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Show The Garden of pleafant Flowers. > 158 : The Garden ofpleafant Flawers, ed as it were among the leaues in the mid. fome chiues withtheir yellowtips , di {perf firft thew of the earlier MedoweSaf le after the dle: it flowreth in September , alitt fronsare paft. f 17. Colchicum variegatum pleno flore. The party coloured double MedoweSaffron, former, another of thefe double kinds (if it benot the very fame with the Wehaue this flower in my garden, varying inthe flower as nature pleafeth oftentimes; for Thaue in the partitionofth ied diuerfif are flowers whofe yeare) euery as here fet it forth, Saffron beforedefer e Medow d coloure colours, as is to be feene inthe fingle party and fome leaues halfe white bed, hauing fome leaues white, and others pale purple, flower , which doth confitt ofa and halfe purple, diuerfly {et or placedin the double coloured flower doth not thew party this many leaucs as the former, yet fometime rifing out‘of another , makity one flowers, two hath but former, likethe felfe double <aY) leaues a pect each ofthem to be almoft but fingle flowcrs,cenfifting of eight orten hin thi butthis diuerfity is not conftant; for the fame rootethat this yeare appearet againe, lowers doublef of kinde former his to returne will manner, the next yeare Lv lee | 18. Colchicum Vernum. Medowe Saffron ofthe Spring. This MedoweSaffron rifeth vp very early inthe yeare, thatis, inthe endof Iam arie fometimes, or beginning, or at the furtheft the middle of February, prefentlyst ter the deepe Frofts and Snowesare paft,with his flowers inclofed within three green Jeaues, which opening themfelues as foone almoft as theyare out of the ground, het their buds for Aowers within them very white oftentimes, before they openfare fometimesalfo purplifh at their firt appearing, which neuer fhew abouetwost th moft vpon oneroote,and neuerrife aboue the leaues,nor the leaues much highertht they, while they laft the ower confifteth offix leaues, long and narrow,cucry lee being divided, both atthe bottomeandtoppe,each from other , and ioyned togettt onely inthe middle, hauingalo fix chiues,tipt with yellow in the middle,euery chit being ioyned toa leafe, of a pale red or deepe bluth colour, whenit hathftooda wii blowne, and isa fmaller flower then any Medowe Saffron, except the {mall Spat kindes onely , but continueth in his beauty a good while, if the extremity of {hart Froftsand Windes doenotfpoile it: the leaues wherein thefe flowers are enclofed their firft comming vp,are ofa brownith greenecolour, which fo abide fora whh efpecially on the outfide, but on the infide they are hollow,and ofa whitih or gray greene colour, which after the flowersare paft ; growto beeofthe length ofam longeft finger, and narrow withall : there rifeth'vp likewife in the middle of themth head or feede veffell, whichis fmallerand fhorter, and harderthen any of the forms whereinis contained fmall round brownefeede: the rooteis {mall; fomewhatlike tothe rootes of the former, but fhorter, and not hauing fo long an eminenceont" oncefide of the bottome, 19. Colchicum Vernum atropurpurenm. Purple MedoweSaffron ofthe Spring: The flowerofthis MedoweSaffron,is in the rifing vp of his leaues andflowers!” gether, and in all things elfe, like vnto the former, onely the fowers of this fortatt? their firtt appearing of a deeper purple colour j:and when they are blowne alfor much deeperthen the former, divided in like manner, both atthe botromeand tom eeeee> fothat they feeme, likeasif fix loaf leaties wereioyned inthe mid! eei =mayles and hath bis {mall chines tipt with yellow , cleauingia™ The Place. oe MedoweSaffron, or the moft partiofthem', haué their pli ik edintheirtitles ; forfome grow:in the fields:and medowes 7 ampion grounds, others on the mountaines and hilly grounds.” Englifhkindes growin the Wet parts, as about Bathe y Briftow, Nee . i : iso e 3; eanicun & Colebicnmee Hi MedoweSation, 2. (Colchicum montanumiminus verficoleie flare. The (mall party coloursd Medowe venicene littleSpaeth Saf lebicum verficoler: The party coloured MedoweSaffron. 4 Cilchicumvariegatam alrerum. Another arty coloured Medowe Saffron, 5 (ola je Medewe Saffron, 6 (olchicumazre, Eh ! \ . plepwrenrmvarregatyn, i lye variable darke iusple Medowe Saffron. 7 alchi. (slchiehicum atrepuepurewm,T lic darke put} gum yore, Médowe Safiton of the ting. € Celchirnmflere ples, Dowble Medowe Saou. sett : Ip QO. |