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Show so The Gardenof pleajant Flo The Garden ofpleafant Flowers, pers. LL 145 —~——. 7 a cai beeault vnto the Daffodils défcribed, ioytied nextkes ~—Galbofam,bulbed. Violetbefore S..€3 *h of a foot . oD ; : c mong whichrifeth vp two orthree ftalkesfc metimes,eq k iti Molyg at the toppe, inclofed in a skinny hofe, as all the ocine hae Sea * quicklyfads haue,a number offmall purplith flowers, which doe not long‘abide, but the feedeis blacke as others are ; theroote is fometimes knobbed, and more ofteg bulbed, hauing in the knobs fome matkes of the.old ftalkesto be feene inthem, and fmelleth fomewhat like Garlicke, whereby it may be knqwne. filuer colour, withftripes or lines on euery fide, and fafhioned {mall and hollow,like a cuppe or boxe : the feede I could neudriobferue, becaufeit Aowreth folate, that the Winterhinderethit from bearing feede with vs : the rooteis {mall and round, white and in a mannertran fparefit, at leaft fo thining as ifit were fo, and encteafeth nothine fo much, as manyofthe otherforts : this hath wo ill feneatall;: but rather apretty {mell, not to bee mifliked. 11. Molyferotinum Conifernm. The late Pineapple Moly. 6. Maly montanum latifolinns lateoflore. The yellow Moly. The yellow Molyhath but one long and broad leafe when it doth not beare flower, but whenit willbeare Aower,it hath two long and broad leaues,yet one alwaies longet and broaderthenthe other, whichare both ofthe fame colour,and neaie the bignell ofarcafonable Tulipa leafe : between¢ thefe leaues growetha flender ftalke , bearing at the toppea tuft or vmbell ofyellow flowers out ofa skinni¢ hofe, which parteth three wayes, madeoffix leaues a peece,laid open Tike a Starre, with a greenith back Or outfide, and with fomeyellow threeds inthe middle : the feede is blacke, like vnto ethers : the rooteis whitifh, two for the moft partioyned together, which encreafeth quicklyand {melleth very ftrong of Garlicke, as both fowersandleaues doe alfo, 7. Moly Pyreweumparpuream. The purple mountaine Moly, This purple Moly hath twoor three leaues , fomewhatlike the former yellor T his late Moly that was fentme with the laft defcribed,and others alfofrom Spairi, rifeth vp with one long greene leafe; hollow and round vnto the end,towardsthis end onthe onefide, breaketh out a head offowers,enclofed ina thinne skinne,which after it hath foftood a good while, (the leafeiin' the meahe time rifinghister, and growing harder, becommeththeftalke) breaketh, and fhewetha great buth or head’of buds for flowers,thickethrufttogether,fathioned very likeynto the forme ofa Pineapple (from whence I gaucit the name}of the bignefs ofa Walnut:after this head hath food in this mannera monethor thereabouts, the flowers fhew themfelues to bee ofa fine delayed orwhitifh putple'colour, wich divers {tripes in every of them, of the fame cup-fafhion with theformer, butnot opening {plainly , fo thatthey cannot bee difcerned to bee Open, withoutgood heedéand obferuation. Itfowreth fo late in-Autumne, thatthe early frofts doequitkly {poile the beauty of it, and foone caufe it'to rette : the rooteis {mall andround, and fhining likethe laft, yery tenderalfo, as not ableto abide our fharpe Winters, which hath caufed itvtterly to perifh with mes a Moly, but not fo broad,norfo white : the ftalke hath not fo many flowers thereon,but more {paringly, and of anvapleafant purple colour: the roote is whitifli, fmelling fomewhatftrongly of Garlicke , but quickly perifheth with the extremity ofourcold Winters, whichit will not abide valeffe it be defended. 