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CHAP KILL rphielilatarte flowerL bring into'thisplace, asthe ficreft in my opinion whereto white roote, stiliMfminduabange eo alter it.’ It hatha very ee ¢j like nae a ruth, bur eene'lea roundgr and long very vpone geth nee(prin fronpwhe Mah, Wilde Gatlicke; high, bearing at thetop {pringeth forth (mall ftalke not aboue'three or foureinches leaves: a peecey within fix -of confifting Bowers, lavhite foure(mul OF thereofthres three which are fix white chiues , tipt withyellow pendents), ftanding abouta fmall Ntothe former Starte- flowers, muft neédes bee ioyned anothertribe ot kind\ / red, which carrytheir ftraked flowers Starre-fafhion, not {pikewife, butina tuft or vmbell thicke thraft: or fet:together.: ‘And-althoughdimers of them {mell notas the former, but moft oftheir firfeGrandfathershoufe, yetrathdoc not {fo ; for fome ofthem are ofanexcellent fent. Ofthe whole Family,there area great many [Orwitbagalton’atenm. The yellowStaire of Betlilehem. for their beauty of ftatelineffe, forme, or colour, are firtabee entestained , andtake placetherein, euery onc accordingto: his worth, and are accepted of with the loners ofthefe delights, that for abotit two'orthrée inches abowerhe ground, itisa little flat, and rom thence {quare head,that hath a white pointell fticking as it were inthe middeft thereof: the Gower is pretty and {weete, but not heady. icThis yellow Starte- flower rifech vp atthefirtt,with one longtound,gréénith leafe, which openethitfelfe fomewhat aboue the ground) .and giveth out another{mall leafe,leffer and fhorterthenthefirft, and afterward the ftalke rifeth from thencealfo, being foureor fiue inches high, bearing atthe foppe three or foure fmall greenleaues, and among thems foureor fiuc fmall yellowftarre-like flowers, witha greenithlineor fireake downethebacke ofeuery leafe; andi fome fmall:reddith yellow threedsin the middle: it feldoniegiueth{eede: the rdoteis round 5 whitifhy andifomewhat cleare, very aptto perith,if it bee any little while kept dry out ofthe ground , as I hauetwict tryedto myloffe. eo The Place. i Phefietigremin Portugal;and Clufiusfirft ofalLothers defciphersit, 35! bus .s|d%ERe other is foundi. manyplaces both.ofGermany and Hungary,inthe ~onp o\ omaifter groundge isccoo orate ‘| HoD eidel .2uloidal The Time. = The fickowterhin May athe otherinApril, and fometimesia Match, rhs @bas aw Bay ‘ wanlaet ) withthefmallforts ofOrmithage/um,and giucitthe name accordingly...) Theothers referred forlikenelfe of forme, aad not for colour, vntotlt |1>; Onmithegala, Or Startes of Bethichem.Itiscalledby:Tragus' and Fuch{is Bulbwefilutfirsbecanfe ofthe ebuioufnefle, Cordus takethit to be sift bawhiam, Lacunaicablerh,it Belowefeulentus; Lobel and others in thefe days Thur nigenerally,Ornithepalwys (utewm,and wee thereafter in Englith, The yellom yo tiv Starre-flower or Starreof Bethlehem.) 0-.hes Alo avolod disto weld disineyr | Ts eb pouig bas ylicino aviv ont | TheVertues. ..! yewasticg erwol s olbbis fibssil : au The firftkinde being butlately-found out, is not knowneto be vieds Th tootes of the common or vulgar, are (as Matthiolus faith) mucheateaby poore peoplein Italy , cithertaweiot roafted, being {wecter in tafte the! any Chefnut, and feruing as well for alneceffary food as for delight, Its oy doubrfatliwhetherany: ofthereftihay be fawfed ;forIknow notanyinol! Landhath made any experience, Homers Moly (for foit is moft vfually called with ys) rifethvp moft commonly with two, and fomerimes with three great, thicke, longs and hollowgurtured leaues, ofa whitifhgreene colour, very nearethe colour of the Tulipaleafe.,, hauing fomes timesat theend offome ofthe leanes, and fometimes apart by-it felfe, a,whitilh. round {mall button, like vnto afmall bulbe,the like whereefalfo, but greater, doth grow betweene the bottome ofrhe leauesand the ftalke neare the ground, which being plan- ted whenitis ripe, will grow inte,a roote ofthefame kinde ; amongthefe leauesrifethi vp around, ftrong,and tall ftalke, a yard high or better, bare or naked vnto the toppe, whereit bearetha great tuft ox yinbell..of:pale purplifh, flowers: alk of them almoft ftanding vpon cquall foot-ftalkes, or not one much higherthen another, confiting of fiueleauesa peece, ftriped downe the backe witha {mall pale line, having around head or vmbone with fome threeds,aboutit,inthe midft: Thefe flowers doe abidea great while blowne before they vade, which {mell not very ftrong,like any Onion or Garlicke, but ofa faint fmell : and after they are paft comethefeedc, whichis blacke, “wrapped in white clofe huskes : the roote groweth very great, fometimes bigger then 2eMoly Indicumfine Cancafon. The Indian Moly. The Indian Moly hath fuchlike thicke large leanes, as the Homers Moly, hath, bur fhorter and broader, in the middle.whereofrifeth.vp.afhorrweake ftalke, almoftfat, not having any flowers vpon it, buta head orclufter of greenifh fcaly bulbes, inclofed at the firftin alatge thinne skinne, which being open enery. bulbeshewethit felfe, ftanding clofe one vnto another vponhis foot-ftalke , of the bigneffe of an Acorne, whichbeing planted will growtobeea plantof, his owngkinde :.thexoore is,white and great, couered witha darke coateior-skinne, which.encreafeth, but litcle.vnder ground ; but befides'that head, itbeareth fmallbulbes abouethe ground, atthe bortome ofthe leaues next vnto the ftalke, like vnto the former. A The Place, Both thefe doe growin diuersplaces of Spaine, Italy.,.and;Greece; for the laft hath been {ent.outof Turkie among other,rootes, ,Ferrantes Imperatus a learned Apothecary of Naples, fent it to diuers of his friends in thefe parts, and hath: defcribed-inin his naturall biftory among other There are many other forts ofStarre-flowers, which,are fitter,for:a-generall thet this Hiftory ; andthereforeIreferrethemthercunto, The greateftiMoly ofHomers at the roppe,if it be but a while bare from the.earth aboutits: .> Carolus Clafiuscalleththe firtBulbus vnifolins, or Bolbine, but referttth | 1. Moly Homéricuwi, vel poting Theopbrait. any mansclofedfit; {melling ftrong like Garlicke,whitifh-enthe outfidey and greene 9 TheNames,'- itnotto the ftocke or kindred ofany plant; but (as you{ee) I haue rankedit of whichI muft leaue, I will onely feledt out a few for this our Garden , whofe flowers * r* Cuat plants, printed in theItalian tongue. “It grew alfo with fohn Tradefcanteat Canterbury, who fent methe head of bulbesto fee, and afterwardsa reote, to plant it in my Garden, rt ne |