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Show ebe atidall chePrecoces, fromth haueaconyulfionintheirnecke; (which weecalla cricke in the nécke)if it i 9, be drunke in harfh (which we callredywines Choo, inning to the end of March, if the'yeare ias doe begin , and abide-all Aprill, and bekindly at whaotime the a as I faid, if the reof May, whten the Serorines fowcr and fade; but this, feedeis ripe The later. eth eamon willb kinde = ebekindlyjoreleeach Mus ng. flowri ouirlune and Iu Ys accordinigtoatheir early orlate ¥ Thatthe roots of Tulipas are nourifhing,thereisino doubt,the pleafane, or atleaft the novapleafanttafte, may, hereunto:perfwade, fordiuers haue had them fentbytheirfriends from beyond Seayandmiftakingthemto bee Onions, haue vfed themas Onions in their pottage.or broth, "and ‘neuer eden w foundanyicanle of miftike, ox any fenfeofeuill quality produced by them; } The Names.- but accounted them{weete|Onions..- Tinted ee Further, I haue made tryall ofthem myfelfe inthis manner. Lhaue pre-; s , by oi o hete have bebne diuers opinionsamong ‘our tiodetne Writer Some would Midis wb7 The Gardenofpleafamt Flowers.) .\ . The Garden of pleafant Flowers. ferued the rootes of thefe"Tulipas in-Sugar, ast haue done theroates of Eringus, Orchis, or any other fuchlike, and haue found themto be almoftas., \! ghar namechisplant was-knowneto the ancient Authors: to andy of haueit be Cofmofandales;ofthe Ancient. Dodonzus referreth it: but thereof Theophraltusjawhis fenenth: Booke and thirteenth ‘Chapter make to him tinde cannot wee , name heis fo briefe, that befidesthe bare lus Matthio n us,vpo Bauhis And . quality ,or offorme n telacio srany further opinihis’ th followe alfo, Pinax his ' Commentaries ofDiofcorides,and im on. Camerariusin his Hortus Medicus is ofopinion , it may bereferred to the Helychryfumof Crateua, Gefner, as I thinke, firft Ofall; and ‘after him ‘Lobel, Camerarius|-Clufiusand manyothers , referreitto the Saryrium of Diofedrides+ and {urelythis opinion:is the moft probable for manyret. fons. Firft; for that chis plant doth growvery frequentin many places of Gretce,andthe leffer Afia; which were no doubt fufficiently knowne both to Theophraftus and Diofcorides , and was accounted among bulbous rootes, although by fundrynames. And fecondlyjas Diofcorides ferteth forth his Satyrium, fo this moft commonly beareth three leaues vpont ftilke (alchough fometimes withvs it hath foure or fiue) like vnto a Lilly, faculty tothe feede, whereof-Lknow not any, hath made any efpeciall ex: perimencswith vsas yets vpon the decaying,efpecially in a dry time,and ina dry ground: the flowt likewife offomeis white, and likea Lilly ;the rooteis round, and as whit within asthe white of anegge, couered-with a browne coate, hauing! Tes hath beene great confufion among many, of our moderne Writers of plants, in not diftinguifhing the manifold varicties of Daffodils ; for euery one almoft, without confideration ofkinde or forme, orother {peciall note, giucth names{odiuerfly one ftomanother, chat if any one fhall receiue from feuerall whercof fomeare often feento be both red,in the firft fpringing , and all fweerith, burnotvnpleafanttafte, as any-man without danger manyti) This defcription dothfo lively fer forth this plant , that I thinke weefil not necde to be any longerin doubt, where to finde Diofcorides his Sat rium Triphyllum, fecing wee haue fuck plenty growing with vs. ‘ Ati thirdly, thereisno doubt, but that it hath the fame qualities , as you fhil hereafter heare further. And laftly, that plant likewife that beareth art! flower, mayvery well agree with his Erythronium ; for the defcriptions! Diofcorides are bothalike, as are their qualities, the greateft doubt may b in the feede, which yet may agree vnto Lin or Flaxeasfitly, or rather mot then manyother plants doc, in