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Rofa Anglica alba. The English white Rose. The white Rose is of two kindes, the one more thicke and double then the other : The one riseth up in fome shadowie places, unto eight or ten foote high, with a stocke of a great bignesse for a Rose. The other growing seldome higher then a Damaske Rose. Some doe judge both these to be but one kinde, the diversitie happening by the ayre, or ground, or both. Both these Rofes have somewhat smaller and whiter greene leaves then in many other Roses, sive moft usually set on a stalke, and more white underneath, as also a whiter greene barke, armed with sharpe thornes or prickles, whereby they are soone known from other Roses, although the one not so easily from the other : the flowers in the one are whitish, with an eye or sliew of a blush, especially towards the ground or bottome of the flower, very thicke double, and close set together, and for the most part not opening it selfe so largely and fully as eyther the Red or Damaske Rose. The other more white, lesse thicke and double, and opening it selfe more, and some so little double as but of two or three rowes, that they might be held to be single, yet all of little or no smell at all. To describe you all the severall parts of the Rose, as the bud, the beards, the threds &c. were needlesse, they are so conversant in every ones hand, that I shall not neede but to touch the moft speciall parts of the varieties of them, and leave a more exact relation of all things incident unto them, unto a generall worke.

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Rosea Chrystallina. The Chrystall Rose. This Rose is very like unto the last described [York and Lancaster], both for stocke, branch and leafe : the flower hereof is not much different from it, being no great large or double Rose, but of a meane size, striped and marked with a deeper blush or red, upon the pale coloured leafe, that it seemeth in the marking and beauty thereof, to bee of as much delight as the Chrystall Gilloflower : this, even like the former, soone fadeth and passeth away, not yeelding any great store of flowers any yeare.

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Rofa Provincialis sive Hollandica Damascena. [Rosa Provincialis or Hollandica Damascena] The great double Damaske Province or Holland Rose. This Rose (that some call Centifolia Batavica incarnata) hath his barke of a reddish or browne colour, whereby it is soone discerned from other Roses. The leaves are likewise more reddish then in others, and somewhat larger, it usually groweth very like the Damaske rose, and much to the same height : the flowers or roses are of the same deepe blush colour that the damaske roses are, or rather somewhat deeper, but much thicker, broader, and more double, or fuller of leaves by three parts almost, the outer leaves turning themfelves backe, when the flower hath stood long blowne, the middle part it selfe (which in all other roses almost have some yellow threds in them to be seene) being folded hard with small leaves, without any yellow almost at all to be seene, the sent whereof commeth neerest unto the damaske rose, but yet is short of it by much, howsoever many doe thinke it as good as the damask, and to that end I have known fome Gentlewomen have caused all their damaske stockes to bee grafted with province Roses, hoping to have as good water, and more store of them then of damask Roses; but in my opinion it is not of halfe so good a sent as the water of damaske Roses: let every one follow their own fancie.

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The Damaske Province Rose, is not onely for sent nearest of all other Roses unto the Damaske, but in the operation of solubility also.

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...the Damaske Rose (besides the superexcellent sweete water it yeeldeth being distilled, or the perfume of the leaves being dryed, serving to fill sweete bags) serveth to cause solublenesse of the body, made into a Syrupe, or preserved with Sugar moist or dry candid.

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Rosa Cinamomea simplex & multiplex. The Cinamon Rose single and double. .....of a pale red colour, like unto the double kinde, which is in shootes redder, and in all other things like unto the single, but bearing small, short, thicke and double Roses, somewhat like unto the Rose without thornes, but a little lesser, of a paler red colour at the end of the leaves, and somewhat redder and brighter toward the middle of them, with many yellow short thrumes ; the small sent of Cinamon that is found in the flowers hath caused it to beare the name.

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Rosa Moschata simplex & multiplex The Muske Rose single and double. The Muske Rofe both single and double, rise up oftentimes to a very great height, that it overgroweth any arbour in a Garden, or being set by an house side, to bee ten or twelve foote high, or more, but more especially the single kinde, with many green farre spread branches, armed with a few sharpe great thornes, as the wilder sorts of Roses are, whereof these are accounted to be kindes, having small darke greene leaves on them, not much bigger then the leaves of Eglantine : the flowers come forth at the toppes of the branches, many together as it were in an umbell or tuft, which for the most part doe flower all at a time, or not long one after another, every one (landing on a pretty long stalke, and are of a pale whitish or creame colour, both the single and the double ; ..... and the double bearing more double flowers, as if they were once or twice more double then the single, with yellow thrummes also in the middle, both of them of a very sweete and pleasing smell, resembling Muske : some there be that have avouched, that the chiefest sent of these Rofes consisteth not in the leaves, but in the threads of the flowers.

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Rofa Holoserica simplex & multiplex. The Velvet Rose single and double. The old stemme or stock of the velvet Rose is covered with a dark coloured barke, and the young shootes of a sad greene with very few or no thornes at all upon them : the leaves are of a sadder greene colour then in most sorts of Roses, and very often seven on a stalke, many of the rest having but five : the Rose is eyther single or double : ... the double hath two rowes of leaves, the one large, which are outermost, the other smaller within, of a very deepe red crimson colour like unto crimson velvet, with many yellow threds also in the middle ; and yet for all the double rowe of leaves, these Roses stand but like single flowers : but there is another double kinde that is more double then this last, consisting oftentimes of sixteene leaves or more in a flower, and most of them of an equall bignesse, of the colour of the first single rose of this kinde, or somewhat fresher ; but all of them of a smaller sent then the ordinary red Rose.

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The white Rose is much used for the cooling of heate in the eyes : divers doe make an excellent yellow colour of the juyce of white Roses, wherein some Allome is dissolued, to paint or colour flowers or pictures, or any other such things.

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Some againe in Turkie, as the double yellow Rose, which first was procured to be brought into England, by Master Nicholas Lete, a worthy Merchant of London, and a great lover of flowers, from Constantinople, which (as wee heare) was first brought thither from Syria ; but perished quickly both with him, and with all other to whom hee imparted it : yet afterwards it was sent to Master lohn de Franqueville, a Merchant also of London, and a great lover of all rare plants, as well as flowers, from which is sprung the greatest store, that is now flourishing in this Kingdome.