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Show N E D R A G THE PLEASANT FLOWERS. ——— Cuap. I. Corena Imperiala, The Crowne Imperiall, Ecaufe the Lilly is the more ftately flower among ma- 4a, nié :.and amongft the wonderfull varietie of Lillics, kaowne to vs inthefe daies, much more thed informer (59 times, whereof fomeare white, others bluth, fome purZ\\\ Ple, others fed dr yellow, fome {potted , others without fpots , fome ftanding vptight, others hanging or turning downewards; The Crowne Imperiall for his ftatcly beautifulnefs,deferucth the firft placein this our Garden ofdelight, tobe here entreated ofbefore all o- ther Lillies : but becaufcit is fo well knowne to moft perfons, being in a manner eucry wherecommea,I fhall neede oncly to giue youa relation of the chiefe parts thetcof(asl intend in fuch other things) which are thefe: The rooteis yellowith on the outfide, compofed offewer; But muchthicker {cales, then any other Lilly bucthe Perfian, and doth grow fometimes to beas great asa pretty bigge childes head, but fomewhat flat withall, from the fides whereof, and not fromthe bottome,it fhoorerkt forth thicke longfibfes, Whichperifh euery yeare , haning a hole inthe midft thereof; atthe end ofthe yeare, whenthe old ftalke is dry and withered , and ont of the which a newftalke doth {pring againe(froma bud or head to be {een withinthe hollowneff e Onthe onefide) the yeare following : theftalke then filling vp the hollowneffe Vp three or foure Foote high, being great, rouitid > andofa purplith colourat ,rifeth tome,but greene aboue,befer from thenceto the middle thereof with many the bore long and broad greene leanes, very like to the leaues ofour ordinary white Lilly, but fomewhac fhottet and narrower, confukedly without order, and fromthe middleis bare or na-, ked without leaues, fora certaine fjpace vpwards, andthen bearethfoure, fixe, ortenne, flowers, moreor leffe, according to theage ofthe plant, andthe of the foyle where it groweth : The buddes arthe firit appearing arewhitifh,fertility ftanding vpright a mong bufh or tuft of greene leanes, fmaller then thofe below, andftandin the flowers, after a while they turne themfelites, and hang downeward g aboue scucric one vpon his owne footeftalke, round aboutthe great ftemmeorftalke, fometimes of an cuen depth, and other while one loweror higherthan another , which neare the forme ofan ordinary Lilly, yet fomewhat leffer and clofer, flowersare confifting o£ fixe leaues ofan Orange colour, {triped with purplith lines and yeines, whichadde B great grace to the flowers : At the bowome ofthe fowernext vnto the ftglke ; et C¢ a iCASG |