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Show 0 TheGardenof pleafantFlowers, Lhe Garden of plea/anttlowers\ blew, tending to an afh colour,andver er below then aboue,ofa very pale o r white like vntothe feede of the EnglifhIz. round, d an ke blac edeis {weetein {mell : thefe white;fo like,I fay,that it is hardto and d, roun , cinth, and fo is the roote, being great other. from know the one fromthe jjeiniantanestatelacenenptaanatinediapiealiaaodinnT TT chalet The certaine originall place ofgrowing thereof, is not knowg¢tovs, The Time. Irfowreth in Aprill. The Names. Somedoecall this Hyscénthus Someri, Somers Jacinth, becaufe as Lobel faith, he broughtit firft into the Lowe-Countries, eyther from Conftanti- nople,or outofItaly. Hyacinthas SteBatus Lilifolie & radice ceralco, The blew Lilly leafed Sarre Iacinth. This Iacinth hathfix or feuen broad greeneleaues, fomewhatlikevnto Lilly leanes, butfhorter (whereof it tooke his nameas well as from the roote) {pread vponthe ground, andlying clofe and round : beferethe ftalke rifeth out from the middleo! thefe leaues, there doth appeare adeepe hollow place, like 2 hole, to bee. feene a good while, which at length is filled vp with the ftalke,' rifing thence vntoa foote or mort high, bearing manyftarre-like fowersatthetoppe, ofa perfe& blew colour, neatt ynto a Violet, and fometimesofpaler or bleake blew colour, hauing as it werea {mil cuppeinthe middle,divided intofix peeces, without any threeds therein : the feedes blacke and round,butnotfhining : the roote is fomewhat long, bigge belowe, and {mall aboue,like vnto the {mall roote ofa Lilly, and compofed ofyellow fcales, a4 Lilly, butthe {cales are greater, and fewer in number. Hyacinthus Stelatns Lilifolius albus,The white Lilly leafed Starre lacinth. Thelikeneffe of this Iacinth with the former, caufeth me tobe briefe, andnottd repeate the fame things againe, that haue already been expreffed : You maytherefost vnderftand,that exceptin the colour.ofthe lower, which inthis iswhite, there ist difference betweene them. - More tance, Uheare of onethatfhould beare blufh coloured flowers , but I hae not yet {ett any fuch. ThePlace. Thefelacinths haue been gathered on the Pyrenzaa Hils, in that partol France thatis called Aquitaine, and in fomeotherplaces, The Time. The Names. Becaufe the rooteis fo like vnto 2 Lilly, as the leafe is alfo, it hath moft properly beene called Hyacisthus SteHlatus Lilifolio cy radice, OF fot breuity Lilifolias, that is; The Starry-Lilly ledfed Iacinth. “Itis called Sarahug by the Inhabitants where it groweth, as Clufius maketh the !* port from Venerius, who furtherfaith; that by:experience they hat Foundthe cattellto fivelland dye,that hane eaten of the leaues thereof. Byssiasl — ee Thefe flowerin Aprill,and fometimies later. |