The Names.

They all generally are called Armerius, or Armeria, as some doe write, and distinguished as they are in their titles: Yet some haue called them Vetonica agrestis, and others Herba Tunica, Scarlatea, & Caryophyllus siluestris: Wee doe in English in most places, call the first or narrower leafed kindes, Sweet Iohns, and all the rest Sweete Williams; yet in some places they call the broader leafed kindes that are not spotted, Tolmeiners, and London tufts: but the speckled kinde is termed by our English Gentlewomen, for the most part, London pride.

The Vertues.

We haue not knowne any of these vsed in Physicke.


Chap. LXXII.
Bellis. Daisie.

There be diuers sorts of Daisies, both great and small, both single and double, both wilde growing abroade in the fieldes, and elsewhere, and manured growing only in Gardens: of all which I intend not to entreate, but of those that are of most beautie and respect, and leaue the rest to their proper place.

1Armerius angustifolius simplex. Single sweete Iohns.
2Armerius angustifolius multiplex. Double sweet Iohns.
3Armerius latifolius simplex. Single sweete Williams.
4Armerius latifolius versicolor. Spotted sweet Williams or pride of London.
5Armerius latifolius multiplex. Double sweet Williams.
6Bellis hortensis minor multiplex. Double Garden Daisies.
7Bellis minor hortensis flore vario. Double red Daisies stript.
8Bellis minor hortensis prolifera. Double fruitfull Daisies or Iacke an Apes on horsebacke.
9Bellis cærulea siue Globularia. Double blew Daisies or blew Globeflower.
10Bellis lutea montana siue Globularia lutea montana. Double yellow Daisies or yellow Globeflower.