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Show SCS 7 r be Gardenof pleafant Flowers. 124. | ae The Garden ofpleafant Flavers, The Time. RANE onely Richard Barnefleyat Lambeth, This owred inthe Garden of M'. e 1606. after hee had there prefer heyear once in the moncthof May, int he, nor anyelfein England that I know,but her neit but : time ng alo it ned r {awit beare flower, either before or fince, ,cuc time thofe that faw it at that The Names. Iris called by divers salbas Eriephoras,or Lanifers, that is, WoollyBul. bous; but becaufe itis aTacinth, both in roote, leafe, and flower, andnota Narciffss, Or Daffodill, itis called Hyactmthus Eriophorus, ox Laniferus, The * Woolly Iacinth. Itis very likely, that Theophraftus in his feuenth Book& RINT ARM NaN that gar. thirteeath Chapter, did meane this plant, where hee declareth, merits were made of thewoolly fubftance of a bulbous roote’, that wasta ken from between the core orheart of the roote (which, as hee faith, was yfedto beeaten) andthe outermoft fhels or peclings; yet Clufius feemeth to faftenthis woolly bulbous of Theophraftus, vpon the next Iacinthof Spaine. Hyacinthus Stellstas Beticws maiorowl2o Periianus. The great Spanifh Starry Iacinth, or of Peru. Thislacinth (the greateft ofthofe, whofe flowers are fpread like a ftarre, excepttit two firft Indians) hath fiue or fix, or more, very broad, and long greenc leaucs, {pretl vpon the gronnd, round abouttheroote, which being broken are woolly, or fullof threeds,like the former: inthe middle of thefe leaues 1ifeth vp a round short ftalke,ia comparifonof the greatneffe of the plant (for the ftalke of the Orientall Iacinths fometimes twice fo high , whofe roote is not fo great) bearing at the toppe a grt head or buth of Aowers, fafhioned in the beginning, before they bee blowne or{ept rated, very like to a Cone or Pineapple, and beginito flowerbelowe, and fo vpwatt by degrees, euery flowerftanding vpona long blackith blewfoote-ftalke,whichwht they are blowne open, are ofa perfec blew colour,tending to.a Violet , and madeot fix {mall leaues, laid openlike ftarre; the threeds likewife are blewith, tipt with ycl low pendents, ftanding about the middle head, whichis of adecper blew, not haul any goodfent to be perceiuedinit, but commendable onlyfor the beauty of the flow ers : after the flowers are paft, there comethree {quare heads, containing round black feede: the roote isgreat, and fomewhatyellowith ontheoutfide, witha knobbed! bunch atthe lower endofthe roote, (which is called the feate ofthe roote)sike vata the Mufcari, Scylla, and many other bulbous rootes, at which hang diuers whitt thicke, and long fibres, wherebyit is faftened in the ground, which perith not evel] yeare, but abide continually, and therefore doth not defire much remouing. Hyacinthas Stellatus Baticws,fine Periiannsflore aloo, Thegreat white Spanith ftarry Iacinth, This other Spanifh Iacinth isin moft parts Q like vato the formmer, but thathisis leatJeaut are notfo large, nor fodeepa greene: the ftalks of flowers likewife hath not fo thicht ahead,orbufhon it,but fewerandthinnerfet:the flowers themfeluesalfo are whitl 7s ‘ ne = of bluth nes : the threedsare whitifh,tipt with yellowptt : the feedeand rootes are like vnto the former. rence betweene this and the otherforts. and herei ; ae Hyacinthus Stellatns Beticus,fine Perjianus florecarwes, . The réat blufhc g oloured Spanit* hStarry Iacint h. Thi like Hp diff 4 : alge | ; SS VE : \ eS TS ) : WAF7 /7X aN LA :\ A) a lett @; Hyacinthus Orimtalisfacie. 3 The litthe Summer Qrientall faci 5 Wf Mf by | yy) \R Ni UY h acinthwe Saalcus. Mauritani Hifpas obfolet ts ein rica TheSpanithduikilaciath. 4 Hyatlottas ficafare adspacde Che grecieeShands ehdaiehdetcSs Dob etoesie Tits This likewife differeth little fromthetwo former, but onely in the colour of tH flowel’i h. Starry| cae otra. 6 Siyaciosions Eriopors, Ths Woolly [acinth. 7 sii Hyacinthns Stelbaris Batic ms maior,fine Parnanee, Thegreat Spaaith L 3 |