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Show oO The Gardenofpleafant Flowers, Tbe Garden of pleafant Flowers. ee The Place. ied in thcirti The places of thefe Molyes, are forthe moft part expref . ptions defcri their les, or in The Time. 3. Afphadelus maiorflore tarneo. Thebluthcoloured A fphodill, This Afphodill is Tike to the laft in formic of leaues and branches, and: differeth in this, that his lcaues aremarked with fone fpotsyand theflowers are ofa bluth orflefh ere Thetimeis fet downe,for the moft part to bee in lune and Iuly,th later. 147 andthe (talkes are without branches : thetooteslikewil¢ are.fmaller;and fewer, > but : made after the fameitafhion. colour, in all other thingsalike. 4. Afpbedelas mivinins albus, The leatt white Afphodit. The Names. Tomakefurther relation of names then are expreffed in their tiles, wer: needleffes let thefe therefore fuffice. This leaft A{phodill hath foure or fue very narrow long leaues, yet feeminig three {quare like the greateft’, ‘bearing a finall ftalke, of about.a feote high among them withoutany branches, and atthe toppea few white flowers, ftraked both within and without, with a purplifh line in the middle ofeuery leafe. ‘The rootes are fuchlike tuberous clogges as are inthe formet,, but mucti leffer. The Vertues. Allthefe forts of Molyes are {mall kindes ofwilde Garlicke, and ares be vied for the fame purpofesthat the great Garden Garlickeis, althousl much weaker intheir effe@ts.. Forany other efpeciall propertyisin anys thefe, more than to furnith a Gardenofvariety, [hauenot heard at all, Aad thus much mayfuffice ofthefe kindes for our Garden, referuing manic oth tharmight be fpoken of, toa generall worke, orto my Garden of Simples, whicht God fhall enable me, and time giue leaue, may fhewit felfe to the world, to abideth iudicious andcriti¢ke cenfures of all. 5: M{phodelus albon wsinorfine Fiftnls{iss Thelittle hollow white Afpnodill. This little white Afphodill hath a numbést. of leaues growing thicke together; thickerand greener lathon ofthefmall yellow Afphodill, or Ewe eles ae following, among whichrifethvp diuers round {talkes,bearing flowers from the middletothetoppe, Starre-fafhion, with {mall greene Jeaues among them ,, which are white ontheinfide,and ftriped onthé backe with purplélines, like vato the firtt dec {cribed : the feede,and heads containing them,are threefquiate,, like the feede of thé little yellow Afphodill’: the rootes ofthis kindeare not glandutous, as the former,but ftringie, long and white’: the whole plant is very impatient of our cold Winters, and quickly perifheth, ifit be not carefully preferued, both from the cold, and much wet in the Winter; by houfing it, and thenit will abide manyyeares : for it isnot an annus all plant, as many haue thought. : Crap. XILII. CAfphodelus. The Afphodill. 6.Aphodelus Intens minor, fine Haftula regis, The fmall yellow Afphodill, or Kings {peare. Te remaine fome other flowers,like vnto the laft defcribed, ta:befpeci which alchongh ey have nobulbousrootes, yet I: thinke them firtefttol ere mentioned, that fo may ioyne thofeof necreft togethet,! fimilitude together, reft fimilitude till I hauefinifhed the reft thatare to follow. » tedfphedelus maior albus ramofee. The great white branched A{phodill. This {mall yellow Afphodill, whichis vfually called the Kings {peare, hath many long narrow edged leaties, which make them feeme three fquare, ofa blewifh or whi- tith greene colour: the ftalke rifeth vpthree foote high oftentimes, befer with {mall long leaues'vp vato the very flowers , which grow thicke together {pike-fafhion one abouc another,for a great length, and wholly yellow, laid-open likeaStarre, fome- whatgreater then the laft white Afphodill, and’ {maller then the firft;:which when The great white Afphodill hath many long, and narrow , hollow. three {qu leaites , fharpe pointed, lying vponthe ground round:about ithe reere:: theftallt {mooth, round, and naked without leaues, which rifeth from themidft of cher uided at the toppe into diuers branches, ifthe plant bee of any long continuance, ' el{e but into two or three {mall branches, from the fides. of the maine great whereon doe ftand manylarge flowers Starre-fafhion,.made of fix leaucs 4 ptt whitith on theinfide, and ftraked with a purplith line downethe backfide of def, hauing in the middle of-the flowers fome {mall yellow.threeds: the {eee acke, and three {quare, greater then the {eede of Bucke wheate, containel’ roundith heads », Which open into three parts : the roote iscompoled Gf many 0 rouslong cloggés, thickeft in the middle, and {maller-at both ata fattened toge at the head, ofa darke grayifh colour on theoutfide, andiyellow within. 2+ Aphodelus albus nom ramefut,. The white ynbranched AGpodill. they are paft yeeld round heads, containing blacke cornered {eede, almoft three fquare: the rootes are many long yellow firings, which {preading in the ground, doe muchenereafe. The Places All thefe Afphodils doe grow naturally in Spaitte and France, and froni thencewerefirft brought yntovs, to furnifh our Gardens. The Time. _ Allthe glandulous rooted Afphodils doe flower fome in May, and fome in Iune; but thetwo lat doe flower, the yellow orlaft ofthem in Iuly, and the former white one in Auguft and September, and vntill the cold and winter hinderit. : The Names. The vnbranchéd Afphodillis like vato the'former, both bs leanes and flowers, , that . at th the fowers of thisarewhiter, and without any line or ftrake onethe back!i i Their feverall names are’ giyen them in theirtitles , as mich asis fit for this Na ~* |