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Show The Garden of pleafant Flowers. Lhe Gardenof pleafant Flowers. obfer. affodill beforerecited but volike inthe greatneffe : thisalfo is tobee the cuppe, isfo fimall, that of brimmes the circleth that agen colour . Cometimes itis not well perceiued 4. Nareiffis mininans luncifoly flore. The leaft Daffodil ofall. the two This leaft Daffodill hath two or three whitih greene leaues, narrower then g, Jaft recited Daffodils, and fhorterby halfe, being not abouc two or three incheslon ane flowerat the (talke likewifeis not aboue three er foure inches high, bearing onc fingle the toppe , fomewhat bigger then the fmalneffe of the plant fhould feeme to beare, very like vnto the leaft Ruth Daffodill, and of the fame bignefle, or rather {omewhat bigger, being ofa faint yellow colour, both leaues, and cup, or crowne,(ifyou pleale foto call it) ; for the middle part is {pread very much,euen tothe middleofthe leaues almoft, and lyethflat open vpon the flower: the roote is fmall,euenthe {malleft ofany Daffodill, and couered with a blackifh skinne or coate. The Place. The firft of thefe Daffodils haue beene brought vs from the Pyrenea Mountaines, among a number ofother rare plants, and thelaft by a French nr man, called Francis le Veau, the honefteft roote-gatherer thateuer cameo- uer to vs. The fecond wasfent to M*.John de Franqueuille,before remem: bred, whoimparted ittomee , as hee hath done many other goodthings but his natural! place wee know not. The Time, Theyall flower about thelatter endof.Aprill. The Names. Being brought without names, wee haue giuen them their namesacco ding to theitface and fafhion,as they are fet downein theirtitles. Narciffus Autumualis minor albus. Thelittle white Autimne Daffodill. This little AutumneDaffodill rifech with his fowers firft outof the ground, withot any leaues atall. It {pringeth vp with one or two ftalkesabout a finger long. eucry otk bearing out ofa {mall huske onefmall white flower, laid epeti abroad like ntoth Starre white Daffedill, before fpoken of: inthe middleof the floweris a {mall ye! low cup of a meane fize, and after the floweris paft, there commethin the fame plact afmall head, containing {mall, round; blacke feede,like vnto the Autumne Hyacintti the leaues comevp after the feedeis ripe and gone,being {mall and narrow, not mut biggerthenthe Autumne Hyacinth : the rooteis {mall and blackith on the outlide. The Place. _ This Daffodil groweth in Spaine, where Clufius faw it and brought! ? intothefeparts, 5 The Time. T i . woe i 1 it fowrethin the beginning ofAutumne, and his feedeis ripe in the é™ acaBolnte inthofe hot Countries, butin ours itwill {carceabide to {he™! r The Names Tr = cs The Spaniards, as Clufius reporteth; call it Tomads, atidtbe vpon the figh . thereo! 2 Narcifus minigwas \uncifely fore. The 'ealt Dafudiliefall. av Nareiffies Autumuali ffne Jen crown, Miss alone, Antanas madsa sbfilarue, The white Auranne Daffodil! wth Bagusls With the Larze(tdowcrarcup. © Narciffy ratus alow fiare,plens Vingshianm, The double whure an Daffodil. opus U hE : ‘ ‘ Daftedill ot Virginia, mn ° iH. - |