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Show TheGardenof pleajant Flowers. rt bythemfelues, into Twill fabdinide each ofthefe again apa foure forts, andftpebble or true Daffodils into Latifeliosbroad leafed Daffodils, |°°! b30 Marci(/ne bikinis grifits Latigelane. The gray Peerleffe Daffodill: Angufiifolles, narrow leafed Daffodils: Ianciftlios, aA,are and affodils. ‘Mari fions , whereby Preteensiduine doe cémprehend'vnder them fome other dini of thofe foure one red to they may the better be diftinguifhed , and yet {till bee‘refer formerforts: as” Monanthosthat is, Daffodilsthat bearebut one flower , or two atthe moft vpona ftalke, and”: 7 Pelyanthéskhoferhat bedte many flowers together vpona ftalke: as alfo t Simplicifore, Chofe that beattfingle flowets, and btultipliciflove, oxfloreplems;thatis; hatedouble flowers. Pernales,thofethat flower intheSpring, atid among them fomethatare earlier;and therefore called a i Precoces,catly fowring Daffodils, atid cAutamnales, thofethatflower in Autuinne onely. And laftly, with the P/eadesarciffos, or baftard Daffodils, I will keepethe fameorder, to diftinguifhthem likewife into their foure feuerall forts ; andas with the true Daffodils, fo with thefe falfe, defcribe vnder euery fort: firft, thofe that beare fingle flowers, whether one or many vponaftalke ; andthen thofe that beare double flow. ers, onc or many alfo. As forthe diftinctions of maior and ssinor , greater and leffer, and ofmaximus and minimus, greateft and leaft, they doe not onely belong tothefe Daffodils ; and therefore muft be vfed as occafion permitteth , but vato all other fort ofplants. Tobegin therefore,I thinke fitteft withthat ftately Daffodil, which forhis excellency carricth the naine ofNonefuch. Cs te Narcilfne latifalive brininm maximus, amplo caliceflauo, fine Nomparcitte. The great Nonefuch Daffodill,or Incomparable Daffodill, This Warci//igs Nomparcille hath three or foure long anid broad leaues. of a grayith greene Colour, ariong which rifeth vpa ftalke two foote high at the leaft. at the toppe whetcof,outof athinneskinnic huske,as all Daffodils haue, commeth forth one fingle flower, and no more vfually , confittingoffixe very pale yellow large large almoft round atthe point,with a large cuppein the middle, fomewhat yellowerleaues then the leaues, che bottome whereofnext vnto the ftalkeis narrow and round, rifing wider tothe mouth, whichis very largeand open, and vneuenly cutin or indented about the edges. The cup dothvery well refemblethe chalice, that in former dayes withvs, and beyond the Seas is till vfed to hold the Sacramental! Wine, that is rc ngaun a ie Blames After the floweris paft , fometime with ana s there com meth (for it doth not often)a round green TboGariteyiphafneFlaw f in. {i vnto other Daffodils, bur aa Th E€rooBeista te is great r, 8h as otheree Daffodilsfie cal that beart large flowers ,~and is couered ouer witha brownith coate orskinn é. The flowerhath little or no fenrarall. Plsve geminaze This doth fomctimes bring forth a fower with ten ortw larger, as if it would betwo, euen asthe flower feemeth, elue leaues,and a cup much 2. Narciffas omnia maxivons flare & calic e Flane The great yellow Incomparable Daffodil . !7 This otherkinde differeth neitherin form e > nor bigneffe of leafe or flower from the former, butin the colour of the circling leau es of the flower, Which are of the fame yellowcolour with the cup. Flere geminate., This dothfometimes frat ai luxuri gist. « ousalfo, 1 degeneratean d grow bringing forth rwo flow ers vpon aftalke, each diftin@ from other,and fomer Imes two flowersthruft together, asit they werebut one, althoughit be but feld ome ; for it is nota peculiar kinde chet isconttant, yearly abiding in the fame forme, 3. Narsiff@ This Peefleffe Daffodil! well déferiieth his plac¢ amongthefe kindes , for thatit! doth muchiefemble them, and péraduentureis but a difference raifed from the feede of the formed,it is fo like in’ leafe atd/flower,but that the leaties feeme to be fomewhat greaterjand thefixe outet teaties of the ower tobe ofa gliftering whitith gray colour; and the cup yellow, as the former,but larger." 4. Navei(fips latifolinsflano foreample calsce,fine Mattene/f, Theleffer yellow Nompiareille, or the Lady Matteneffes Daffodil. ~ The leaues of this Diffodill, are fomewhatlike vato the leaves ofthefirft kind, but notalrogether fo long or broad : theftalke likewife rifeth nor vp fully fohigh, and beareth one flowerlike the former, but leffer, and both the cuppe and the leaues are of one colour, tharis, ofa pale yellow, yet more yellow then inthe former: the cup of this alfois leffer, anda litle differing ; for itis neither fully fo fmall in the bottome, nor folarge at theedges, nor fo crumpledat the brimmes, fothatall thefe differences doe plainly fhewitto be another kinde, quite from the former, The Place. The places of none ofthefe are certainly knownetovs where they grow naturallybut we haue them onely in our Gardens, and haue beenefent,and ptocured from diuers places. The Time, They ower fometimes inthe end of March, bur chiefly in Aprill, The Names, Thefirft and fecond haue been fent vs by the name of Narciffe Nompareie, asit is called in French ; and in Latine, Narci//is omsminm maximus ample calict flaue,and Narci(fus Incomparabilis, thatis,the Incomparable Daffodil, orthegreateft Daffodill ofall other, withalarge yellow cuppe: butafluredly, althoughthis Daffodill doth exceed many other;both in length and bigneffe, yer the great Spanith baftard Daffodill, which fhall be {poken of hereafter, is in my per{wafion oftentimesa farre higher and larger flower ; and therefore this name was giuenbutrelatiuely, we may call it in Englifh, The great None fuch Daffodill,or the Incomparable Daffodill,orthe great Peerleffe Diffodill , orthe Nomparcille Daffodil! , which you will : for they all doe anfwer cither the French or the Latine name ; and becaufe this name NempdreiWeis growne currant by cuftome, I know not well howto alter it. The third kinde may pafle withthe title given ir, without controule, Thelaftisvery well knowne beyond the Seas, efpecially in the Low Countries, and thofe parts, by the Lady Matteneffe Daffodill, becanfe Clofius receiuedit from her. Wemay call it in Englifh, forthe correfpondencywith the former, The leffer yellow Nompareille, or Peerlefle Daffodill, or the Lady Mattenefle Daffodil], which you will. Narciffus Indicus flare rubra, didlws lacebaus, The Indian Daffodil! with a red flower. This Indian Daffodill is fo differin , both in forme, not hauing a cuppe, andinco- lour, being red, from the whole Family of the Daffodils (except the next that followeth, and the Autumne Daffodils) thar fome might iuftly queftion the fitnefle of his place here. But becaufe as ail the plants, wirerher bulbdusor othet , that come fromm the |