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Show 102 The Garden of pleajant towers. TheGarden ofpleafant Flowers. ort like li vnto the former, ; whofe further defcriptj e iskinde iskind ofth i Butthereis a: the wingsof which flower are much more white then the fon be [wh i ou yorerteannerofa milke white colout,the trunke remaining almoft as yellow mer, in any thiing ng elfe. 2 inging | as the former, and not dififferfet . ngalari. Thefix cornered baftard Daffodil Pfendenarcifes tubefexa Bik dill hath twe or three long, and fomewhat broaderleaues then Ou BEmmethfortha ftalke, bearing oné flower fomewhat large, ningthefix outer Leanes ofapaleycllow coleur,andthe long trunke plaitedor cor. then the nered all along vnto the very edge into fixparts, of a little deeper yellow wings. The Place. The firft great Spanithkirde was brought outof Spaine. The reftinfrom our the Pyrenean Mountaines, onely-the laft fauing one is plentiful! from owne Countrey, but the yhite fort of that kinde came with the reft the fame Mountaines. The Time. early all there The paleor thirdditide, and the Englifhbeethe moft , then theothe earlier hat fomew yellow t greatef flower in Aprill, ardthe greater orleffer waite. The Names, Their feuerall names are expreffedin their titlesfufficient to diftinguih them, and thereforethere needeth no moreto be{aid ofth em. es, This Prince of Daffodils (belongeth primarily to Iohn Trade ' der thereof, that we know, and may well bee batibhted the eena great round roote,like vnto other Daffodils, couered witha brownifhouter skinne ot pecling, from whence rifeth vp foure or fue fomewhat large and broad leaues of 4 Daffodill from the middle whereof rifeth vp a ftalke almoft as high and greatas it : bearit at the toppe (out ofaskinniehuske) one faire large great flower (the budde before it breake open,being fhorter and thicker inthe middle, and ending ina Iageet and fhat 5 i f Tes and fhorterleaves then the next, but more fn pia Pa eee feemeasgreat and dou er,.and thi cker oo ’fet together, makingit > and rounderf Bem bleas any Pronince R : ixt bs diuersyellow and pale leaues , as it were in di one vnder ey rapide ong inflowet,and fpreadeth, by ftanding long, tobethe broadeft in compatfe of any of the Daffodil ; sis OE -‘ S, but falleth away at the lat without giving any feede, as all double 2.Pfeadomarciffis anrens Anglicus maxinius. ding : fonietimes the leaues hereofare fcattered, and fpread wholly, makingit fhewa faire, broad, open flower: and fometimes the outer leaues ftand feparate from the middletrunke, whichiswholeandvabroken, and very thicke ofleaues : and fometimes the middle ttunke'will bee halfe broken, neither expreffinga full open donble flower, noraclofe double trunke, asitis likewife.{eene in thefiall Englifhkinde, as fhall bee declared in his place: this beareth no feede; the roote hereof is thickeand great, andencreafeth as wellas any qther Daffodil. fPfeadonarciffvs aurets Hifpanicusflorepleno, Thegteat double yellow Spanith baftard Daffodill, orPatkinfonsDaffodill. This double Spanith Daffodill hath diners leauesrifing ftom the roote,ftiffer,narrower,and notof fo whitifha greene'colouras the former, but more fullen:or grayith, plainely refembling the leaues ofthe fingle great kinde, fronx whencethis:hath rifen: the ftalke hereof likewife rifeth almoft as high asit,and neare the height ot the laft recited double; bearing one double:flowerat the toppe, alwayés {pread open} and neuer forminga double trunke like the former, yetnotfo faire and largeas it, the outermoft Jeaues whereofbeing ofagreenifh colourat thefirft,and afterward mote yellow, doe alittle tie themfelues backe againeto the ftalke, the other leanes arefome of a pale yellow; and others ofamoregold yellow colour, thofethat ftand in the middle are {maller;and fome of them fhew asifithey werehollow trunked, fothatthey feemeto be grcenifh, whitith, yellow,and goldyellow, allmixed one among another: the root is great, round, and whitifh onthe infide, couered with darke coloured skinnes or . peelings. Ithinke nonceuer had this kinde before my felfe,nor.did I my felfe euer {ee it before the yeare 1618. forit is ofmine own raifing and fowring firftinmy Garden. This greater double Daffodill ; hath his whitifh greene leaues longer and broader thenthefmaller French kinde , hereafter following; tobeedefcribed , and broader, longer, and more limber then the double Englifh kinde : the ftalkerifeth vp not much higher, then the fmaller French kinde,but a little bigger, bearing at the top one great double fower, which whenitis fully and perfectly blowne open (whichis but feldome ; for that it is very tender,the leaues being much thianer, and thereby continually fubie@, vponany little diftemperature ofthe time, to cleaue fo faft one vito another, that the flower cannot blow open faite) isa faire anda goodly flower,larger by halfe then the fmaller kinde, and fuller of leaues, of the fame pale-whitith yellow,or Lemoncolour, withthe leffer, or. rathera little whiter, and not fet in the fame orderof rowesasit is, but more confufedly together; aad turning backe the ends ofthe outer- moft leaues to the ftalke againe, and hauing the bottome of the flower on the backfide fomewhat greene, neither ofwhichis found in theleffer kinde: the roate is very like vnto the leffer kinde, buta littlebigger and longer. 5. Pfendowarciffies Anglicus florepleno. The double Englifh baftard Daffodil; or Gerrards double Daffodill. The leauesof this double Daffodill are very like ynto the fingle kinde, being of2 M¥.Wilmers great double Daffodil. The other great double Daffodill doth fo heare refemble our ordinary Englifh double kinde, that Idoe notfinde therein an ySteaterdi fference , then the largenefle on s— and flowers, &c. andthe ftat elineffe' of growth... It beareth three of ourctarge, long, and broad leaues;, fome what longera and ofa ae deeper yellow , inthis as in the other {mall Englith kinde, growing deeper by ftan- 4. Pfeudonarciffus Gallicws maior flore plene. Thegreateft double yellow baftard Daffodil, or Tohn Tradefcanthis great Rofe Daffodil. er point then any ofthe other Daffodils) very much fj yellow leaues; whollydifperfedthtonghout theflower, the palecolouras wellas the The greatet double French baftard Daffodil. 1, Pfewdonarci(fus anreus maximusflorepleno, fine Rofess Tiradefcanti, gtayith greene colour, yet notfully fo long andlarge as the nextfollowin broadas the former , ‘divérfly intermixt with aroweofpaler',:and a roweof deeper whitith greene colour : the Ralke rifethito a oe foyle) ftrong, and fomewhat round, bearinga high peril atthe toppe our ofathit y one great and faire double flower, each leafe whereofis twiceas large a broa whitifh greene colour, and fomewhatbread, a little fhorter and narrower, yetftiffer then the former Frenchkinde: the ftalke rifeth vp about a footehigh , bearing at the toppe one very doubleflower , the outermoft leaucs being of the fame pale colour, that isto bee {eene inthe wings of the fingle kinde ; thofe that ftand next them, are fome as deepe ayellowas the trunke of the fingle,and others of the famepale colour, with fome greene {tripeson the backe of diuers:ofthe leaucs : thus isthe whole flawer variablyintermixt with pale and deepeyellowyand fomic greenc {tripes among a when |