The Description.
1 The double purple Pinke hath manie grassie leaves set upon small joynted stalkes by couples, one opposite against another, whereupon doe grow pleasant double purple floures, of a most fragrant smell, not inferior to the Clove Gillofloure: the root is smal & woody.
There be divers other sorts of Pinks, whereof to write particularly were to small purpose, considering they are all well known to the most, if not to all.
The Place.
These kindes of Pinkes do grow for the most part in gardens, and likewise many other sorts, the which were over long to write of particulary. Those that be wilde do grow upon mountaines, stony rockes, and desert places.
The Vertues.
These are not used in Physicke, but esteemed for their use in Garlands and Nosegaies.