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Show ~ The Garden of pleafant Fiowers. Lhe Garden ofpleajant Flowers. oe eatin Turkie ftript Crocus, The11. Crocas vernnsfiriatus Turcicés. whofe fowerisalittlelarger, andofa deeper purple Thete isis anoanotherofthis kinde > de’; thegreencleafe; alfo isDe bigger, and of a more infide and outfi colour, both on the whitith colour. fmall leaues. 12. Crocus vernus Capilarifelio albus. The white Crocus with de, butthat inde, {a vnto the purple ofthe> famekin like i things i i Crocusiiss inall i i heréof,youfhall haue aeahichets wholly white: the full defcription therefore toI scfere in that purple with {mall leaues, ofthis kinde hereafter fet downe, whereun Ol. 13. Crocs verteus purpureus minor. The fmaller purple Crocus. ‘ 165 ease gee e 2 This kindediffereth verylittle from the former, eicher in roore , leafe, or flower Crocus Neatom for the bigneffe or colour, bur thavit feemeth tobe little bleaker orpaler blew ; be-7 btanus praceior. caule it lowreth littleearlier, 16.Crocas Vernaspurpurcwsfriatus. The ftript purple Crocus. Theleaues of this ftript purple Saffron flower,are as large and broadas’the latt, ot rathera little longer : the lowers alfo arc as plentifull, and aslarge, ofa fine delayed purple colour onthe outfide,with three broad fttakes orlines'downethe backe ofthe threeouter leaues,and oflittle deeper purple om thie infide, asthe other three leaues arcalfo ofa deeper purple colour, and are ftriped with the famg deepe purple about the groufd, or bottome ofthe leaues: this fometimes yeeldeth three {quare heads, containing in them brownith {eede: the roote islike vnto thelaft, aad flowrcth much aboutthe time ofthe former. r purple Saffron flower ofthe Spring,hath his greeneleaues{0 like vato onely they feem eeieee doves Saffron, that they can hardly be diftinguithed, , or a litte efle famebign aboutthe much alfo foweris the : narrower tobee alittle doth,ofa as the firft bigger, and feldome beareth aboue one flower from a roote, cuen of the deepe purple Violet colour, the bottome of theflower , with theypperpart flower ftalke next thereunto, being of a deeper or blacker purple ; inthe middleof the are fomepale chiues tipt with yellow pendents, and a longer pointell, divided or for: ked atthe toppe: the rooteofthis is in all things fo like vnto the firft white , that itis impoffible for the moft cunning and conuerfant in them , to knowthe one from theo ther. This beareth feede very {paringly, asthe white doth, andis reddifh like vatolt, but recompenfeth that defect with a plentiful encteafe by the roote: it likewife flow. reth at the very fametime with the white, and endarethas {malla time. 17.Crocus veruus parpareus verficelor.The filucr ftript purple Croctis. This ftript Sa%ron flower,is in leaues and flowers fomewhatlike vnto the laft Ari purple, buta little fmaller : the flowersare of a little deeper purple throiigh the whole Jeaues,{triped with white lines, both on the leaues, and towards the edges, which ma- keth a peculiar difference from all the reft : the rote ofthis'is norfo flat, thoughlike it, and couered with a darke afh coloured skinne : it howreth about the fame time. 18. Crecusparpureusflammeas maiorThe greater purple lame coloured Crécus. The greene leaues ofthis Crocus or Saffton flower, are of'a réafonable breadrh and 14.Crocus vernnsparpuress maxines, The greatelt purple Crocus. length, aad ofa pleafant frefh greenneffe, with4 faire broad white lint downe the middle of them , but rifing not out ofthe groundfo early as the next deftribed Crocus : the flowersare likewife of a meatie bigneffe, of 2 pal¢ ‘purple on theoutfide, This great purple Crocusis of the fame kinde with the next defcribed , as well ia pene ftriped. with greatftripes like flames, haying fome chittesin the middle, anda rooteasleafe, but greater ; for the greene leaues hereofare the