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Show reecetetalSNcan E THE FIRST BOOKE OF TH 126 HISTORITE OIF TP-LIAN TS. the precedent, bualtoy. 3 Thefecond wilde Saffron,in leaues, rootes, and flowers, is like vntocor colour, violet r apurpleo of are fthis flowerso the d ther lefler;an Saffronsin 3 We haue likewife in our London gardens another fort, like -vnto the other wilde feeming.a fardf euery point,fauing that this hath flowers of amoft perfect fhining yellow colour, i : to beahot glowing cole of fite,which maketh the difference, I Co Ich Cun Ancliium Purpureum. D; ] e Englifh medowSaffron. it 127 2 Culchinwm Anglicun album.dyer , White Englith medowSaffron. fauing thatthi Theres found among Herbarifts anotherfore , not differing fromt he others, 4 hath white flowers contrarietoall thereft. violet colon 5 Louersofplants hauegotten into their gardens , onefort heereof with purple or red flowers, in other refpetts like the others. 6 Of thefewe haue another that flowreth in the fall of the'leafe with flowers like ynto thecon. mon Saffron, but deftitute of thofe chiues which yeeld the colour, finell, or tafte thatthe rightms nured Saffton hath, 7 There isallo another of Autumne wilde Safftonswith white flowers, whichfetceth forthe diftinGion. Many forts there arein oir gardens befides'thofe before fpecified , whieh I thonght needlesty entreat of,bicaule their vie is not great, %& Theplice. Allthefe wilde Saiftons we haue growingin our London gardens.Thofé which do flower in Av. tumnedo growvponcertaine craggyrocks in Portingale not fat ftom thefeafide, The otherhave beenfent ouer yntovs,fome outof Italy,and fomeout of Spaine, by the labor and diligenceoftha notable learned Herbarift Carolus Clufius, out of whofe obferuations , andpartly by{eeing themin our owne gardens we haue fet downe their defcriptions, ; Thatpleafant plant tharbringethforth yellowflowers, was fent vnto me from Robinas of Pe ris,that painfull and moft curiousfearcher ofSimples. % The time. They flower for themoft part in Ianuarie and Februarie, that ofthe mountaine excepted, which flowrethin September. % The names. All thefe Safftonsare vnprofitable, and therfore they be trucly id tobe C7 oci fylucstrex, 0t wil F Saffrons: in Englith fpring time Saffrons,andyernall Saffrons, % The temperature andvertues. Ofthe faculties ofthefe we haue nothing to fet downe, forthat as yerthere is noknowne vfec themin Phificke. : : OfMedow Saffron. (hap. 82. See ean: _ % The kindes. ¥ 48 € fundrie forts of medowe Saffrons differing very notablyas well in the coloutd aoe alfo in ftature and countrey, from whence they hadtheir being as phall 1 Bald Saatathh three ee icdoe ot fower veriea teae leaues rifing immediately, foorthof the ground, lowF ode,{mooth,fat, muchlike to the leanes of the white Lillie in forme and fmoothnelt in the middle whereof fpring vp three or fower thicke cods ofthe bignefle of a {mallwal ut ftar d 1 g vpon nut, poi fhor tte t nd ic t f Too} teft ¢ alks a] ee {c a re 5 ripe,f ull of feede fomthing tour eopither wich che alle tag ide, 0fa blackith red colour: y 1¢ op: t en £ then i i elu ¢c * and when this feede is ripe, theleat ( befofea leaues do appehiieeitc and fall away in September. The flowers do budfoorth flowers of Saffron tine? Poe Mort tender and whitith ftems , like in forme and colout ©z color.altogithet™ vellow pale of threds or chiues fmall middle the in sHauuing fit h tor meate or medicine, The rooteis round orb Lie ne, ee her fit on the onefide,haning a deepe clif ound or bulbus,(harperat the one endthen at the owe i timeelfe: itis Cobia PE clift orfurrow in the fame flat fide whenit Aowreth, and not at the downe vato it’ fendeth or filmes: certaine ftrings or Cie. Se He oueee Tooteit telfe is full fj ina a iuic iuicelowell like mei of white’ white fibftance , yeelding while ftiris greene and7nhevnew: ly dig igo ed out of folowing, which draweth water out ofthe mouth ‘ h. I isi tafte fweete a lite inca igutionol ee t mo The fecond kinde of meade Saffr e on1s like the precedent, differing onelyinthe 2colout ol the flowers, for that this fot th pla it dot 1 bring foc I white 2 true Hermodact Les, Vee; bur Info flowers which of fom e hatht c d 0. ing they ha ie ei Je comirn Itted the g; € ater erro r x colehicl® & Colchicum Pannonicumflorens Hungarier neade Saffron flowring. — AY ji —Wi\/ |