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Show The Garden of pleafant Flowers. + “w LheGarden of pleafant Flowers. Bnolith. The Indian Jaciath witha tuberous indicus 1ole oe Eviopborus Indicus,thatis, TheIn. ae Srylaciath becaufe they haue much wooll in them when they are re aerome ane doubt that they are not two plants feverall , as of Sean leffer, but that the greatneffe is caufed by the fertility of the foyle wherein it grew. 1, Hyacinthus Botroides maior Mofchatus, fine Mufcari floreflauo. ri. The peat yellow Muske Grape-flower,oryellow Mufca : ke lacinth or Grape-flower,hath fiue or fix leaues {pread vpon the ground es tae which : the firftbudding or fhootingforth outof the ground, are ofareddifh purple colour, and after become long,thicke, hollow, or gutteredon * ide. ofawhitifhgreene colour, and round and. darke coloured vnderneath: brownith enweer thefe ie of leaues , rife vp one or two hollow weake efpecially ftalkés, fometimes lying onthe ground with the weight ofthe flowers, (but the towards laden are y whenthe vpright, ftanding ofthe feede) yet for themoft part toppe, with manybottle-like flowers , whichattheir firft appearing, and vntill the flowers begin to blow open, are of abrownered colour, and when they are blowne, ofa faireyellow colour, flowring firft below, and fo vpwards bydegrees, euery one of thefe dowers is made like vato little pitcher or bottle, being bigge in the belly, and {mall at the mouth; which is round, anda little turned vp, very {weete in fmell, like ynto Muske, whereofit tookethename Mu/caré ; after the flowers are paft,there come threé {quarethicke heads, puffed vp as if it were bladders, made ofa {pongiefub- ftance, whereinare hereand there placed blacke round feed : the roote is long, round, and very thicke,and white onthe outfide,with a little woollineffe on them,beingbro: ken,and full ofaflimie inice, whereunto are annexed thicke, fat, and long fibres whichperifh not as moft of the ether Iacinths; and therefore defireth not to beeoftel emoued, as the otherforts may. 2. Hyacinthus Botroides maicr Mofchatas,feu Uufcariflore cineritio, The Afhcoloured Muske Grape-flower, or Mufcari. This Mufcari differeth not in rootes, ot forme of leaves or flowers from the forme, the chiefe differences arc thefe:the leaues hereof do not appeare fo red at the firft but ding out ofthe ground, norare fo darkewhen they are fully growne ; the ftalkeallt moft viually hath moreftore of flowers thereon , the colour whereofatthe firft but dingisa little duskie, and when they are full blowne, are of ableake, yer bright alle colour, with a little thew of purple inthem,and by long ftanding changealittle mot gray ; being as fweete, or as fomethinke, more {weeté thenthe former : the roote (asl {aid)is likethe former, yet yeeldeth more encreafe , and will better endure our cold clymate, althoughitdoth more feldome giue ripe feede. 3. Hyacinthus Botroides maior Mofchatus, fise Mafcariflare rubro. The red Muske'Grape- flower. Thiskinde (iftherebe any fuch, for 1am in fome doubt thereof).doth chiefly dif in the colourof the flower fromthefirft ,) in thar this fhould beare flowers when the are blowne,ofa red colourtending to yellownefle, 4. Hyacinthus Botroides maior Mofchat us,fine Mufcariflore albo. The white Muske Grape-flower, Thisalfo is {aid rohaue (ifthere bee fuch an one) his leaues like ynto the fecond kinde; but of a littlewhiter greene, and the-flowerspale, tending toa white : the roots of thefetwolaft are faid vfually notto growto be fo great as of the former two. The Place. be Therootes of thetwo firft forts,haue been often fent from Conftantinw pM ce. The ereater Indian knobbed [ac floré fiane. "The yellaw Muféari. 4. ,Mufari ¢ coloured Grape-flower. 6 fore. winers: Ayacinchiie Bitrosdas lore albo, The |