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Show = ee The Garden of pleafant Flowers. esasoiealy grownfansine on chcroppeotaroondyncakeg te eS ee ee argeyang the leanes of white ilies, butt norfo: and {hoitfoote-italke; fontewhat like haue becnvp fk mre me on two orthre inthe middeft oftlrefeleaues;afierthey vof theI aucsypon pw vicke, cee loofeskiany heads , ftanding inthe midd}c t fond cere nfeede, that lycasit fralkes 2 andbeing Tipe, contein¢ inthen dry:, may bee hear torattleb¢ing flraken; were foofethereitns and whentlie head is a thicke blackifh skinne or coat c, ‘beuing with d the roote is white within, but couere an hollowneffe alfoon one fide thereof at the bottome longer thea-the other, with the peor and from rife s flower the the onefide of that long eminence, where is faftened in the fhootitig downefrom thence a number of white fibres y wherebyit ground : the greene leaues afterwardsrifing from the top or head of theroote, 3. Colchicum Anglicum parparenm.The purple Englifh Medowe Saffron, but only inth srhete igho difference at all in this Medowe Saffron from the former, fo in thisthey former, the in white colour ofthe flowers,which as they were wholly in, are ofadelayedpurple colour, with a {mall fhew ofveinesthere 3. Colchicuns Pisbaniteas dbiim. Thewhite Hungaty MedoweSaffron, The'greatelt differerice in this Colchicum from the former Englith whiteone,is,tha it is larger bothin rodte,leafe, and flower,and befides, hath more ftore of flowersto gether, and continuitg longerin beauty, without fading fo fooneas the former, ati are alfo fomewhatofa fairer white celour. 4,Colchicam Pansonitum purpareum.The purple Hungary Medowe Saffron. This purple MedoweSaffronis fomiewhatlike vnto the white ofthis kinde,butth it beareth notfo plentifully as the white, nor doth the roote grow fo great ; buttit flowers arein a manner as largeas they, and ofthe like pale delayed purple colo, fomewhatdeeper , as is inthe purpleEnglith, with fome veines or markes ypontit flowers, making fome fhew of achecker onthe out fide, but not fo confpicuons, sit thetrue checkerd kindes. Weehaue a kinde hereofis party coloured with whit ftreakes and edges, which abide conftant , and hath been raifed fromthe feede oft former. 5 Colchicum Byzantinun. MedoweSaffron ofConftantinople. This Medowe Saffron of Conftantinople hath his leaues fo broad andlarge ; thi hardly could any chat neuer faw it before, iudgeitto be aCalshicum, for they aremutl larger then any Lillyleaues, and of adarke greene colour : the flowersare correlpot dent tothe leaues, larger and more in numberthenin any ofthe formerpurple kindes ofthe famecolour withthe laft purple kinde, but of a little deeper purple ontheit fide, with divers markes running through the flowers, like vntoit, or vnto checkets but yet fomewhat more apparantly : theroote is inthe middle greater and round! then theothers, with alonger eminence, whereby it may cafily beeknownefrom il otherforts, 6.Colchicuis Lafitanicum Fritilaricums, The checkerd MedoweSaffron of Portugal, The flowers ofthis MedoweSaffron are larger and longer then the fowersofithe the Englith or Hungarian, and almoft as largeasthe laft betore mentioned,and of famecolour, but alittle deepet., the {pots and markes wheteof are fomewhat most eafie to be {eenecuen fare off, like vito the owerofaFritillaria, from whence! tookehis fignificatiue name: the leaues of this Medowe Saffron doerife vp font then in any otherofthe Autumnekindes ; for they are alwayes vp before Winter, are foureor fine in number, fhort ratherthen long, broad belowe, and pointed at! , etd, candléd or hollowjand ftanding round abouethe ground, one encompa nga of i Othe at the bottome, like thegreat Spanifh Starre lacinth, eaiiad the Tacinth : ve ‘ ih : ¥ -Colcbicuie Pannonicum.The Hungarian Medaw Safftoa. ‘1 Colchicum Byzantium. Medowe Saffron ofConftantinople. Colchi= Frit: Uaticun. The 3checkerd Neapolixanums 4 .Calcbicum tum Lufitanicum Frisillaricum. The checkerd Mcdowe Saffron of Portugall Here Saffro of Chioos Sio. 6 Colchicum Here ip: Medawe owe Saffron Medowe Saffronof Naples. g Colchicum Fritibarisum Chien{e. rf Fhe checiggrd wiodaftylsrs, PhyGeall Medows Safftots |