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Show The Garden ofpleafant Flowers, * The Gardenofpleafant Flowers. red{pots almoft.thronghthie, wholeinfide ofthe! with footed a of a pale yellow¢olour5 and foinctimes wich Be e San . flower, vntot few rots tebe feenebie , and thofe from the middle onely on the infide i es cahsaetes deer neuer appearethany fpots.at all inthiskinde) and fometim . (for ee offfpots atall, fometimesalfo ofamore palegreene F and fometimeofa n [ome the ont. we SLacaalitenis + the outfideiof the lowers,doglikewile vary;fori ow,.and in othe? efullenyellow, 8c, ¢lfe more paleyell ofadark leanes are rpurplish idS cndarke yellow colour,whichin fomeisfo deepe,andfo much5) thatit ra~ bottome of ther feemeth blackethenpurpleor yellow, and.this efpecially.about the : the head greene lowath of-ayel ftill are. edges butthe ftalke, eeAowecs, ext vntothe orn of(eede, andthe fede likewife is like vnto the formers but biggeran all refpects.:! is Fritillaria is no doubt ofkindredto thelaft recited, it is fo like, but greaterin siipargsannate ifgrowing ina morefruitfullfoile,it were.the ftrongerand lutticr to beare more {tore of flowers : the flowers grow fouteorfiue from the head together, hanging downe round-abonttheftalke, like vnto a Crowrie Imperial, and are ofa yellowithgreenecolour on the infide, {potted witha few ted:{pots, the outfide being ne blackifhasthé formers The Place: 'Thefirft ofthefe plants wasfirft broughtto our knowledge from France; where it groweth plentifully about Orleance ; the otherforts grow in diuers other Countries, as fomein Portugall,Spaine,Italy,&c. as their names doe importzandas in time they haue been obferued by thofe that were cu- ious fearchersofthefe rarities, haue been fent to vss rious louers ofthefe delights, and to be worneof them abroad, which for the gallant beauty of many of them, deferueth their courteous entertain- ment, among manyotherthelike pleafures, Talips. The Turkes Cap, Ext yntotheLillies, and before the Narcif_i or Daffodils, the difcourfe ofTuz Noe deferueth his place, for that it partaketh of both their natures; agreeing with the Lillies in leaues, howers, and{eede, and fomewhat withthe Daffo- dils inrootes, There are not onely diuers kindes of Tulipas, but {undry diverfities of colours in them, found out in thefe later dayes by manythe fearchers of natures vae rieties, which haue not formerly been obferued : our age being more delighted inthe fearch, curiofity,and rarities ofthefe pleafant delights, then any age I thinke before. But indeede, this flower, abouemanyother, deferueth his true commendations and acceptance withall louers ofthefe beauties, both for the ftately afpect, and forthe admirable varietie-of colours, that daily doe arife in them, farre beyondall other plants that grow,in fo much,that I doubt, alchoughI fhall in this Chapter fet downe the varieties ofa great many;I fhall leaue more vnfpokenof, then I fhall defcribe ;for fromthe fowing ofthe feede.. The chiefe divifionof Tulipas,is into two forts: Pra. “The eatly’ kitides doe flowerin the beginning of Aprill or thereabouts} -according tothe mildeneffeor thatpeneffe of the precedent Winter. The other doe flowerafter the firft are paft, fora moneths {pace one after another, and the great yellow is very late, not owringvntill about the middle of cud ofMay.: The Names. Thishathreceiued diuers names: fome.calling it Flas Meleagridis, the Ginny Hen Flower,of the variety ofthe coloursin the flower,agreeing with the feathers ofthat Bird. Somecall it Narci(fie Caparomins » ofthe nameof the firtinuentoror finderthereof, called Noel Caperen, an Apothecary dwelling in Orleance,at the time he firtt found it, and wasfhortly after the finding thereoftakeh