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"408 TheGardinef,pleafant Flowers, long, among which rifeth leaues , but not ad whiti(h greene ‘ Rtesse whereotbreaketh outvery ofagreat round skinny huske . fie or fix fowers, cuety one made fomewhat ofthe fathion of the great baftard Rufh “onitq2 Daffedill, but greater, and wholly white ; the fix leaues, being larger andlonger areript with greeneatthe thenin the Ruth kinde, and extending beyondthetrinke, on the backfide, The trunkeis point ofcach leafe , and.downe the middle likewife Se ae ati ok Wet et ' “¢eucoiumbulbofem: The bulbous Violet: Stra. ; 1513 ark 7 er longer,larger and wider Openatthe-mouth, cut in or indented atthe brims oredges and fmall at the bottome, with diuers white threeds in the middle, andis very fweet; Aivirig this {et déwnethewhole family,both of the trac ind baftard: Daffos Hi:: Tthould next fetin hatidwith the Hyacinths 3 but becaule Leacoiwns bale! whenit is ripe,flat and blackefede : the roote 1s great and white, withthe Hyaciathes; Imutt Daffodils, as moft nearly partaking with them,anda little and differences,whercof fome yndet the flower isaround greene head, which groweth very great, hauing within, Itis reported, that there are found otherforts ; fome that beare ycllow flowers, anf Fbrelutee,e¢ ferersbre, othersthatbeare red: but we haue feeng noné {uchjand therefore I can fay no moredf » A ae | fi The Place, : them. y ae Thiskinde gtowethnearethe Sea fide, both in Spaine,Ttaly;and Frangy within the Straights, andfor themoft part, vponalithe Leuant (hoare A HMlandsalfo,but will feldomeeither flower, or abide with vs inthefécolda Countries, asil haueboth feene by thofe that I réceiued from afriend, inl heard by othets,: » ANA WY A The Time. A / 2 yo ee ; NA ] It howrethin the end of Summer; that is, in Anguftand September, The Names bofum The bulbous Violetis a'plant that doth challenge a placenext vnto thd of neceffity interpofethem, and thew their defcriptions are early; of the firft Spting, others latér, and fomeofthe Autumne: : oie Beisbl Leucoinm bulbe/umprecex mains. The gteater carly bulbous Violet. This bulbous Violet hath three otfoure very greetie, broad, flat, and fierIeaues} among whichrifeth vpanaked gteeneftalke, bearing out of4 fmall skinny hofe(as the former Daffodils doe) one white flower, hanging dowrie‘his head by a very finalk —foot-ftalke , made of fix leaues, ofanequall length , eucry one whercofis tiptarthe end with a‘fniall greenithyellow{pot 's after the fowetis paft,the head or feed-vetfell growethtobe reafonablegreat,fomewhat long and round, wherein is contained hard round feede, which being dry,is cleare, and ofa whitifh yellow colour ‘the rooteis fomewhatlikea Daffodilf roote, and couered witha blackith outfide or skinne. Lencoinm bulbofumpracex minus. The leffer early bulbous Violet. \ Diuers doe callit Peweratinw,as the learned of Mompeher, andother, with the addition\of flere Lilg, after they had left their old ereur. in takity This leffer kinde rifeth vp with two tarrow grayifh greene leaues, between which commeth forththeftalke, fiue or fix inches high, bearing onefinall pendulous flower, Sqgheyin the Trochifces thar gointo Andchee ieto be Séyla, and viingitfor chus Treakle. ‘Thelearned of Valentia in Spaineyas -Clufiusfaich doe cil confifting of three white leaues, which are fmall and pointed’, ‘ftandingon the ourfide, and hauing three other fhorter leaues, which feeme like'’a cupin the middle,being Hemerocallis Kelentine : but inmy opinion; all thefe aretleceiged in th plant ; foricisneithera Lilly , tohauethe name ofHemerocallispinen vntd it, nor Scya, Not Pancrativm,as many doe yet callit : for certainly thisist kinde of Daffodill; the forme both ofroate,leafe, and flower doch adlurt methat haue{eencit, and not Pawcratinz:, which (as Diofeorides cettifietl is a kinde ofSeyH, and in histime called Sey#a,witha ted roote, /andaledt likea Lilly , but longer , and was vfedboth withthe fame preparation ant quantity , and forthe famedifeafes that Scylle was vied. but that his fort was weaker ‘all which doth plainly fhew the crrours shar iman Karnedma haue been conuerfant in, and thatall may fee how neeeflary che knowledgt ofHerbarifmeis to the prattice of Phyficke 3 And left the roote ofthis Sa baftard Daffodill bee vfed in the ftead' of an wholfome remedy. which(s Clufius maketh mention) was deadlyto him thar did but cut his meate with in mali that knife, which had immediately before cut this rogte.and done by him,that knew theforce thereof, tokill his fellow i % oar oft with a greenetippe or {potat the broad chd or edge’: the feede is whitifh, 'inclofed in long and round heads, like the fortner, but leffer : the roote' is like a {mall Daffodil; with a blackith gray coate, and quickly diuideth into many of-fets. Thereis anotherof this kinde, that came amongother bulbous rootes from Con- ssinus syzand ftantinople, and differcth in nothing from it,but thatit is a little greater, both in root, “7#™- it Hemerocalis, thinking itto be a Lilly; and Clufius doth thereupon calli, forceably by theeuillattracting quality oftheiron, 7 The Vertues of Daffodils in generall, i deafe, and flower. The Place: fri ! The two fittt are found in manyplaces of Germany, and Hungary. The third, as I faid, was brought from Conftantinople. . The 'Fime. , . The two leffer forts doe moft commonly flower in February, ifthe weather be any thing milde, oratthe furtheftin the beginning of March, but ther.wiriasnemmeaigit’ 3e pakke i irony The Names. . i i Howfeoeuer Diofcorides and others, doe giuevato fomeof them {pec i i I not any it festderevs oes a rue difeafes, yet know y al d ararerehus y of them as a remed whatfoener Gerrar r ue Written. each ofthem round at theends, and éat inthe middle, making the formeof an heart, for any grief Lobel and Dodonzus call the lefler kjnde Lemcoitms triphylam , and Lesconarciffolirion triphylam ,-ofthe three ro inthe flower. Some doecall it Viole bulbofa alba, The firlt or greater kinde is called by Lobel, Lesconar- ciffolirion pancioribus floribu: , and by Dodonzus , Ltncotwm bulbofans bexaphyfum. We doc moft vihally call them, Lewtoiam biulbofum pridcox mains, o minus, Thegrcater, orthe lefferearly bulbous Violet. In Dutch, Somer Settekens , and not Druifkess , which are Grape-flowers, as fome haue thought. tne K Lew own |