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 172
... stand vpright , are shorter and more clofed together , then in other forts of Flowerdeluces ; the other three that fall downe , turne vp their ends a little , and those three , that in other Flowerdeluces doe couer them at the bottome , ...
... stand vpright , are shorter and more clofed together , then in other forts of Flowerdeluces ; the other three that fall downe , turne vp their ends a little , and those three , that in other Flowerdeluces doe couer them at the bottome , ...
Page 272
... stand in the fame manner feuerally vpon their fmall ftalkes , fomewhat more fparingly then the former doe , yet they haue no heeles or hernes , eyther inward or outward , or very feldome , but stand sometimes but with eight or tenne ...
... stand in the fame manner feuerally vpon their fmall ftalkes , fomewhat more fparingly then the former doe , yet they haue no heeles or hernes , eyther inward or outward , or very feldome , but stand sometimes but with eight or tenne ...
Page 406
... stand alwaies two together at the ioynts , being made of ma- nie fmall and pointed leaues , fet on each fide of a middle ribbe , fix moft vfually on both fides , with one at the end , which is larger , more pointed then any of the rest ...
... stand alwaies two together at the ioynts , being made of ma- nie fmall and pointed leaues , fet on each fide of a middle ribbe , fix moft vfually on both fides , with one at the end , which is larger , more pointed then any of the rest ...
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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