away.inthe Maffacrein France. Itis now generally called Frisillariayofthe word Fritillus; which diners doctake forthe Chefle, sbordeortable whereon they play,whereunto,by reafon ofthe refemblance: ofthe great fquares or {pots fo likeit , they did prefently referre ir, Icis called by Lobel Lilionarciffus purpurews variegatus, Or teffulatus, makingi ta Kinde of Tulipa; but as I faid in the beginniug ofthe Chapter,it doth mot neefelyrefemble a {mall pendulous Lifly,and might therefore rightly hold the nameof Liléwms variegatum , ox in Englifh, thecheckerd Lilly, But becaufe the errour'whichfirtt referred ittoa Daffodil > Is growne ftrong by cuftome ofcontinuance, Lleaueto cuery one their ownewill, Englifh cythes Fritillariaasit is called ofmoft, or the checker tocall itim d Daffodill, orthe Ginnie Hen fower, or,as I doc, thecheckerd Lilly. I thall not neede in this place further toexplaine the {eucrall namesof cuery ofthem,hauing -Giuea youthemin their titles, a chiefe or onely vfe thereofis, to be an ornament for the Gardens ofthecu- I maywell fay, thereis in thi@ne plant noend ofdiuerfity to be expected,euery yeare yeelding a mixture and variety that hath not before been obferued, and all this arifing The Time. nie Thaue not found or heardby any others of any property peculiarin this plant, tobe appliedeither inwardly or outwardly forany difeafe : the Cuar. WILK, 12.Fritibaria Hifpanica vubelifera. The Spanith blacke Fririllaria. ; The Vertues, The coces, early lowring Tulipas,and Seroténe, late flowring Tulipas.| For that fort which is called Atedi« or Dabie, thatis, which flower inthe middle time betiveene them both, and may be thought to be akinde orfort by it felfe, as well as any of the other two : yet becaufe they doe neerer participate with the Serotine then withthe Presoces, notonely in the coiour ofthe leafe, being of the fame greenneffe withthe Serotina, and moft vfually alfo, forthat it bearethhis ftalke and flower > highand large likeas the Serotine doc but efpecially, for thatthe feede ofa Media Tulipa didnener bring forth a Precox flower(although I know Clufius, an induftrious, learned, and painfull fearcherand publifher ofthefe rarities, faith otherwife) fo farre as ener I could 5» by * mine owne care or knowledge,in fowing their feede apart, or the affurance ofany others, the louersand fowers of Tulipa feede, obferue, learne, or know : and becaule alfo thatthe feede of the Serotine bringeth forth Medias, and the feedeofMedias Serd tine, they may, well bee comprehended vnderthe generall title of Serotine: But becaufe they haue generally receiued the nameofAedja, or middle flowring '‘Tulipas, to diftinguith betweene them,and thofethatyfually doe flowerafter them ;lamcontenttoferrhem downe,,and {peake of them feuerally, asof three forts. Vato the place and ranke likewife ofthe Prececesjor early flowring Tulipas,there are fome other {euerail kinds of Tulipas to be added, whichare notablydiffering,not onely from the formerPrecox Txdipa,but euery one of them, onefrom another, infome f{peciall note or other; asthe Tudipa Belenienfis fore rubro,the red Bolonia Tolipa. Twlipa Bolonienfis flore latco,theycllaw Bolonia Tulipa. Tulipa Perfica,the Perfian Tulipa. Twlspa Cre#ica, the Candie Tulipa,and others: all which hall bee defcribed and entreated of, e- ucry one apart by it felfe, in the end ofthe ranke of the Precoces, becanfe all of them flower much abeuttheirtime, Tobegin then withthe Precox , or early lowring Tulipas, and afterthem with the Medias and Ser otines,I {hall for the better method,divide their fowersi ito foure primary or principall colours, thatis to fay, White, Purple, Red, and Yellow, and vader cuery one ofthefe colours , fet downethefenerall varic- ties |