8. Moly montanum latifolinm purpareum Hifpanicum, Thepurple Spanifh Moly. This Moly hath two broad and very long greencleaues,like vnto the yellow Moly, in this,that they doe compaffe one anotherat the bottomeof them, between which rifeth vpa ftrong round ftalke, twofoote high or more, bearing at the toppe,outofé thinne huske, a numberoffaire large flowers vponlong foot-ftalkes, confifting offx Jeaues a peece,fpread open likea Starre, ofa fine delayed purple or bluth colour, wit 12.Atoly Dieftoridenm, Diofcorides his Moly, The rooteofthis fall Molyis tranfparent within , but couered witha thicke yel- lowifh skinne,of the bigneffe ofan Hafell Nut, or fomewhat bigger, which fendeth forth three or foure narrow graffie leayes; long and hollow,anda little bending downwards, ofa whitifh greene colour, among whichrifethvpa flender weakeftalke,a foot and ahalfehigh, bearing atthe toppe, out of athinneskinne, a tuft ofmilke white flowers, verylike vnto thofe of Ramfons, whichftanda pretty whilein their beauty, and then paffe away for the moft part without giuing anyfeede this hath little or no fent ofGatlicke; °! 723-4! gaits : We hane another of this fort that is leffer, and the flowers rounder pointed, ire 2 diuers threeds of the famecolour,tipt with yellow,ftanding about the middle head: 13. Moly Diofcoridenm Hifpanicumi. The Spaniff Moly of Diofcorides, round, with manyfibresthereat, hath many {mall bulbes fhooting from them ; bit neither roote,leafe, norflower,hath anyill {ent ofGarlicke at all, like vnto the laft de{cribed, butfairer, larger, and of much more beauty, as hauing his ‘white flowerstwice as great as the former; but (as it feemeth) very impatient ‘of our ‘Winters, whichit could not atany handendure,but! quickly perifhed, as fome others betweenethe ftalkeand the bottomeofthe leauesit hath (ome final! bulbes growing whichbeingplanted , will foone {pring and encreafe : the roote alfo being fmall and 9. Molypurpureams Nespolitanwm. The purple Moly ofNaples. This Molycamevntome amongother ‘Molyes from'Spaine® and is in afl things that came withivalfo: The Neapolitane Moly hath three or foure {mall long greene leaues fet vpon tt ftalke afterit is rifen vp, which beareth a round head oferyaes purple Eons made of fix leauesa peece, but fo clofing together atthe edge, that they feemelike vil {mall cuppes, neuer laying themfelues open, as the other doe ; this hath fomedent of his original, but the roore more then any part elfe. whichis whiteand whi round, quiick!y ¢, whichis enereafing as moft ofthe Molyes doe. YP 10, Maly pyxidetum argentenm Hifpanicum, TheSpanifh filuer cupped Moly, This Spanifh Moly hath twoorthree very long ruth | hich rife vp with the ftalke, or rather vanifhaway when theftalke . tifenlike vp a <— re high af more,bearing a great head offlowers, ftanding clofeat the firft, but afterwards{pi ding much one from anothe r, cuery flower vpon a long foote-ftalke, being of a whit filuet 14. Adoly Atofchatinum'vel Zibertinum Mon/pelien(e. The fweete fmelling Moly ofMempelier. This fweete’Moly , whichI hauekept forthe lat’, to clofe vp’ your fenfes, is the fmalleft, andthe fitie# ofall the reft, hauing fotrre or fiue {mall greene leaues, almoft as fie as haires, or like the leaues of the Feather-graffe : the ftalke is about-a foote high ; beariiig ‘fine or fix or’ tore finall white. flowers, laid open like Starres ,*made offix ‘leaues a'peece; of ‘an excellent fweete fent, refembling Muske or Ciuet ; for diuers haue diuerfly cenfured of it, It fowrethlate in the yeare, fo that if the'precedent Summer: bée¢ither over molt, or the Autumne ouer early cold, this will not hauethar fweere fent, that it will haue ina hot drie time, and befides mutt be carefully refpected’s for it will hardly abidethe extremity of our fharpe Winters. isi ' N The |