Caryophilli Sylvestres.
PInks are of many sorts, and little esteem, they only serve to set the sides of borders in spacious Gardens, and some of them for posies, mixed with the buds of Damask Roses; most of them are single, and there are some that bear double flowers, the best those which are called the feathered Pinks; they have broad leaves, deeply cut in, and jagged at the edges, whereof there is white, light red, and bright purple, and some with a deeper or paler purple spot in the middle; the best of these are, the feathered Pink of Austria, and that with the large deep purple spot in the bottom, the common single Pinks are not worth mentioning; for those with double flowers, whereof some are white, others pale red, or purple, are common things not regarded; the Granado Pink is a small Gilliflower of that kind, and belongeth not to these, neither do any of those that rise from the seeds of Gilliflowers, with single flowers.
The Pinks flower with Roses in June, and every ordinary Gardiner knows how to plant and dispose them, as also that vulgar Plant cal∣led Thrift, whereof there is a bigger kind that beareth many flowers on a head like the common one, but flowering by degrees, so that it