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Show The Garden ofpleafant Flowers. rey The Garden ofpleafant Flowers, . ; Narci/fus Cyprins flore pleno luteo polyanthos 87 The Place. : The a yellow Daffodil ofCyprus. long asthe former, the ftalke's broad and The leaues of this Daffodi ll are almoftasflowers on thetop, euery onevery double, e foureorfiu ing ear e,b mor high and afoot The root ofthis is alfo like the and ofafine paleyellow colour, of aftrong heady fent. former. This bulbous plant was broughtvs from Virginia, where they grow aboundantly ; but they hardly thriue and abide in our Gardens to beare flowers. The Time, Itflowreth in May, and {eldome before. The Place. Toh The firft ofthefe Daffodils, was firft brought into England by M’. of Cam: de Franqueuillethe elder, who gathered it in his owne Countrey bray, where it groweth wilde,from whofe fonne,M!?.lohn de Franqueuille nowliuing, we all haue had it. The reft haue come from Conftantiaoplea feucralltimes and the laft is thought to come from Cyprus. Wee haueit credibly affirmed alfo, that itgroweth in Barbary about Fez and Argiers Someofthe double white kindes grow in Candy , andabout Aleppoalf, ° The Names. The Indiansin Virginia do call it ¢tamufco, fome among ‘vs docalli¢ Lilionarci{[us Virginianus,ofthelikerieffe of the flower toa Lilly, and the leaues and rootetoa Daffodill. Weefor breuity doecall it Narcif/us Virgimens, that is, The Daffodill ofVirginia, or elfe you may callit according ta the former Latine name, The Lilly Daffodill of Virginia, which youwill ; for both names may ferue well to expreffe the plant. Narciffus anguflifelias albidas pracox oblonge calice. The Time. The Turkic kindes doe for the moft part all flower early, in the end of March,or beginning of Aprill atthe furtheft, and the farft double, about y the middleor endofAprill. The Names. Allthefe Daffodils , exceptthe firft, haue had diversTurkith names vpon the packets, wherein they haue been fent, butthereis finall regard certainty to be expected from them ;for thatthe nameSerincade, withot any moreaddition, which isa fingle Daffodill , hath beene impofed vp0t that parcell of rootes, that haue borne moft of them double flowers ofdi uers forts ; andthe nameSerincade Catamer lale, which fignifieth a doubt flowred Daffodil, hath had manyfingle white flowers, with yellowcup and fome whofe flowers haue been wholly white, cuppe andall, andfont purple ringed, and doublealfoamong them. Their names, wherebythd are knowneand called with vs,are,asfirly as may be,impofed intheirtitle! And this I hope fhall fuffice,to haue {poken ofthefe forts ofDaffodils, Hauing finithed the difcourfe ofthe formerfort ofbroad leafed Daffodils,it is fitt Theearly white narrow leafed Daffodili with along cup. This Daffodill hath three or fourenarrow, long, and very greene leaues, afoote long for the moft part : the ftalke rifeth not vpfo highas the leaues, whereon ftandeth one flower, not altogether fo great as the late flowring Daffodill, witha long cuppe, defcribed before amongthe broad leafed ones , which confifteth offix pale coloured leaues, not pure white, but hauing a wath oflight yellow among the white : the cuppe in the middleis round and long, yetnot fo long asto bee accounted a baftard Daftodill, within which isa middle pointell, compaffed with fixchiues , hauing yellow mealy pendents. ThePlace. This Daffodill groweth with the otherforts ofbroad leafed ones,on the Pyrenzan Mountaines, from whence they haue beene brought ynto vs, to furnith our Gardens. The Time. Itflowreth carly , a moneth before the other forts of the fame fafhion, thatis, inthe beginning of March, ifthe timebemilde, whichthe other before fpoken ofdoe not, proceedetothenext, which are. 4agnitifelios Narciffos , thole Daffodils that hat narrowleaues, and firft to fet downethofe that beare {ingle fowers , whetheroned! many flowers vpona ftalke,and then thofe that beate double flowers in the fame mit" ner. ; \ The Names. Ic hathnoothernamethat I know,then is expreffed in thetitle, Nareiffies Virginews. The Virginia Daffodill, 2. Narciffus mediocroceus temuifolinsThe {mall Daffodil witha Saffron crown. This plant Ithoughtficteftto place herein thebeginning ofthis c/4/sis, not findit§ This {mall Daffodill hath foure or. fiue narrow leaues about {panne long, among which rifeth vp a ftalke fome nine inches high , bearing at.che toppe one {mall white flower, madeoffix leaues, witha {mall yellow cup in the middle, fhadowed onerat the brimmes with a Saffron colour : the rooteis {mall, round,andlittle long withall, where better to fhroudir. Ithathtwoer threelong, and very harrow leahes as greett as the leaues of the great Lencoinm bulbe/ym, and fhining withall which grow fomt times reddith, efpeciallyat the edges; the ftalke Hfeth vp afpanne high, bearing 0% flower and no moreon thehhead thereof, ftanding vpright like a littleLilly Tuliph madeoffix leaues, wholly: white, both,within and Without,except thatat theorbottott next tothe ftalke, and a little on the backfide ofthethtce outer leaues it hatha fm dath or thew ofa reddith purple colour :.it hathinthe middle a few Chives ftandits about a {mall head pointed ; which head growethto bee {mall and long , containiss {mall blackifh fat feede : the rooteis {mall, lon d i j th outfide, and white on the infide, zinc ie nila rene “ Th couered with a blackith skinne or coate. 3. Narcif[us mininias mediopurparews. The leat purple ringed Daffodil. Thislittle Daffodil! hath fmall narrow leaues, fhorter by much then any ofthe pur- ple ringed Daffodils, before defcribed : the ftalke and flower keepe an equall propor- tionto thereft ofthe plant, being informe and colour of the flower, like a the H2 tarre |