For,  in  their  convivial  Garlands,  they  had  refpecT:  unto  Plants  prevent
ing  drunkenneft,  or  difcuffing  the  exhalations  from  Wine ;  wherein,  be-
iide  Rofes,  taking  in  Ivy,  Vervain,  Melilote,  &c.  they  made  ufe  of  di
vers  of  fmall  Beauty  or  good  Odour.  The  folemn  feftival  Garlands  were
made  properly  unto  their  Gods,  and  accordingly  contrived  from  Plants
facred  unto  fuch  Deities  -,  and  their  facrificial  .ones  were  felefted  under
fuch  confiderations.  Their  Honorary  Crowns  triumphal ,  ovary,  civical,
obfidional,  had  little  of  Flowers  in  them :  and  their  funebrial  Garlands
had  little  of  beauty  in  them  befide  Rofes,  while  they  made  them  of  Myrtle,
Rofemary,  Apium,  .efr .  under  fymbolical  intimations  5  but  our  florid  and
purely  ornamental  Garlands,  delightful!  unto  fight  and  fmell,  nor  framed  ac
cording  to  myftical  and  fymbolical  confiderations,  are  of  more  free  eledlton,
and  fo  may  be  made  to  excell  thofe  of  the  Ancients ;  we  having  China,
India,  and  a  new  World  to  fupply  us,  befide  the  great  diftin&ion  of  Flowers
unknown  unto  Antiquity,  and  the  varieties  thereof  arifing  from  Art  and
Nature.
rBut,  befide  Vernal,  jfcftival  and  Autumnal  made  of  Flowers,  the  Anci
ents  had  alfo  Hyemal  Garlands 5  contenting  themfelves  at  firft  with  fuch
as  were  made  of  Horn  died  into  feveral  Colours,  and  fhaped  into  the
Figures  of  Flowers,  andalfoof*/£.f  Ccraw/wwor  Clinc^unst  or  Brafs  thinly
wrought  out  into  Leaves  commonly  known  among  us.  But  the  curiofity
of  fome  Emperours  for  fuch  intents  had  Rofes  brought  .from 'vfyyft  until!
they  had  found  the  art  to  produce  late  Rofes  in  Rome,  and  to  make  them
grow  in  the  Winter,  as  is  delivered  in  that  handfome  Epigram  of  " '

tlal.
'At  ttt  RmnaH*  juffusjam  cedert  Brunt*
Mitte  tuas  7nefles,  Aecife,  Nile,  Rofat.
