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Show ~ The Garden of plea/ant Flowers. The Gardenofpleafant Flowers, thecolour of all but fhorter, and of a pale or gtayith greene colour, differing from an the other MedoweSatfrons : the roote is like the roote of the Englith or Hungari without any difference,butthat it groweth fomewhatgreater. It is one of the firft Mes dowe Saffrens that dower in the Autumne. 10.Colchicum variegatam alter. Anothet party coloured MedoweSaffron, There is another, whofe party coloured flowersrifea little higher,diuerfly fttiped and marked, witha deeper purplecolour , and. pale or whitifh bluth thtoughoutall 7. Colchicum Neapolitanumm Fritillaricum, the leaves of the flower. The checkerd MedoweSaffron of Naples, This checkerd MedoweSaffron ofNaples, is very like vnto the laft recited chee. kerd Saffron of Portugall, but that the floweris fomewhatlarger, yet fometimes very little, ornotatall : the greateft marke to diftinguifh them is , thatthe flowersof this are ofa deeper colour, and fo are the {pots on the flowerslikewife ; whichrarefo.con. {picuous, thatthey are difcerned a great way off, morelike vnto the flowers ofadeepe Fritillaria, then the former, and make a goodlier anda more glorious fhew: the leaug ofthis doerife vp early after the fowers, and arefomewhatlonger, ofa darker greene 11. Colchicum montanum Hifpanicam minus,T helittle Spanith Medowe Saffron. The flowersofthis little Medowe Saffron are narrower and fmallerthen any ofthe former, and ofa deeper reddith purple colour then either the Englifh or Hungarian kindes : the greene leauesalfo are{mallet thenany other, lyingon the ground, of a deepeor fad greenc colour,rifing vp within a while after the fowersare paft,and doe abide greeneall the Winter long : the rootcis fmalland long, according tothe reft of the plant,andlike in formeto the others. colour, yet bending to agrayifh colourasthe other, not lying fo neatly: or round, but F ftand vp one by another, being as it were folded together : neither of boththefe lat named checkerd Medowe Saftrons haue giuen any feede in this Countrey,that euer] * could learne or heare of, but are encreafed by theroote, which inthis is like the for. mer, but alittle bigger. 12, Colchicum montanum minws verfieolore flares The {mall party coloured MedoweSaffron. Thislittle kitide differeth not from the Spanifh kinde laft fet forth,butin the varie: tic of the flower, whichis as {mall as the former ,the three innerleaues being almoft all white, and the three outerleaues fome ofthempale or bluth, and fome Patty co- 8. Colchicum FritiBaricum Chien{e, Joured, witha little greene onthe backe offome ofthem. The checkerd Medowe Saffron of Chio orSio; Thismoft beautifull Saffron flowerrifeth vpwith his flowers in the Autumne, & the others before fpecified doe, although notoffo large fize, yet farre more pleafant and delightfull in the thicke, deepe blew,or purple coloured beautifull fjpotsthertin, which makeit excellall others whatfoeuer : the léauesrife vp‘in the Spring ; being {mallerthentheformer, forthe moft part three in number, and ofapalerotfret greene colour, lying clofe vpon the ground, broad atthe bottome, a little pointedat the end, and twiningorfolding themfelues in and outat the edges, as if they werein dented. I haue not feene any feede it hath borne: the rooteis like vnto the othersof thiskinde, but {mall and long, and notfo great: it fowreth later for the moft partthet any oftheother,euen notvntill Nouember, andis very hard to be preferued withis in that forthemoft partthe roote waxcthleffe and lefle cuery yeare; our cold-Countty being fo contrary vato his naturall, thatit will fcarce fhew his flower ;yet when t flowreth anything carly, thatit may haue any comfort of a watme Sunne., itistht gloricofall thefe kindes, “y 9. Colchicum verficolor, The party coloured Medowe l mot the other Autumne fortsare paft, exceptthe laft, whichare very lowe fearce rifing withtheir ftalkes three fingers breadth aboue the round, but oftenti mes halfehid within the ground : the leaues whereofare fiballet thorter Gad routider,thenin any@ the other beforefpecified, fone beittg altogether white , and others wholly ofavely pale purple,or flefh colour; and-fome againe parted, theone halfe of a leafe whit andthe otherhalfe ofthe fame purpleand fométim es {triped purpléandwhite, in de will leafe white, and the bottome purple,thus Varying as nature be themot part ofthe lift. that many times froft one roote may be feene to arife all thefe varieties before mentioned + thefe flowers dF ftand long beforethey fade and pafléaway; for [haue obferned in my Garden fomt that haue kepttheir flower faire yntill the beginning offantia of the Winterfrofts and fnowes hane made them hide their ry vatill che extremitl heads :the leaues thet fore accordingly doe rife vp after all other, and are of a brownifh or darke greene? aaa ticksp i ‘pringing ¥ whichafter grow tobeofa deepeeeene colour : ithe Is g uke theFn former“le ca Enelith fh ofof Hungariianan kincles ki 2! but thicker icher rand greater for she eo Lois This Phyficall MedoweSaffron {pringeth vp with his leaues in Autumne, before his flowers appeare beyond thenature ofall the former kindes, yet the flower doth, after they are vp,fhew it felfein the middle ofthe greeneleaues,confifting offix white Ieaues, with diuers chiues in the middle, and pafleth away withoutgiuing any feede thareuerI could obferue: the greette leaues abide all the Winter and Spring following, decaying about May, and ap peare notvntill Septemberswhen(as I faid) the flow: ers thew themfelues prefently after the leaues are {prung vp. 14. Colchicum atropurpureum. Tlic darke purple Medowe Saffron. Thegreateft difference in this kinde confifteth in the flower , which atthe firft ap- porte isaspalea purple, as the flower of the former Hungarian kinde : bur after it ath ftood in flowertwoor three dayes,it beginneth to change,and will aftera while Saffron, : The flowers ofthis Medowe Saffton moft vfually doe not appeare,’vntil uers leaues ofone and the fame flower sand againe, fome 13. Colchicuns Hermodaitilum. Phyficall Medowe Saffron. £0. Colcbicam becometobeeof a very deepe reddifh purple colour, as ‘alfothelittle foote-ftalke whereonit doth ftand ; the floweris ofthe bigneffe of the Hungarian purple, and fo is the greene leafe : the feede and rootcis likethe Englith purple kinde, 15. Colchicum atropurparcnm variegatum. Theparty coloured darke purple MedoweSaffron. Wehaueoflate gained another fortef thiskinde, differing chiefly in the fower, which is diuerfly {triped thorough euery leafe of the lower, with a paler purple cojour, whereby the floweris of great beauty : this might feemeto bee a degeneration from the former, yetit hath abiden conftant with me diuers yeares , andgiueth {eede as plentifully as the former. 16. Colchicumflore pleno. Double flowred MedoweSaffron. The double MedoweSaffronisin roote and leafe very like vnto the Englith kinde : the fowersareofa fine pale or delayed purplecotour, confifting of many leauesfet thicke together, which are fomewhat {maller,asinthe Englith flower, being narrow and long, and as it weré round atthe points, which makeavery double flower, hauing Oo ome |