greateft and broadeft of all other Crocus, with a large white line in the middle of enery one it ‘fpringethyp Somewhat whitith,efpecially the three outerleates ; but on the’ atitde ofd deeper purongeronealfo feathered a little at the toppe : the reoteis whitéon the outfide,fome- what flat and round,but not fo flat as the Neapolitane Crocus before defcribed. muchlater then theformer, and doth not fhew his flower vatill the other beepuatts good while : the fowersalfo are the largeft of all thefe Crocus of the Spring time,and 19.Crocuspurpurewsflamuseus minor.Theleffer purple flame coloured Crotus. forth, ofavery faire and deepe Violet colour, almoft as deepeas the former : thelee veffels are large alfo and white, whereinis contained pale reddifh feede, like yntotlt fame verdure, whichrife vp earlierthen it, and isin flower likewife fomewhat before equalling, ifnor furpaffingthat purple kindethat Aowreth in Autumne, hereafierlt next blew kinde, but fomewhat greater : the roote is (as I faid before) like vate the next, thatis, flac and round, with a duskie coloured outfide, whofe head for, {pringing Alter Apicibus in itisas hardly difcerned. . 5 : We haue oncofthis kinde, the toppes onely of whofe purple flower are whitill for the breadth of halfe the naile of amans hand, which abideth conftantieucryyeil® ' in that manner, and thereforeisa difference fitto beremmembged. 15. Crocus vernas Neapolitanus fiue cerulens tbeior. The greaterblew-Grocns of Naples. i This greatblew Crocus rifeth vp with diuetsgreencleates , broader then anya theformer(except the laft) with a white line running downe the infide of euery les asin the former, among whichrifeth vp, ont-of diners great long white skinnes,diua? large flowers, butnotfully{o great as the former, confifting of fix leaues , of2 palet blewor Violet colourthen intheformer, hauing inthe middfe of the fowers-4 fof palethreeds,tipt with yellow, and alongerpointell ofa gold yellow colour ,\ fork Or diuided atthe toppe,{melling fweeter then in the former, and abiding a great whilt fonger, being in flower-v{ually euenswith the ftript ycHow Grocusyor before the!" mér purple, and yeelding moreplenty ‘of feede: the roote hereofis not very great, ut alittle darke onthe outfide, being round and flatwithall , that one can hardly kao" Whichis the vpperfide thereof. ; ; 76 This Crocus hath almoftas broad and long greene leaties as the former, and of thé it, being {maller for fizebya little j butofas deepea purpleonthe outfide, as onthe infide, flamed withfaire broadftripes fromthe middle of the leaues , or fomewhat lower vito the edges: each ofthefe piue feed thatis of2 pale reddith colotir? the root is very like vnto the former, buta lirtle¢ leffer. 30. Crocus vernuspurperens Capiharifelie,Thepurple Crocus withfmaltleauess 2° This firialfkinde ofSaffron flower rifeth out ofthe groundwith two orthree long and {mall green leaués,very like vrito the leaues ofthe fine Fether- Graffe hereafter de~ {cribed, ftanding vpright arthe firftbut afterwards lying .vpon the ground; among which come the flowers, fometimes three, but moft vfually wwovpon one ftalke',-if the roote be not young, which then will beare but one ona ftalke, whichis very hort, fothat the flowers fcarcearife abond the groundyyet Jaying. themf{clucs,qpen inthe day time,if it be faire, and the Sunne doefhine, otherwife they keepeclofe, and doe not operat alls and aftet one Aower is’ paft ) which dottradt left abeuc three or fours dayes atthe mioft, theothers follow! which are ofiabicake blewiflypurplein the middle of the flower, and ofa deeper purple towardsthe ends ox: points ofthe leaues, but of amorefillen or darkepurple on the outfide ofthem, and yellowith at the borrome, with fome yellow chines in the middle-'the feedeis fmalland darker coloured then any of the former Crocus, contained alfo in {mallerheads, ftanding one by another vypon |