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Show 118 . “THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF PLANTS. se The defcription. leaues ful of iuice. lor 1 orafle abe hen 5 : . oo oie sgshcln hath thicke se er - leat ¢ timely, flowreth that 3 Theyellow Tulipa and pleafane fining faire a grow doth whereof top the orgutter fashion, fet about a tender ftalke,at Bulbofeftalked Tulipa, voto the ftalke , contrarie to all the other kindes of Tulipa. 3 roote is Bulbus ot hllike an Onion, {mall leaues without finell, ‘The a yellow flower.confifting of fixe ae if ea” F 2 leaues, ftalkes, and roote like vito thepre hath later, fowreth that Tulipa kindeof fourth The ‘4 edgeswith red, The ofa skar Jetcolour, welted or bordered about the 8 Apple bloome Tulipa, L’Obeliusin his learned obferuations hath fet foorth manyotherforts, one he calleth Tuljpa Calesdonica, or the Turkie Tulipa, faying it is the leaft of the fmalkinds or dwarfe Tulipaes, whofe flower is of a fanguine red colour, vpona yellow ground, agreeing with the othersin roote, leafe and ftalke. 9 Hehathlikewifefet foorth another, his floweris like the Lillie in proportion, but in colourofa fine purple. 10 We mayalfo behold anotherfort altogither cedent.The flowers heerofbe in the fame whitenefle with red {pee middle partis like vntoa hart tending to whitenefle, fpotred —— « h andfin Seuiks ewie. i ugh flat,to cods, {quare edin contein kles orfpots.The feedis 5 Twlipa media fanguinea albisoris, 119 Tulipa bulbifera. ¥ 6 Tulipa fan rubentibm orn, ra Candida fuaue Bluth coloured Tulipa, greater than anyofthe reft,whofe flower is in colour of the {tone called _Amethiff, not vilike tothe fowers of Pzonie. 1x. Wehauclikewife another ofgreat beautie,and verie muchdefired ofall with white flowers d the backfide, with alight wath of watchetc 12 Thereisanother alfoin our London g a fhowwhite colour:; the edgesfleightlyw withalittle of that we call bluth colour. 13. We haue another like the forn his floweris ofa {traw colour. 14 Theteis anothertobefeene with a flower mixed withftrakes,-of red and yellowe, refembling a flambe offiré,:whereupon we haue called it Flam- bant. There belikewife fo many morediffering fo notablyin colour oftheir flowers,althoughin Jeaues, ftalke and rootes,for the moft part onelike another, thatas I faide before, to {peake of them feuerally, would require a peculiar volume, There bea fort greater than thereft , whichin forme arelikes the leauesw herof are thickelong, broade, now and then fomwhatfolded in the edges, in the middeft whereof doth rife vp a ftalkea foote high or fomthing higher , vpon whichftandethonely oneflowerbolt vptight , confifting offixe leaues,like after a fort to a deepe wide cup ofthis forme, véded. the bottome turned vpwatds,withthreds orchiues in the middle,ofthe colour offatfron, The colour ofthe flower is fomtimes yellow,oftentimes whitenow andthenasit were ofalight purple, and manytimes red: and in this thereis no finall varietie ofcolours: for the edges of the leaues, and oftentimes the nailes or lower part of the leaues are nowandthen otherwife colouredthanthe leaues themfelues & manie %& The deereption. 5 + fift fort ofTulipa,which isneither ofthe timely ones, nor of thelater flowring, fort,buto™ tatraiferbe! t _ ot foorth his moft beautifull dowres betweene both. Itagreeth with the la — leaues{talkes,tootes sand {eed but different in flowers. The flower confifteth ofOhin aeoa togither at the bottome, The middle of whichleates , are of a pleafant or an Pi. is {tripped confufedly withthe fame mixture whereinis the difference. ‘ fewhitt - ie ne edges be bordered withwhite, andthe bottome next vntoithe ftalke is likews I ne_ i porctiapling in colour the bloffomes ofan apple tree et? ne tixt hath le c ; (¢ ’ the"sformer, sine. SHE fov ‘aues, totes, ftalkes, and {eed like vnto : but muchgreater os i" Th point. owetsheereof are white datht about the brims or edges withiared or blufhicolo™ Betend Br foorth in his Pannonicke hiftorie a kinde of Taulipa , that bee ae: "- ein the bottome witha peftellin the middle, of an ouerworne ve + which fort there hapneth fome to haue yellowe flowets , agreeing wit the 0 before tou ched 5 but th ais brin geth foorth encreaf creaie { of root dDoLlom ec of hist© oote, in the th 2. times there doth runall along thefeftrakes fome othercolours. They haue no {mell at all which can be perceiued. The rootes of thefe are likewife bulbed or Onionfafhion. Euery ofthe whichfeueral- ly tofet foorth wouldtrouble the writer and wearythe Reader,fo that it fhall fitfice what hath been faide, as touching the defcriptionof Tulipaes. ‘ ae The place. Tulipa groweth wilde in Thracia, Cappadocia, Italie ; in Bizantia about Conftantinople, at Tripolis, and Alepoin Syria, from whence I haue receiuedplants for my garden, andlikewife Matter Garth a worthipfull gentleman, and Mafter James Garret apothecarie alfo for their gatdens, where theyflorith andincreafe,asin their ownenatiue countrey. % The time. Theyflower from the endof February vnto the beginning of Maie and fomwhat after: although Angerius Busbeguivsin his iourney to Conftantinople, {awe betweene Hadrianopolis and Conftantinople abundance of them in flower euery where , euen in the middeft of winter in the month of Januarie,which that warme andtemperate climate may feeme to petforme, H 4 % The |