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Show 150 FE. G THE FIRST BOOKEOOF! THE fet Therootes boilediin wine,faith Pliny, caufeth the cornes of che feere' to falhawaywithin ea daies,with remoouing the medicine vatillithavie wrought the effect, Being drunkeinhonied water, they driue outby fiege vnprofitableblood, eees Ofmountaine Lillies. Obap.93. $. Lilium montanwn minus; Small mountaineLillie, HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 151 ntinople, from whence theyare brought among or Greece , many daies iourneies beyond Confta gardens; and the curious Bafhaoess from Turkes the other bulbus plants for the garnifhing of ey. where they flourifh asin their nativue countr whence they haue beene brought to England r I haue not had ull , but the greate The fall fort [haue had many yeeres growing in my garden carie in London, oflate, giuen me by my louing friend matter James Garret apothe % Thetine. firchtime as the conimon whiteLilly doth,andfomtimes t flowera aine mount the of Thefe Lillies 4 fooner. x The names, nus, Lilium Saracenicum, receiuied by The great mountaine Lillie is called of Taber Monta Lili gen Imperiale: offome matter Garret aforefaid , fromLile in Flaunders by the name ALarta Saracenicum mds. um, andLilium [yluestre: of fome The finall mountaine Lillie is called in Latine Lilium montan ofeither, other plants properly thereis that ly,for thertru nei but gon; Hemerocallsofother A4azta + in lowe Dutch Liltkens van urtz @gltw called is t calledby the fame names. In high Dutchi Englifh mountaine Lillie. in : Caluarient in Spanith Lirio Amarillo: iw French Zys Sanwace 3 The nature and vertues. or vertues of thefe plants : notThere hath not been any thingleft in writing either ofthe nature yandbeautifull thape, hathnot withftanding we may deeme that Godwhich gaue themfuch feemel fwe leaueto the learned andinleft them without their peculiar vertues : the finding out whereo duftrious fearcher of nature. Thered Lilly of Conftantinople. 9 Lilium Bizantinwn. The red Lillie ofConftantinople. (hap.94.. % The Ses Hered Lillieof Conftantinople hath a yellowefcaly or cloued roote like ynto the mountainLilliebut greater: fromthe whichrifeth vp a faire fat ftalke a finger thick,ofa dark purplifh colour toward the top, which fom- times doe turne fromhis natural] roundnes into a flat forme, like as doth the great mountain Lilly: 4 Thegteatmountaine Lilliehath a vpon whichftalke do grow {undrie faire and moft beautiful flowers,in fhapelike thofe ofthe moun- atone tainLilly burofgreter beauty,feeming as it were roote, like vnto thofe ofred Lillie,yer to the age ofthe plant, whereof the middle ftalke commonly tt cloued bulbe or{caly : s lowe ofcolour aeseee in 3 ofthe greatnesof the plant: from the whichrifeth vp 4 ftalke, Seianaates cls tbat biddctundnes according fates do Growfaire c rs _ forme,as thofe ofthe white Lilly of Conftantinople. Vpo" thele greene colour,in roundels and {paces as the leaues ofwoot roofe,not vnlike to th is 38 ofwhite Lillie,but finaller at the top ofthe ftalkes. The Aowersbelm Nia fide ce Me mes be counted, verythick fet or thruft togither,ofan ouerworne hard:tolead,{potted | theleaft in g :to the purple,tend ) colourofred on the infide with many fal fpecks ofthe cololl of ruftie iron. , The whol pacientes ole flower dothturne itit felfe { bac i ; i beames ypon it, like vnto the Tulipa or Turkes ca —_ Pen mesntekna: ie i doth; from the middle whereof docome fo at nts: ie : o oe : ortl . ani floweris eas with {mall dangling pene hanging thereat, of the fame colour the ith, 8 The{ma mal| l mountaine i Lillie fei ke vnto he ie form ie 3 fe, ftalke and flowet: is very i eF in roote,leafe ring in thefe points,the whole plant is Ii eV! it a ' leffer te seep : _ sc 1¢ a fewer fl owers. er, the ftalke neuer leaueth, hissae rounde forme, an ai %&Theeee Thefe Lillies as Dioftorsdes wri rad . : and Antioch,a citie ofSyr# wildeiin Laodicea grow wilde doesoF hathlikewife bin foun in thiileesi vila s of Italy,& fch hot countries as do border vpo® sre framed ofred wax,tending to ared leade colour. Fromthe middle ofthe flower commeth foortha tenderpointell or peftell , and likewife many {mal chiues tipped with loofe and tottering pendants hanging thereat. The flower is of a reafonable pleafant fauoure. The leaues are confufedly fet aboutthe ftalkelike thofe ofthe white Lillie , but {maller. xx Theplace. This plant groweth wilde in the fieldes “and mountaines, many daiesiourneis beyonde Conftantinopole , whither itis brought by the poore pefants to be folde, forthe decking vp of gardens. Fromthence it was {ent among manyother bulbs of rare & daintie lowers, by mafter Harbrazam- baflador there, vnto my honorable good Lord and mafter,the Lord Treafarer of Englamd , who beftowed themvpon mefor my garden. ” K % The |