many ofhis comparifons, which yet weelt ceiue for currant. Forthefeede of Tulipas are fat; hard, and (hining ast feede of Limam or Flaxc, although ofanother colour, and bigger 2s Dit fcorides himfelfe ferteth icdowne. But ifthere fhould bea miftaking in th writing of xin for e~in the Greeke Text , asthe flippe is both calisf likely , it were then out ofall queftion the fame: for the {eedeis veryli! vato the feede of Lillies, asany man mayeafily difcérne that know them will compare them. Itis generally called by all the late Writers T#/# whichis deriued from the name Tu/paw, whereby the Turkes of Dalmsli docentitletheir head Tyres, or Caps; andthis flower being blowne, !#¢ pleafant as the Eringysrootes, being firmeand found,fit ro.be prefentedto the curious; but forforce of Venerequs quality, cannotfay,cither from my felfe, not hauing eaten. many, ortrom any other,.on whom I haue beftowed them : butfurely, ittthere be any.{peciall propertic in the rootes of Orchis, or fomeothertendingtothat purpofe , I thinkethis mayas well haue it as they. Itfhould feeme, thar: Diofcorides doth attribute agreat Venereous tt Narci(fus. The Daffodill. places the Catalogues oftheir names(as I'hatie had many)as they {et them down,and compare the one Catalogue withthe other,he thall {carce hane three namesina dozen toagree together,onecalling that by one name,which angthercalleth by.another,that very few cantell what they meane. Andthis their confufion, in not diftinguifhin the nameof Nareij/as from Pfeadonarciffas,is ofall otherift this kinde the greateft i groflefterrour. Toauoiderhergfore that gulfe, whereof I complaige that fo manic haue bin endrenched; and to reduce'the Daffodils inro fuch a methodical order,that cuery one mayknow, to what €/4/sis or forme any one doth appertaine, I will firft divide theminto two principall or primary kindes: that.is, into Narci//os ,truc Daffodils,andP/eudenarci/fas, baltard. Daffodils: which diftindion | hold tobe moft neceffarieco be fet downe firtt of all,that euery onemay be namedwithout confufion ynder his owne primary kind,and then to let the other parts of the fubdiuifion follow,asis properto them, and fitteft to cxpreffethem. Now to caufe you to yoderftand the difference betweenea true Daffodill anda falle, is this , it confifteth onely in the flower, (when as inall other partsthey cannot bee diftinguifhed) and chieflyin the middla cup or chalice; for that we docin a manner onely accounttholeto bee P/eudonarciffas, baltard'"Daffodils,whol middle cupis altogetheras long,andfomctime a little longer outter Ieaucsthat doe encompaffe it, fothatit feemethrather like a trunke or ¢, tl Hhacup ¢ ¢ chalice, fuch as almoft all the Narei/ss,or true Daffodils haue; I knowthat fome of them haue their middle cup fo fmall, that crowne thenacup; andagaine, fome of them haue them fo long, by thename of Canale lale, Lobelandothers doecall it Lilie-narci/fi inthe roote.We callit in Englith the Turkes Cap,but mot vfual ly Tulip = ris— Countries that delight therein doe, Dale(champ” ye I all alike euerthefe The Vertues, 4 em to be of the number ofthe P/eadonarer/ss, or baftard Daffodils: but y be knowne from them, in thar,’although the cup offome of the true reat,yet it is wider open at the brim or edge,and nat fo long and narrow the baftard kindesare- and this isthe chiefeand onely way to know howto ki td W sich rule holdeth certaine in all, exceptthat kinde which is called os Inncifolins reflexe flore, whole cup isnarrow, and as long 3s the Jeaucs that againe Diofcoridesweiteth, thathis firft Satyrium is profitable for ches” ae nenCC Cua. 1X. open, and inuerted, doth very wellrefemblethem. We have receiuedt early kinde from Conftantinople, by the name of Cfa lale, and the otl caufeitdoth refemble a Lilly in the leafe, fower, and feede, anda Daftod j Secondly, |