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Show THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE 152 HISTORIE OF PLANTS. & The time. illies. otherL the with ifh four and er flow They Ofthecrowne Imperial. Se % The names. and Martagonof Conftantinople; of The Lillie of Conftantinopleis called likewife innmEngl ntinum: ofthe Turks itis called Zp Biza Lili ile likew LObelius Hemerocallis Chalcidonica, and gre:oftheVenetians AMarocali. The nature and vertues. fet downe, butefteemed efpecially forthe Ofthe nature or vertues there is not anything as yet II Coroms Imperial, The crowne Imperiall. \ (h (hap.96. 12 Corona Imperialis,duplici corona. The double crowne Imperiall. i; of toa further confideration, beautic andrarenesofthe flower, referring what maybe gathered here Of the Perfian Lillie. Chap.9s. 10 Lilium Perficum, The PerfianLillie, S \/ a2 + The defeription. He Perfian Lilly hathfor his rootea great white bulbe, differing in fhapefromthe other Lillies , hauing one great bulbe firmeor folide, full of iuice, which commonlie ech yeere fettethoffor encreafethonc otherbulbe, and fomtime more; which the next yeereafteris taken fromthe mother roote, and fo bringethfoorthfich flowers asthe old plant did: fromthis roote rifeth vpafat, thicke, &{traightftem,oftwo cubits high, whereuponis placed long narrowleaues ofa greta colour , declining to blewneffe as doth thofe of woade. The flowers growe alongftthe naked patt ofthe ftalke, like little bels,ofan onerworne purple colour,hanging downe theirheads , cuerie one hae uing his ownefooteftalke of twoinches long,3 alfchis pointell or clapper from the middle pattof the flower ;whichbeing paft and withered,there's notfound anyfeede at all, as in otherplants, butis increafed onelyin his roote. %& Theplace. This Perfian Lillie groweth naturally in Perla and thofe places adiacent, whereofit tooke his name, andis nowemade bythe indutftrie of trauat % The defersption. He crowne Imperiall hath for his roote a thicke, firme, and folide bulbe, couered with a ycllowith filmeor skin : fromthe which rifeth vp a great thicke fat ftalke;two cubits high, in the bare ornaked part ofa darke ouerworneduftie purple colour.The leaues grow confufedly aboutthe ftalke,like thofe ofthe white Lillie, butnarrower. The flowers growat the top of the ftalke,compafling it round aboutin forme ofan Imperiall crowne, (whereofit tooke his name) hanging their heads downwardas it were bels:in colouritis yellowifh, or to giue youthe true colour , which by words otherwife cannotbe expreffed, ifyoulay fap berries infteepein faire water for the {pace oftwo houres, and mixealittle Saffron with that infufion, andlaie it ypon paper, it fheweth the perfec colourto limne,orillumine the flower withall. The backfide ofthe faid flower Jers into thofe countries, louers ofplants, aden zon in fome fewe ofour Londongardens. % The time. { This plant flowreth fromthe beginning ofMat, neg tothe end oflune. This Perfian Lillies called in is ftraked with purplith lines, which doth greatly fet forththe beautie therof. In the bottomeofech Latin Lidisom PerArcs74); ofthefe bels there is placed fixe drops of moft cleere fhining {weete water, intafte like fugar, refemblingin thewfaire orient pearles; the which dropsifyou take away, there doe immediatelyappeere thelike, as well in bignes as alfo in fweetenes: notwithftanding if they may be fuffered to » orbyfuchasout England,but whichof bothis v : B5Ol of thofe parts brought them) : ynto Rte Clufius with eaeSRR plone at his being in Conftantinople fene this plat waco Perfiano, cither by the “haart cagim,Lilies Sufianum,Pennacio P er fano,and i. ; Pennacio Perfiano? Pianta belli é ftande ftill in the Aower according to his owne nature,theywill neuer fall away, no.notif youftrike je di Giglio a in Englith,This moft nee ee see Perlial Imperia le: thatis A arHemeib i¢ or aceon diisin gon the flower called the crowne Imperiall. Boo at e nature and vertyes. PerfianLillie, efteemed asyt fot his oe oe aeelias se moana or vertues ofthis fafed totrauell fo many hundreds Jdsma ‘ neo esteorour acquaieplol;5iyahs : farhe:mil Bier in our Englithfie . beautie we haue acquaintance excellingit nic: {Cores of flowers in ae i f oj the plant,vntill it be broken: among thefe drops there ftandethout a certaine peftell,as alfo findrie {mall chiues , tipped with fmall pendents, like thofe of the Lillie. Aboue the whole flowers there groweth a tuft ofgreeneleaues like thofe vpontheftalks, but finaller. After the flowers be faded, there followe codsor feede veffels fixe fquare , infhapelike the wheeles of a Jacke to turne the fpit, orlike the nut ofactofle-bowe,whereinis coriteinedfat feedes,tough and limmer, of the ¢lour ofthe fpice called mace, The whole plant as well rootes as flowers do fauour or fmell verie loathfomly like the foxe, As the plant groweth old;{6 doth it waxe rich, briiging foortha crowne of |