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Show za | The Garden of pleasant Flowers. The Gardenof pleasant Flowers, e ringed Daffodill, 1. Narei{fies medio purparens precoxe The early purpl long gtayith greene leaiics , fomewhat narrowe| i : which rifeth vp alon n yeneal seaek Daffodill , among toppe one flower, and * a¢ the aa hollow ftalke(as all other Daffodils haue) bearing c hiréleaues,tanding clofe together aboutthe ftalke of made feldometwo, aeSat itdaihe rather bee calleda crowne: for it ftandeth the cup is ycllow, and fo fetothe middle andvery openat the brimmes, citcled with a reddifh or pure Siolouedtine having certaine chives inthemiddlc ofitalfe. Thefimell hereofis| very fweete, excecding many other. 2. Narcijfie mediopurpurensferetinus. Thelate purple ringed Daffodill. Daffodill are alwayes broader thenthe formerearly one, and is loneoeENtae as broad: thetioter is very likethe former , being lg andhis leaues ftanding clofeonetotthefide of another; the ring likewife that compat feth the yellow coronet, is fometimes of a palerreddith purple, and ceciadFt deepeated as the former: fo thatiediffereth not in ary other materiall point, ‘; chat it fowreth nor vatill the other\is paftand gone. Thefentofthis is like the for mer, theroote hereofis greater, as wellas the leafeand flower. 3. Narci(/ns medioparpareut maximus, here isanother kinde, whofe:flower (as well as leaues and rootes)is larger thet Byotherofthis Kindé, which onely maketh ita diftin fort from the other: it flow reth alfo with the laterfortofthefe purple ringed Daffodils. ll. The whole flower is ofan vnpleafantfent : After the floweri s paft, comevptheleaucs, fometimes before Winter, but moft vitally. after the deepe of Winter is paft with vs, in the beginning ofthe yeare, re broad, long, andof ¢ pale greene colour, likethe leaues of other Daffodils’,whicha but not greene as the Autuinne Daffodillis, and befides they or baftard Sea Daffodils doe. doéa little twine themfelues,as fome of the Pancratinns ; This Daffodilhath his leaucsalittle narrower and greener then the formerfort the flower alfo ofthis hathhisfixe white leauesnot fo broad, but Narrower, and {e ming longer then they, not clofing together,butftand ig apart one from another, king it {eemelikeawhite ftarre sit hath alfoa yellow coronetinthe middle, circl about with purple, like the former, This doth {mell nothingfo fweeteas the firft,bi yet hath a goodfent. The Place. Thevfirft, third,and fourth of thefe Daffodils, haue alwayes beene({et vs from Conftantinopleamong other bulbous rootes, fo that wee knows! furtheroftheir naturalliplaces. The fecond groweth in many’ places of Europe, both ia Germat) RN il / The Time; The greater Autumne Daffodill rifeth v p with threeo Ieauesat the firft, but afterwards grow longer, ofa very rfoure faire broad and thort deepe‘ordatke greene colour: inthe middle ofwhich rifeth vp fhort,ftiffe; round footeftalke,bearing onefaire yellow flower onthe head thereof(inclofed at the fitft ir'at hinne skinne, or huske) and confifteth of fix: leaues as the former, with certaine chines in the middleasall or moft other Daffodils haue, which paffeth away witho ut fhew although vader the Headthereisa little greene knot, whicofany feed, or head fot feed; h peraduenture would bearé feede, ifour fharpe Winte Narciffas Autamiaalis minor, The leffet Aatumne of Winter Daffodill: The Names. Thecarly and ftarre Daffodils, hate beenfent vs by the Turkifh name? Deuebohini, and Serincade. Buttheir hame s,th ey have receiuedfince, to endenizond with ys, are fet downein their feuerall titles. Nsreiffas Perfiews, ThePerfian Daffodil . This Perfian Daffodill differeth from all other kindes of Daffodils more like ynto the Perfian Daffodill, then ynto thé fotme I doe finde thatit doth in the fame fort, asthe greate il! , is r greater Authimne kind; bat r kinde, and the flowersa while after : the ower ofthis is leffer rifevp with his leaues firft, flower ofthe greater kinde, but confiftingin like fort of » and little paler then the pointed ; the greene leaues alfo arealmoft ofas deepe fix leaues, narrow and fharpe a green kinde, but fmaller and narrower, andalittle hollow inthe e colour, as the greater alike, but leffer , and couered witha blackith skinne’as middle. The rooteis alfo times borne blacke round feede in three {quaré heads, the former. This hath fome! The Place, The Perfian Daffodil hath beene fent fornetimes , but've mongother rootes from Conftantinople, andit is proba ry feldomie, dz ble by thename wherebyit wasfent, thatit fhould naturally grow in Perfia. The other two haue likewifebeene fent ftom Conftantin ople, and asic is thought, grow in Thracia, or thereabouts. The Time. Thefirft fowreth yéryearly in March,¢uen with the firft Daffodils. TH fecond,third, and fourth, aboutamonethafter, ta in his manne’ grows ; Nariffies Autumalis maior, The greater Autumneor Winter Daffodill, Clufius fetteth downe, that the manherof the flowr ing of this leffer Daffod 4. NaPciffia mediaparpurensflelaris, The ftarry purple ringed Daffodill. By vpa naked fooreftalke , bearing one pale yellow flower, breaking through athinne skinne, whichfirft enclofedit,: compofed of fix leaites, the ittle larger then the reft, inthe middle of the flower. there arethree outctmott being 4 fix {mall chives; anda longerpointe rs did not hinder it, The rooteis gtcatand round, couered ouer with ablackifhskinne orcoate. Thegreat white purpleringed Daffodil, France, and Ttaly, as Clufius hath noted. in: growing,foric never hath leaues and flowers at onetime togeth er, wherein it is like ynto a Colchicum, yetimroote and leafe it isa Daffod ill. onthe outfide, fomewhatlike thereote ofthe Autumne The roote is alitvie blackith Daffodill, from whence rifeth Theyall doe flower much about one time,that is, about the éndofSep. tember, and inO@ober, The Names. _ The firthath been fent by the namcofSerincade Perfia ma, and thereupon The othertwo haue been thought by diuers'to be Colch ica,andfo hiaue is called Nerciffss Perfiews, The Perfian Daffodill: they: called them, ypon ne other ground, but thatc heir flower is in forme and time fomewhatlike Colchicum, whenas if they had marked them better, they mightplainly difcerne , tatin all other things they did refemble Daffodils ; but now the nantes of Colehiswmn lukénrn tohis t: mitess,is te G3 oft, 2 - |