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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 126 Lis. Lise. 3 The third kind of Daffodil with the pnrplering orcircle inthe middle,hath many fmall nar. rowleaues, veryflat, crookedly bending toward the tap, among which tiferh P a eke: bare ftalke, at whofe top doth pr: faireandpleafant floure,like vnto thofe before defcribed,but tet. sad fer, and floureth fooner, wherein confifteth the difference. + Thereisalfoanother fomewhat leffe, and flouring fomewhat earlier than the latt defcribed, Thisinroots,leaues,andftalkes differeth verylittle fromthe laft mentioned kindes ; butit 4 beares manyfloures vpon oneftalke,the out-leaues beinglike the former, white, but thefcup or ring in the middle ofa fatfron colour, withdiuers yellow threds conta ined therein, 5 Tothefemay beadded another mentioned byC/xjius, which disfers fromthe fe onely'in the Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. 127 bringeth forth manyfloures vpon oneftalk,and the other fewer,and notof fo perfeda fweet fmel, but more offenfiue andftuffing the head. Ithath this addition,Polyamthos,that is,ofmanyfloutes, wherein efpecially confifteth the difference. 9 ThelItalian Daffodill is very like the former, thewhich to diftinguith inwords, that they may be knowneonefrom another,is impoffible. Their floures, leaues, and roots are like, fauing that the floures ofthis are fweeter and more in number, 25 Narciffus luncifolinspracox: Ruth Daffodill, or Junquilia. 16 Narciffus Iuncifolius [erotinue. Late fouring Ruth Dafodill. floures. for this hathfloures confifting of fix large leaues fairely fpread abroad, within which are otherfix leaues notfo largeas the former, and then manyother little Jeaués mixed with throds commingforth ofthe middle. Nowthere are purple welts which runne betweenethefirft and {e- cond ranke of leaues,in the floure, and fo inthe reff. This floures in May ; and iit is Narcifies pleno flore quintus, of Clufius. + Narciffvs florcpleno, medio verficolore.. £ 13 banewith a diuers coloured Ge Daffodill ' Double middle. ; 14 Narciffus totes albus. Milke white Daffodilf. to The doublewhite Daffodill of Conftantinoplewasfent into England vnto the right ho- nourable the Lord Treafurrer,among other bulbedfloures : whofe roots when they were planted in our Londongardens, did bring forth beautifull floures,very white and double, with fome yellow neffe mixed inthe middle leaues,pleafantandfeetin fmell , but fince that time we neuer could byanyinduftrie or manuring bring them vnto flouring againe. Sothat it fhould appeare, when they were difcharged ofthat birth or burthen which they had begottenin their owne country,and notfinding that matter, foile, or clymate to beget morefloures, they remaine euer fince barren 6 This late flouring Daffodil] hath manyfat thicke leaues,full ofjuice,among the which ti- feth vp anaked ftalke,on the top whereofgrowetha faire white floure,hauing inthe middlea ring oryellowcircle. The feed groweth inknobbyfeed veffels. The rootis bulbous ‘or Onionfathion- It flourethlater than the others before defcribed,thar is tofay, in Aprilland May. 7 Thefeuenthkinde of Daffodil] is that fort of Narci([ag or Primerofe peeteleffe that is moft commonin our conntrey gardens, generally knowne euery where. It hath long fat and rhicke leaues,full ofa flimiejuice ; among which rifeth vp a bare thicke ftalke, hollow within and full ofjuice. The floure groweth at the top, ofa yellowith white colour, with a yellow crowne orcii- cleinthemiddle; and floureth in the moneth of A prill,and fometimes fooner, The root is bul- bousfafhion. ; 8 Theeighth Daffodil! hath many‘broad andthickeleaues, fat and full ofjuice, hollow and fpongeous. Theftalkes, floures, and rootsare like the former,and differeth in thar,that rhis ae bringet and fruitleffe. Befides, we found by experience, that thofe plantswhich in Autumnedid fhoor forth leaues, did bring forth no flotires at all ; and the others that appeared not vntill the Spring, did flourith and beare their floures, The ftalks,leanes, androotsare like vnto the other kindes of Daffodils. It is called ofthe Turks, Ginl Catamerlale, That is,Narcif[us with double floures. Notwithftanding we hauereceiued ftom beyond thé feas, as well from the Low Countries, as alfo from France, anotherfort of gteater beautie, which from yeare to yeare doth yeeld forth moft pleafant double floures, and great encreafe ofroots,very likeas well in ftalkes as other parts o the plant, vato the other forts of Daffodils. ‘Itdiffererh onely in the floures,which are very dou- bleand thicke thrutt together,as are the flourés ofour double Primrofe, hauing in the middle of the floure fomefew chiues or welts ofa briglic purple colour,and the other mixed with yellow as aforefaid. ¢ x11 Thisalfowith double white floutes, which Clufius fets forth in the fixth place, is of the famekinde with the laf deferibed ; but it beares but one or two floures vpona ftalke, whereas- the other hath many. 12 This, whichis Clufius his Narcéffusflorepleno z. is in roots, leaues, and ftalkesverylike the La precedent; |