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Show Tbe Garden of pleafant Flowers. Tbe Gardéinofpleafant Flowers. fixe chives tipt with yellow pendents, and athree- forked ftile or pointell compaffing a - greene head, which when the flower is pat , rifeth vpright againe, and becommeth the feede veffell , being fomewhat long andround, yet hauinga {mall thew of edgesy flat atthe head, like the head of a Lilly, and without any crowne as the Tulipa hath, wherein is contained pale coloured flat {eede,like vnco a Lilly, but fmaller. Frititaizew- ~ Thereis fomevariety to be feencin this lower; forin fomethe colour is paler, ang ~ nee in othersagaine of a very . : high or deepecolour:fometimes n alfo they haueeight leaves) ACOs whines and fometimesten or twelue, as iftwo flowers were made one, which fomethereupon haue called a Double Fritillaria. Some ofthem likewife doe flower very car] Y, cuch with or before the carly flowring Tulipas ; and fome againe flowernotvatill amoncth or moreatter the former. but an accidentalkindethercof, whereas it is (asis faid beforeyheld co bee conftant; oR 13 O44 4 no continuing inthis manner, 6, Fritibariaflore lutedpare. The pure yellow Fritillarig” °° The pure yellow Fiitillariahath whitith i ath a more round, and; notfoflat'a ; ae: rooteas the formerkindes, and ofa ificane bigneffe ; fromthe middle rifeth vp ftalke'a Foote and: ahalfehigh; and foméetimes higher; whereon are fet without order diners long and fomewhatbroad leaues ofa whitifh greenecolour, like vatothe leaves of the blacke Fritillaria, but not abouc halfe fo broad : the floweris fomewhatfall and long; ioe much vnliketo the blackéfor fhape'and fafhion’, but that the leaues are fmallerand 2. Pritilariafloreatrorubente. The bloudted Fritillaria. Theroote ofthis Fritillariais fomewhat rounder and cloferthen the former, fromy whence the ftalke rifethvp, being thorter and lower thenin any other of thefe kindes, hauing one or two leaues thereon, and atthe top thereof two orthree more fet clofer together,which are broader, fhorter, and whiter then any ofthem before, almoft like vntothe leaues ofthe yellow Fritillaria, from among which toppe leaucscommeth forth the flower, fomewhat bending downe, orrather ftanding forth, being larget then any of the former, and almoft equallin bigneffe vnto the yellow Fritillaria, of4 duskie gray colour all oueron theoutfide,and of a very darke red colour on the infide, diuerfly {potted or ftraked : this very hardly encreaf-th bytheroote, andas feldome lv tipe {eede, but flowreth with theother firft forts, and before the blacke, anda ideth leffe time in fower then any. rounderpointed,ofa faint yellowith colour, without any thew offpots or checkers atall, eyther within or without the flower, having fome chiues andyellow pendents in the middle,as isto be feene in all ofthem : the feedeis like the firft kinde, 7+ Fritilleriafore lutes variefinepanéhato, Thi checkerd yellow Fritillaria? ThisFritillaria groweth not much lowes then the former , and brownifhat the ric fing vp, hauing his leaues whiter, broader, and fhorter then it; and almoft round poins’ ted. The floweris greater, and larger {pread then any other before,offaire:pale yelJowcolour, {potted in very good order, with fine fmall checkers, which addea wonderfull pleafing beauty thereunto: it hath alfofomelifts of greene running downe the backe ofeuery leafe. Ir feldomegiueth feede; the rootealfo is like the other, but not fo flat. 8.Fritilleria lates maxima Italics, The great yellow Italian Fritillaria! Thiskinde of Fritillaria rifeth vp with a round and brownegreeneftalke, whereon 3. Pritillaria maxima purpores fiserebra, Thegreat purple or red Fritillariz. This great Fritillaria hath his roote equall roche bigneffe of the reft ofhis parts} from whencerifeth vp one,& oftentimes two ftalks, hauing one, two orthre & peece on them , as natureand the feafonsare fitting : euery one ofthef e foweri e flowers art largerandgreater then any ofthe former defcribed , and pendul ous as they are, off fad ted or purplif are fer diuers leaues fomewhat broad and fhort, which compaffe the ftalke at the bote tomeofthem, ofa darke greene colour ; atthe toppe ofthe ftalke, which bendeth a little downewards, doe moft vfually ftand three or foure leaues,betweene which commeth forth moft v{ually but one flower, whichis longer then the laft, hanging downe the head asall the others doe, confifting of fixe leaues , ofadatke yellowifh purple h’colour, with many thwartlines on them » and {mall long matkes whichhardly feeme checkerwife,nor are fo eminent or confpi cuousas inthe former! the ftalke is ftrong and high, whereonate fet diuers] iti ar and broaderthen thofe ofthe former. nee pale preac pees, ae colour, fpotted with fomefmall red checkers. This kinde flowreth late,-and not ynClie till all che reft are paft: 4: Fritidarie alba, The white Fritillaria. This {mall Italian Fritillaria carrieth mote ftore of flowers on theftalke, bit they are much fmaller, and of a yellowith greene colour, {potted with long and {mall darke red checkers or markes: the ftalke hath diuers {mall fhort greene leauesthercon , yato the very toppe. Cink Thee white white Friti Fritil la a is fo likevnto the firft ; that llari fhalall l not neede ct defcription of this : it thal! (I hope) be fuffic ient to thew the chiefe ieee a fo proceedto the reft. The ftalke and leaues of this are wholly greene whereb ; ic may eafily beknowne from theformer , which,as is faid,is brownifh at thebo flower is white, without almoft trs : The any fhew of {pot or marke init, yet in { , fomewhat moreplainly tobe |feene > ae kes are and in fome againethiyerei ep int er, efpeclilly in the ‘thie greenith, having alfo a finall lift ofgreen, or feedeveffell, as alld kinde of blufh colourto befeene in the flow that the moft cunning cannotd t 5. Fritilariaflore dapliti albicante. 9. Fritiblarie Isalorumpolyanthes floreperuo. The fmall Italian Fritillatia. 10.Pritillsris lutea lencifelia Lufitanica, The final yellow Fritillaria ofPortugal, The leaues ofthis Fricillaria are fo fmall,narrow and long,that it hath caufed them totake the name ofrufhes , asif you fhould callit,The ruth leafed Fritillaria, which ftand ona long weake roundftalke, fet wichout order‘: the floweris finalland yellow, butthicker checkerd with red fpots then any of the other yellow Fritillaria’s; the ftalk ofthe flower, atthe head thereof, being alfo ofa yellowith colour. 11.Fritibaria Pyrewesfine Apennines, The blacke Pritillaria. The double biuth Fritillaria, _ This Fritillariahath around flattith white roote --"8o oe eae greenelea Very laft Eririllaris, ues thereon,litt> le d iffelike ringvntothe fromit, or the firlt or oo +athe reo is fai d to be conftant, compofed ofm any leaues, being vat . o the P palerordinary¥ a rWethari lue,sofa palfoc e whi Fritillaria oury ,thi{po tte lik catly, hattih onepui wouple ldvecol ril nke itdwere but The roote of this kinde doth often growfo great, that it feemeth like vnto the roote of a {mall Crowne Imperial : the ftalke is ftrong, round, and high, fet without order, with broader and whiter greene leattes then any of the former, bearing one, two, or three fowers, fometimes at the toppe,being notfo largeasthofe ofthe ordinary purple Pritillaria, but fmaller, longer ; and rounder, fometimes a littleturning vp the brimsor edges of the leaues againe, and are of a ycllowith thining qinmmostontes |