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Show Demanded 116 THE FIRST BOOKE OF THI HISTORIE OF PLANTS. % The names. { li,thedgy. x and Warciffielutens Polyanthos in Englit ple moult fies narci{ Pfeudo d calle s firfti The be ro bleyellow Daffodill or Warci//ws. men: in Englith yellowe Daffodil The commonfort are calledin Dutch Geet Sporckel bloc illy. ddwad ,and Daffo Daffodilly % The tcmperature. & The vertues imentof.fome of che later Phifitions, tha Aa Teuching the vertves heereofyitis foundout by exper geor ghand flegmarikeh, the decottionloftherdores of thisyellow Daffodilly doth purge byfie if therebey mors atidalfo waterith,andis goodfor them that arefull of raw chumors, efpecially fle of tk hardne ifh churl ct the corre will r, which to a little ahife feede atid ginge ded theré . working. ed withth rubb ed and bath nt be patie , ifthe palfie e the dothcur odils ed ofDaff B_ Thediftill water al and crtiltie frien dof mine,a man learn faid liquorbythe fireiIt hath beene prooued by an efpeci , {omtimes of Kings colledgein Can las Belfon r Nicho e, Mafte natur er of ntfearch dilige a and bridge, ; Of Tulipa or the Dalmatian cap. Italian Tulipa, don , hath yndertakento finde out ifit were poffible, the infinite forts by diligent fowing oftheir feedes,and byplanting thofe of his'owne propagation, and by others receiued from his friends be- yondthe feas, for the fpace of twentic yeeres not being yer able to attaine tothe end ofhis tratiaile, The temperature is refetted vito the kinds of wares. 1 Tulipa Bononienfis. 117 and Serotina, the one doth beare his flowers timely, theother later: to thefe two , we willaddea third fort called azeds2, flowring between both the others, And from thefe three forts , as from their heads,all other kinds do proceede,whichare almoft infinite in number. Notwithftanding my louing fieind Mafter James Garret, acuriousfearcher ofSimples,and learned Apothecarie in Lon- Chap.77- 2, Tulips Bolomienjis Xarbonitip. French Tulipa. for that each newyeere bringeth foorth newplants offundrie colours not before feene: all which to defcribe particularlie,were to roule Sifiphus {tone,ot number the fandes : fo that it fhall fuffice to {peak 8deferibe a few,refetring the reft to fom that meane towfite of Ta/paaparticulat volume. The defcription. et He Twlipa of Bolonia hathfat, thicke, andgroffeleanes, hollow, forrowed or channeled, bendinga little backward,& as it were folded togither: whichat their firft coming vp,feem to be ofa reddifh colour, and being throughly growen, tumeinto a whitifh greene.In the midftof thofe leaues rife vp a nakedfatftalk a footehigh,or fomthing more:onthe top wherofftandeth one or twoyellow flowers, fometime three,or more,confifting offixe finall leaues, after a fort like to a deepe wide opencup, narrow aboue, and wide inthe bortome. After it hath beene fome fewe daies dowred , the points andbrims of the flower turne backward, like a Dalmatian or Turkes cap,called Tulipan, Tolepan, Turban, and Turfan, whereofit tookehisname, The chiues or threads in the middle ofthe flowers,be fomtimeyellow,otherwhiles blackithor purplith, but commonly of one ouerworne colourorother, Nature feemingto plaice morewiththis flower, than anyother that I do know.This floweris ofa reafonable pleafant finell , and the other ofhis kindehauelittle, or no fnellacall. The feed is flat, finooth,fhining, andofagriftly fubftance, The roote is Bulbofe, and ike toa common Onionof Saint Thomas. 2 TheFrench Talipa agreeth with the former , except in the blacke bottome whichthis hath in the middle of the flower,andis notfo fweete in fmell,whichfetteth foorththe difference. 4 Tulipa Coccinesferotina. 3 Tulipapracoxtotalutea. Late flowring Tulipa. Timely dowring Tulipa. aes. —'pa,or - Dalmatian cap,isa % The kindes, ie ftr ang anid forraine flower, one ofthe number of rie owers,whereofthere be fundri oe r painefull Herbarifts defire = forts, fome Steater, fome leffer , with which all : poe braue flowers whichit beareth 5 Ofteeaeaineed sbicdnfe of that excellent diuerfitie® S this there be two chie fe and generall kindes; vide i iefe i i |