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Show The Garden of pleafant Flowers. i Lhe Gardenofpleafant Lowers. formerly for the greateft + buey oe) ae By eemete! called Apadelos Gulbofu albus ak heeday Aphodelas bulbofus at all) becaufethis doth fonearlyrefemblg that, both in theearly {pringing, and the-decay of the greeneleaues , when the ftalkes offlowers doe rifevp. Diners alfo dog call it OrmishogalumPan, i j aléuns. vrhefecond|aon his name in his title'.as moft anthors doe {ct im downe, yet in thegreat Herball referred to Dalechampins,it is called Ormithopalum ie ; 4 eenthirdhath his namefrom the place of. his birth, and the otherfiom his popularity, yet Dodonzus calleth it Balbus Lewcanthemos, The laftis called by diuets 4/phodelo-hyacinthints , and Hyacint ho-a/pho, delus Galeni, Dodonzuscalleth it A/phodelus feprina, and A/phodelus bu) bof. But Lobel, and Gerrard from him, and Dodgnzus, doc make this td haue white flowers, whereasall that] haue feene, bothin mine owne, atid it others Gardens , bore greenith fowers, as Clufius{etteth ittraely downe Lobel feemeth in the defcription ofthis, to confound the Ormithaza/um of Mompelier with it, and calleth it /pbodelus hyecitebinusforte Galeni , and onthe outfide, leauing the edges of eucry leafe white on bothfides ; inthe middle of thefe flowers ftand other fmall.dowers,, cach of them alfo made of fix {mall white leaues a peece, which meeting together , -feeme to make the thew of 4 cuppe, within which are contained fix whiteltareeds, tipt withyellow ,/and.a long white pointeltin the middle of them, being withouriany fentat all-afterche,flowers are pat comeyp: great round heads ji! which aretob-heauie, for the ftalke to. beare saadjthereforedy¢ downevponthe leauésdr ground §rhaning:certaine. lings ‘or ftripes 9 sthe outhide; wherein ts contained round, blacke; rough feede x the rooteisigrear and.white 5 ated} fomewhatflat at the battome, as diuers ofthefekindes ate,!and doc multiplyias plenss tifully into {mall bulbesasthe cominon or atly orher. This Starre-flower,growethintheMedowesindiuers places of Naples, amonghis Daffodils, had.(it fhoyld-feeme) feenc ip grow-with'hime DLW The Time. Ic flowreth in May; alchonghit begin to fpringout of theground oftens: times in'Noyember; but moft vinally in Tanuary sithe feede isdipeio Ijin The Names, Ornishogalum c&thiopicum,The Starre-flower of thiopia. The leaues ofthis plantare a foote long, andat the leaft'an inch broad} whichbeing broken, are no leffe woolly then the woolly Iacinth : the ftalke is acubit high, ftromg and greene; from the middle whereofvnto thetoppe, ftand large fhow white flow: ~ ers, vpon long,greene, thicke foot-ftalkes,and yellowifhat thebottome ofthe flows inthe middle whereof ftand fix white threeds, tipt with yellow chiues, com palling the head, which is three fquare, and long containing the feede: the rooteisthict and round, fomewhat like the A/phedelus Galeni. sida as Fabius Columna, and Ferrantes Imperatus doe ‘teftitie , from whence they hauebeen fents Aid Matthiolus.,, who fettethrour the figure,thergof ButasI haue fhewed,the Oraithogalumsfpicatum andthis, doe plainly diffe be reckoned one,but two difting plants. isfy The Places faith that fome would callit Pascratium Mon/pelicnf{e,atid Afphedelus.Galen, the one from the other, and are not both to becalled by one nate, norto 20 . ThePlace. This plant was gathered by fome Hollanders, on the Welt fide oftht Cape ofgood Hope. Y The Time. It fowred about the end ofAuguft with thofethat had it: The Names. Becaufeit came fromthat part ofthe continent beyondthe Jine, whichi# reckoned 2 part ofAthiopia,it is thereupon fo called asit is fet downé Oruithogalum Neopolitanum. The Statre-dower ofNaples. This beautifull plantrifeth out ofthe ground very early, with foure ay_fiue hollov Matthiolus reckoneththis (as is faid) among the Daffodils, for no other re{pect, asT conceiuejthen thathe a¢counted thewmiddle fewer to bee the cuppe ortrunke ofa Daffodilh, which ic: doth fomewhat refemble, and fetteth it forth in the fourth place, whereupon many'doe-caltit Wurci(fie guartus Matthioli, The fourth Daffodill’of Matthiolus. Fabius Columnacalleth it Hyacinthus arvorams Ornithegaliflere. Clufius (to whom Imperatusfentit, in ftead of the Arabian which hee defitedyieallect? it ofthe place from whencehe receiuedit, Ormithogalum Neopolitannm,and wethereattercallit in Englifh, The Starre-floweriofiNaples, Ornithogalum Hifpanicin mins.The tittle Starretlower okSpaite, Clufius hath fet forth this plant among hig Ormithdeataor Starte-fiowers , and althouglit doth in my minde come nearet't6"aFryacibthus}then to Ormithogalum, yet pardonit, andlet it paffeas he doth. From'a little rounchwhitith roose\pringeth vp in the beginning ofthe ycare,fine otfix final]dong preenleaties, -withoueanywhite line in the middle'ofthem, amotig which'rife Vp one ortwo-fmall flalkds van bouta blewith head in the middle : thefe flowers paffeaway quickly, and giue no feed, fo that itis not knowne what feede it bearethy)! vd ecisd shail MitodT : longin Italy, butit is not fo with vs) inthe middle of thelt Teaues rifeth vp the ftalke,a footeand ahalfe high, bearing diuers flowers at the toprt eucry oneftanding in a littlecuppe or huske, parts, hanging downe very long about the headwhich is dinided into three off fout : is pal thefe flowers docall hangdownetheis sdd eaiopen apmmac eeWhee heads,and one way,althoughtheir lit" foot-ftalkes come forth on all fj greater ftal being i large, ; and compo fed! ix long leaues, ofa pure white des ofthe € greaterftalke, ontheinfide, and ofa blewith or whitihgreene am ; z Phe Place, pointed leaues, ftanding round together, of a whitifh greene colour, downethemiddle ofevery leafe onthe infide, fomewhatnarrow with a white bit , but Jong,(Fabils Columna faith,three foot hand length high or better, bearing feuen or eight, or more flowers) prowing agiitwerejn a tuft or vmbell, with {mall long leaues ar the ‘foote of enery:ftalkes. thelowerflowers being equalin length with the vppermoft, ofa pale whitifh blew or afb colour,witha ftrake or line downethe backe ofeuery leafe'of them ;! with fome white threeds ftanding a» NOMI $ 102930 2i1G09G Jc Thisgroweth in Spaine; and fiom thence hath bednii eae Ir flowrethin May; of ght to VS. ee basJ 240 a1} v9dt0 Yasin a5 st9nT | Phe Namesyiioio1 io Wlibos: vioftil2 Tt hath no other namethen is fer down inthe title, being but lately found out. : 3,O7nt- 159 ——.y |