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Show The Gardén ofpleafant Flowers. or heads of flowers, infome ofthefe beforethey be blowne, are hoary white, or hairie, whereas in others, there is no.hoarineffe at all, but the buddes are fmooth and purplifh: in otherthingsthis differeth not from the former. Ofthis fort alfo thereis one that hath but few {potson the flowers, whofe colour is titivm mon fomewhat paler than the other. Martagon Canaden{é maculatum, The {potted Martagon ofCanada. Althoughthis ftrange Lilly hath not his flowers hanging downe, and turning ypiagain, asthe-formerkinds fet forthin-this Chapter; yet becaufethegreen leauesftand ae {cuerallioynts as they do, I muft needsinfertic here, not knowing where more fitly to place it. Ithathafmallfcaly roote, with maiyfmall long fibres thereat,from whence rifeth vp a reafonable greatftalke, almof as high as any ofthe former,bearing atthtee or fourediftances many long and narrow greeneleaues, but notfomany.orfo broad as the former, with diuersribbes inthem: from among the vppermoftrundle ofleanes breake forth foureor five flowers.together, enery one ftanding on.a long flenderfoore ftalke, being almoft as large as a red Lilly, but. little bending downewards, and ofa faire yellow colour, {potted on the infide with diners blackith purple {pots:orftrakes; hauing amiddlepointell,and fixe chiues,with pendents on them. The Places All thefe Lillies haue been found in the diuers Countries of Germany,as Auftria, Hungaria, Pannonia,Stiria,&c- and are allmade Denifonsin our London Gardens, wheretheyflouri(h as in their owne naturall places, The fa{t was was brought into France from Canada by the French Colonie,and from thence ynto vs. The Time. They flowerabout the laterend of Iune forthe moft part) yet the firft {pringeth out oftheground a moneth attheleaft before the other, whith are moft vfually in lower before it, like vnto the Serotine Tulipas, all of thembeing early vp , and neuerthe neere. The Names. The firft is vfually called Atertagon Imperiale, the Imperial] Martagon,; and is Lilinm Montasummains, the greateft Mountaine Lilly, forfo ir defer- ueth thename, becaufe of the number of flowers vpon'a head-or ftalke; Some hauecalled it Lilium Sarafenisum,and {ome Hemerocalis, bur neither ofthemdothfofitly agree vntoit. The fecond is Litiam Montanum mains flore albe, and of fome Martagon Imperiale flare albo, but moft vfually Adartagonflorealbo, the white Martagon. The fecond fort ofthis fecend kinde,is called Atartagonflore albo ma culate, the {potted white Martagon, Andthe third, A4ertagon flare carneo, 7 theblufh Martagon. Thethird kindeis called Lilium Montanum , the Mouttaine Lilly , and fome addethetitle minws,the leffer , toknow it more diftin@ly from theothers Somealfo Liliam Silwefire,as Clufius; and fome others , and of Mat thiolus A¢aztagen.Of diuers womenherein England,from the Dutch name, Lilly of Nazareth. ‘The laft hath his title Vdmnericanum G Canadenfé, and in, English accordingly. Sse, p01) ¥ Mart agee fore albe. The white Martagon, 2 Martagos fine Lilitims Canadenfe maculatum, The {petted Alagon) oF Lilly of G anada, 3 Martagon Pomponcum, T he Martagon Pompony;or early red Martagot : os CxrAe. lV3 |