A Garden of Pleasant FlowersComplete republication of first (1629) great book on England Elizabethan and Jacobean gardens. Remarkably accurate and delightful account describes nearly 1,000 flowers, herbs, vegetables and fruit trees. Includes over 800 woodcuts, Latin and familiar plant names, physical description and indication of plant origins, and much more. |
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Page 118
... laft , by the name of Hyacinthus Pennatus , and Hyacinthus Calamiftratus , when as others fent the laft by the name Pennatus , and the o- ther by the name of Calamiftratus ; but I thinke the name Cincinnatus is more fit and proper for ...
... laft , by the name of Hyacinthus Pennatus , and Hyacinthus Calamiftratus , when as others fent the laft by the name Pennatus , and the o- ther by the name of Calamiftratus ; but I thinke the name Cincinnatus is more fit and proper for ...
Page 147
... laft in forme of leaues and branches , and differeth in this , that his leaues are marked with fome spots , and the flowers are of a blush or flesh colour , in all other things alike . 4. fphodelus minimus albus . The leaft white ...
... laft in forme of leaues and branches , and differeth in this , that his leaues are marked with fome spots , and the flowers are of a blush or flesh colour , in all other things alike . 4. fphodelus minimus albus . The leaft white ...
Page 207
... laft double Anemone , but not altogether fo large : the flower confifteth of smaller leaues , of colour very neare vnto the laft double Orenge coloured Anemone , but more thicke of leaues , and as double as the first , although not fo ...
... laft double Anemone , but not altogether fo large : the flower confifteth of smaller leaues , of colour very neare vnto the laft double Orenge coloured Anemone , but more thicke of leaues , and as double as the first , although not fo ...
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abide aboue alfo almoſt alſo Anemone beareth bearing becauſe bigneffe blew branches called CHAP Clufius confifting couered Crocus Crowfoote Daffodill diuers diuided doth double double flowers edges Engliſh euery faid fame feede feene felfe fent feuerall fhall fhew fide fingle firft firſt fiue flore Flowerdeluce flowers flowreth fmall fome fometimes fomewhat fomewhat like vnto former forts fpotted fpread ftalke ftand fuch fweete Garden Gilloflowers giue giuen graft greene colour greene leaues grow groweth hath haue hauing head herbes Iacinth ioynts kinde laft laſt leafe leffe leffer likewife Lilly middle moft moſt muſt Narciffus neuer outfide pale places plant pleaſant pointell purple reaſonable reddish reft rife rifeth vp ripe Rofe roote round ſmall ſmaller ſome ſpots ſtalke ſtanding ſtocke Sunne ſweete thefe themfelues theſe thofe thoſe toppe tree Tulipa Vertues vfed vfually vnder vntill vnto vpon vrine vſe whereof whitish yellow