Paralysis flore pleno viridante.
THe double green Cowslip differeth from the last, in that the flow∣ers of this are of yellowish green colour, but as thick and double; and this is the rarest and most esteemed of all our English kinds.
Flora, seu, De florum cultura, or, A complete florilege, furnished with all requisites belonging to a florist by John Rea, Gent.
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- Title
- Flora, seu, De florum cultura, or, A complete florilege, furnished with all requisites belonging to a florist by John Rea, Gent.
- Author
- Rea, John, d. 1681.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by J.G. for Richard Marriott ...,
- 1665.
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- Subject terms
- Floriculture -- Early works to 1800.
- Gardening -- Early works to 1800.
- Fruit-culture -- Early works to 1800.
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Page 157
There are divers other sorts both of Primroses and Cowslips plan∣ted in some Gardens, as the double green Primrose, and another that hath the outer row of leaves green, with a small pale yellow flower in the midst, the single green Cowslip, the tufted Cowslip, the fanta∣stick Cowslip, or Jackanapes on horse back, the Cowslip with the jagged hose, and another with a large hose divided in five points, and purled about the edges with a small single yellow flower standing therein; all which I leave to those that delight in them, and pass to others of more esteem.