then others. ’ 
_.. . „ f PimpineUnfive Tomifera minor. The fmall Burnet Rofe or Pimpincll Rofe 
fd u°T ,7 ft S ab ? v 5 a foo « hi § b being of two forts,whereof the one hath but few them* on 
the ftalkes,and the other full of fmall thornes (both which are oftentimes found in one ground, but the tbnrnv 
more frequent) fet with long winged ftalkes■ of leaves, being many fmall round greeniih leaves fet one aeainft 
another upon the ftalke finely dented about the edges, feeming like unto a Burnet leafe fortheformeand^um- 
ber fet together-.the flowers are fingle fmall and white without any fent, afterwhich come fmall round heads 
but blacke when they are ripe full of feede as mother Rofes. s 
9 . R°f* pumila campejiris alt a. The Dwarfe fingle white Rofe 
This is one of the fmalleft Rofes fcarfe riling a foote above ground, being fet with fmall thornes and le-wesao 
?rn P °r n n fth u P lant: *e wildneffe of the kind, the flowers are white and fmall givine 
heads and feede like the reft: the roote creepeth about more then others. ^ ^ 
-re- TO r rR Pp , f«"T l ‘xpumilafineJpina. The fingle Dwarfe Rofe without thornes. 
This Dwarfe Role alfo groweth very low, even almoft upon the ground with greene ftalkes without anv 
thorm thereon, fet with (mall winged leaves, fo fmall that they feeme foarfe to be leaves of a Rofe : the flower 
is fmall and of a pale reddifh colour and fingle, in fome places very fweete,and in others little or nothin" flowrin"' 
alfo m fome places both in the Spring and Autumnc. lynownng 
7 'be place . 
The two firft grow in the hedges ofour Land every where almoft,yet the fecond not fo frequent as the fir ft • the 
third came from CHafiavy : the fourth from Virginia : the lift from Germany in fundry places : the fi x fand ft! 
venth from Gafina ■the eight is found in divers places ofour ownc Land both in barren heathy ground' and bv 
rZt uponPi/frr hUlAe^ °“ ™ ° f ^ “““ am °" § ,he *’* w ’ “ d the la « ™are ™t° ZyensZ 
The Time, 
RofiTdoe thefcR ° fes floWer earbcr 'hen others, for fome come in others not untill lane when other 
. > The Names, 
- „ pF v ^ fc '/r al ! ed m r ,rcekcRh ° ion 1«°dUr g am odors, effluvium emittat, from the great fweetneffe the-e- 
“ w/t.faith, 1in Latine E»/4 J Theophrajim and Pliny hive very diligently obferved the fevcralidiffcren- 
f , nd V3 T' C u ln thcir Tbeopbraftm ; n generall termes and in the number of the leaves, fome few fome 
r ny ^f thethf ,' rne V n tllc c ° ,our aild fent, and Plinj by fcverall names, yet not expreffing all their colours 
vbich divers amliors formerly have appropriated to thofe Rofes were extant with them : but if 1 (hall undertake 
tktaske to (hew their correlpondencieyvith ours herein,as I fball endcavourin declaring my opinion to (hew 
rl 1. hkeheft and agree with them in fome of them, fo I (hall (how free from errour I leave to others to feanne) 
^nfrom^mmotliersiourhrftbccaufe 1 intend to make Pliny my author to comment upon I thinkeirfie 
to fet downe the text of Plmy m order as it lyeth U. a i .cap 4 . The Romans(faith he)have in greateft account the 
P enejhm and Campana, fome haveadded unto them the Milt fa which hath the reddeft colbur not evtedinea 
ozen leaves, next hereunto is the Trachynia not fo red, then the AUbandic* more vile or of leffe eftcemc with 
hit'fii leaves: ihetneaneft {vdiffmafedut alijlegsnt utilijjimx) with very many but very fmall, even the final. 
r^| leaves is Sp-neo/a, there is a kind thereofcalled Cent,felt*, anda little after he faith there is alfo one that wee 
i and . tbe Gracious Lychnis growing but in moift places never having above five leaves, of the bicneVe 
the Violet without any fent; another is called tyiecula ,with leaves as it were clofed or alwayes ready to o"cn 
topeneth not unlefle it be pulled open having the broadeft leaves: Another hatha Mallow-like (lemme^nd 
-aves like the Ohve tree, called Mofchcnton, among thefc is thatwhich beareth in Autumneof a middle fize 
ailed CoroneoU ; all are without fent favethe Conneola and that which groweth on a Bramble,Thus farre Phm 
vow let us fee how aptly other authors have fitted the Rofes of thefe times unto thofe of "Pliny, and firft for the 
r IS g 7 ne ^ y' aken ' obeourD::niaskcRofe > yet Lugdunenfis faith it fathered Rofe, among which 
isth eMilefia, which as hec and Corner anus fay the French call Rofe do Previns. The Campana is generaflv held 
ai,h>h g ^ Wll ' teROre - T^^-^g^nerallyheid robe the heft redRofe, the deepe colourthat fi/f 
cjn A h t *’ , b , e K s e tr !“ no “,“ kn °w it by, and IS called by many in Germany Roja fflna as C«mera r i w (aid, b/- 
-.ufe it keepeth both colour and fent beft when it is dryed, whereof ashee faith there is both fineleanddnihi 
some take °ur VeluetRofeto^ it; firft becaufe the colour is deepe 
■eederh a dozen leaves. The Trachoma in our pale red Rofe which Luadunenfis . faith the Trench call Rofe Jr 
mse, but Cameras inhono faith it is a purple Rofe of a deepe or blackilh red colour^ with a pale viofe{ ofeu'r 
!xt Germans he faith call it Kolrefen, and differeth little from the CMilefia bur that it is grea- 
■s he J y 10 de l PC 3 ( Cd C 1 ° Ur f Camer ‘ ,ri « ! alotteth unto it cannot agree unto Pliny his TracbynU which 
■ he faith is minus rubens of a paler red colour, and therefore I thinke it is the worfer fort of our red Rofe, whole 
colour 
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