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Show The Garden ofpleafant Flowers. iheGarden ofpleafant Flowers. CrowneImpcriall, but much{maller, befct from the bottome to | : Se many “i and natrow leaues, ofawhitiftror blewith greene: the toppeof colour, almoft like'to che leafe of a Tulipa : from the middle vpwards, to leaues atthe with it, about the ftalke, ftand many flowers one aboue another round ftemmicgrowing fromit. Theftalke is brownifh and roundat the bottome,and fome-__ times flarfronrthemiddttevpwards, three foote high or more, befer at certaine diftan= ees with rondles or circles ofmany broad leaues,largerand broader forthe mot Part than any orher ofthis kinde, and of a darke green colour: Ithath two orthree, and Foote ofeucry one ofthem , each whereof. is pendulous or hanging downe thehead, like ynto the Crowne Imperiall , and not turning vp any of the flowers againe, but {mallerthan in any other kindeofLilly, yea not {o bigge as the flower of a Fritiflaria, confitting offixe leaues a peece,ofa dead or ouerwornepurplifh colour, hauing inthe midftafinall long pointell , with certaine chives tipt with yellow pendents : afterthe flowers are paft (which abide openalongtime, and forthe moft part flower by de. res, the loweft firtt, and fo vpwards) if the weather be temperate, comefixe {quare headsorfeede veffels, feemingto be but three {quare, by reafon ofthe wings,very like fometimes foure ofthefe rondles or ‘¢ircles of leaues , and bare without any leafe betweene ; but abouctoward the topsof the ftalkes, it hath hereand there fomeleaues vponit, bac {mallcrthan any of the otherleaues: at thetoppeof theftalke come forth many flowers, fometimethree or foure fcore, thicke thruft, or confufedly fet together, and not thinae or{parfedly one aboue another, as intheleffer of thiskindeofMoun= caine Lilly. Ithath been fometimesalfo obferuedin this kinde, that it hath borne manie flowers at three feuerall {paces ofthe ftalke, one aboue another , which hath made a goodly fhew.; cach flower whereofis pendulous, hanging downe, and each leafe of the flower turning vpagaine, beingthicke or -flefy , ofa fine delayed purple colour, » {potted with manyblackifh orbrownithfpots, ofavery pleafant fweet fent,which mas tothe heads ofthe Crowne Imperiall, but fimaller and fhorter, wherein are contained {uch like flat feed, but {maller alfo, and of a darker colour. keth it the more acceptable: inthe middle of the flower hangeth downea ftile ot The Place. pointell, knobbedor buttoned at the end with fixe yellow chiues,tipt with loofe pendents of an Orient red or Vermillion colour, whichwill eafily fticke like duft vpon This was,as it is thought,firft brought from Perfia ynto Conftantindple, and fromthence, fentvnto vs by the meanes of diners Turkie Merchants,” and in efpeciall, by the procurement of M!. Nicholas Lete, aworthy Merchant, anda louerofallfaire flowers. The Time. the latter end ofApril, or beginning ofMay: the feed (when itdoth come to perfection, as it feldome doth) is not ripe vatill Iuly, The Names. It hath been fent by the name ofPensachio Perfiane , and wee’ thereupon doemoft vfually calli Lilivms Perficwm, The Perfian Lilly, Clafius faith it hath been fent into the Low-Countries vnder the namé of Sufam giul, and he thereuponthinkingit came from Sufisin.Perfia, called it Zilinus Sulfide ; Pt s The Vertues, Wee hauenet yet heard that this hath been refped, | 2 , WM sh i ty Phyft it * eoy ES i} AON OO Nl Hy Crap Illy = Martagon Imperiale, fine Liliags ‘Montena m IAI15 ee TheMartagon Impefiall. i OA nertslc, Theinp Filly hath afealy root <sbutior a palen yellow together, being fhortand {mal Oftentimes , in comp colour; clofely compact or {et arifon of the erie of the i a Martazonflore albo.. The White Martagon. Wehaue alfo fome other of this kind,thefirft wherofhath his ftalke Se-4eafe greenet than the former,the ftalke is a little higher,but not bearing fo thicke a head of flowers, although much more plentifullthan the teffer Mountaine Lilly, being altogether ot a fine white colour, withoutany fpots,or but very few,artd that but fometimes alfo : the pendentsin the middle ofthis fowerare notred, as the former, but yellow ; the roote ofthis, and of the other two that follow, ‘ar¢ of‘a pale yellow colour, thécloues or {cales ofthem beingbrittle, and nor clofely compact,yet fo asiftwo, and fometimes three fcales or cloues grew one vponthe head or ypperpart of another } ‘which diffe- ‘rence isa {peciall note to know thefe three kindes, from any other kinde ofMountaine Lilly,asin all old rootes that I hauefeene, T haue obferued, as alfo in thenithatare rea= fonably well growne,but in the youngrootesitisnot yet fo manifeft. Martagonflore aloo raacwlato, The White{potted Martagon. The fecondis likewvnto the firft inall'things, fauein this, that the flowershereof ate not altogetherfo white,and befides hath many teddith {pots onthe infide-efthe Jeaues ofthe flower, and the ftalke alfois norfo greene but brownith: Martagon lore caxneo. T bebluth Martagon. Ned r anum , or Lilium Silvefire , Tdo tig ehend only HS.) this ticle eeelinm Aont eagy ofLi e a ly \ ] tholekin(WessPe desofLillies, which carry diuers circles of pisc tiniesnats togethet at certaine diftances, round aboutthe ftalke, and notfjp arfedly asthe two for mer, and as other-kindésthat follow,doe. And alth ough there bee manyofthis fo: yet becaufe their chiefeff differenceis inthe colo them allin one Chapter, and begin with them ur of the flower, wee will contaif oft ftately ofthem all, becanfe ofth 3 pono : any thing that toucheth them: the heads orfeede veffels are {mall and round, with fmall edges about them, whereinis contained flat browne feede like other Lillies, bat leffer: The rootis very apt to encreafeorfet of, as wecallit,wherby the plant feldome commeth tofo great a head oflowers, but rifethvp withmanyftalkes, and then carry fewer flowers. ? Of this kindethereis fometimes one found, that beareth fowers without any {pots: 74artagon mperiale the leaues whereofand ftalke likewife are paler, but not elfe differing. flare nomprina It {pringeth out of the ground very nearea moneth before the Crowne Imperiall, but doth notflewertill it bee quite paft (thatis to fay) not vatill| nam, The Lilly of Sufis. ar ftemme A third fort there is of this kinde’, whofe flowers are wholly of adelayéd fleth colour, with many {pots oa the flowers,andthis isthe difference hereoffromehe former. Lilia Montanumfinefiluefire minuésFheleflerMountaine Lilly? The leffcr MountaineLilly is {6 like in root nto the greater thatis firftdefcribeds that itis hard to diftinguifh them afunderbur whenthis is {prungvpont of theground, whichisamoneth after the firft : it alfo carrieth his leaucs-itt rondles aboutthe ftalke, although not alrogéether fo ereat thor fo many: “The flowers are’morethinly fer onthe ftalkes one abouc another, with more diftance betweene each flowerthan the former, andare of ailittle deeper ficth colour or purple,{potted in the fame manner. The buds or ‘ élato, |