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Lhe Gardenof pleafant Flowers. hath his headof flow +. hat i amongboth the other, owing flowers ; for this being f ~ m Oper, i before , flowers butthe budsofhis ers as great and largeastaebeing Open, are more delayed, an of a pleafant pale hich h ftalkes: the heads inthe middle are von ceceaioe m Aediogree purplit with yellow. tipt it, ling compaf s vhnilh, ‘a foarethe threed Thefe doe naturally grow in Spaine, in the Medowes a little off ichwte they be in flower, growing fo thicketogether, feemeto couer the ground, like vnto a tapiftry of diuers colours, as I page ey enformed by Guillaume Boel, a Freeze-lander borne , of oe before “ hereafter remembred, who beingin fearch of rare plants in § paine, inthe yeare of our Lord 1607. after that moft violent frofty W inter,¥ ich pers thed both the rootes of this, and many otherfine plants with vs , ca ouer fome of thefe rootes for my Garden, and affirmed this fora tru, which is here formerly fet downe,andthat himfelfegathered thofe he ent mee,and many others inthe places named, with his owne hands ; ey hee faith, that boththat with the white, and withthe bluth flowers, are fant more rare then the other. The Time. Hyacinthns Stellatuslore rubente. The bluth coloured Starry Iacinth, The difference in this from the former,is oftely in the flowers, which are of 2 faire thingselfealike, Hyacinthus SteHatus Martius,fine precox cerileus, The early blew Starry Iacinth, This Iacinth hath his leaues little broader, ofa frether gteene, and not browne at all, as the firft blewIacinth ofFuchfius laft remembred: the buds ofthe flowers,while they areenclofed within the leaues, and after, when theftalk e is gownevp, doeremaine more blew then thebuds ofthe former: the fowers » whenthey are blowneopen,are like the former, but fomewhatlarger, and of a more liuely blew colour : the rootealf{ois a little whiter onthe outfide. This doth more feldome beare feede then the former. Hyacinthus Stellatas precoxflore alto, The whiteearly Starry Iacinth; Thereis alfo one other ofthis kinde, that beareth pure white flowers ,the green leafe thereofbeing little narrower then the former, and no otherdifference. Hyatinthus Stellatas pracoxflore fuaue rubente. The carly blufh coloured Starry Iacinth. They flower in May ,the feedcis ripein Tuly. The Names. This hath beene formerly named Eriopborus Perwanus , and Hyacintlit Stellatus Persanus, The Starry Iacinth of Peru,being thoughtto haue grown in Peru, Province ofthe Weft Indies ; but he that gaue that namefit to it,eytherknew nothis naturallplace, or willingly impofed that name,t0 concealeit, or tomakeit the better efteemed. It ismoft generally rect ued by thename Hyasinthus Peruanns, from the firft impofer thereof, thi is, the lacinth of Peru: but I had rather giue the name agreeing mioft fly votoit, andcallitasit is indeede Hyacinthus Stellatus Beticus, The Spanil Starry Iacinth ; and becaufe it is the greateft that I know hath comefro thence, I call it, The great Starry Iacinth of Spaine,or Spanifh Iacinth. This bluth coloured Iacinthis very rare,but very pleafant,his flowers being as large asthe firft ofthis laft kinde, and ‘fomewhatlarger then the blufh of the other kinde : the leaues and rootesdiffer not fromthelaft recited Iacinth. The Place. Allthefe Iaciaths haue beene found in the Woods and Mountaines of Germany, Bohemia, and Auftria,as Fuchfius and Gefner doereport, andin Naples, as Imperatus and others doe teftifie.. Wee cherifhthem all with greatcare in our Gardens; but efpecially the white and thebluth of both kindes, for that they are more tender, and often perifh for want ofdue re= gard. The Time. Hyacinthus Stelatas vulgaris, fine Bifoline Fuchfij. Thecommonblew Starry Iacinth. This Starry Iacinth (being longeft knowne,and therefore moft common) rifeth ott ofthe ground,vitally buy with two browne leaues, yet fometimes with three, inclofing withinthem the ftalke of flowers, ‘the buds appearing ofa darke whitilhcolott, as feoneasthe leaues open themfelues, which leaues being growne,are long, and ho! low, of a whitifh greene on the vpper fide, and browne on the vnder fide, a halfe round, the browneftalke rifing vp higher, beareth fiue orfixe {mall (tarre-lit flowersthereon, confifting offixleaues, ofa faire deepe blew, tending to a pulp i. The feedeis yellowifh, and round, contained in round pointed heads, which by: fon oftheir heauineffe, and the weakneffe ofthe ftalke, lyevpon theground,and oft erifh with wet andfrofts, &c. The toote is fomewhat long, and couered withay® owifhcoate; Hyacinthasflelatasflore albo.The white Starry Tacinth, The white Starry Tacinth hath his leaueslike the former;but greene and frefh, ™ browne , anda little narroweralfo : thebuddes for flowers at the firft appeare a ltd blath, which whenthey areblowne, are white, but yet retaine in them a final! fhew* that binfh colour. ofa pale frefhi greene, and fomewhat narrower. rom Y a ie Sea, as well inthe Ifland Gades, viually called Cales , as likew if t long the Sea fide, as one goeth from thence tol orto Santa! aria, 127 Wehaue another, whofe flowersare pure white > and f{mallerthen the other, the Fare mines, leanes whercofare bluth colour, much more eminent then in the others »inall The Place. tet we The common kindes, whicharefirft expreffed, flower about the middle of February, if the weather bee milde, andthe other kindes fometimesa fortnightafter, thatis, in March, but ordinarily much about the fame time with the former. The Names. Thefirft is called in Latine Hyacinthue Stellatas valgarts, and Hyacinthus Stelatus bifolins, and Hyacinthus Stelaris Fuehfij , and of fome Hyscinthas Stellatus Germanicus wee might very well call the other kinde, Byacivthus Stelatus vulgaris alter, but diners call it Precox, and fomeMartins, asitisin the title. In Englifhthey may bee feuerallycalled : the firft, The common; andthe other, The early Starry Iacinth (notwith{tandingthe firft flowreth beforethe other) for diftin@ion fake. The Hyacinthas feemeth tobecalled Vacinivin ofVirgil in his Eclogues; for hee alwayes reckoneth it among the flowers that were vfed to decke Garlands, and neuer amongfiuits,'as fome would haueit, Butin that hee Callethit /scimins nigram,in fenerall places,that doth very fitly anfwer the common e |