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Show The Garden ofpleafant Flowers. eh 5. Iris bulbafe maior fine latifolia alba. The great white bulbous Flowerdeluce, vp fo early out of the ground as The great white bulbous Flowerdeluce,rifeth not e after >. whofe leaues are fome. ormor h monet theblew or purple doth , but about a is thicker and fhorter , beg. ftalke the : ers theoth of then er broad and , what larger beforetheother, ring vfually two very largeand great flowers, one flowring a-little d, ofa bleake blewith white colour, et oftentimesbethin flower Bapac in theenthe budde,and before they be blowne in which weecalla filuer colour, w ie they are filuer colour rena. open, but then of a puter white, yetwith an eye or thew ofthatg that yellowfporin hauin and large, very being leaues g fallin three he them,t ning in ed in heads , like vnto the the middle ofeachofthem the feedes are likewife inclof : the w colour like them blew orpurple kindes, but larger , andareofareddith yello r. greate but ing, differ not rootelikewifcis 6. Iris balbofa mater abba variegata. The great white ftript bulbous Flowerdeluce. This white ftript Flowerdeluce, isinroote, leafe, and flower, and in mannerof growing, like vnto the former white Flowerdeluce; the onely differenceis inthe marking ofthe fower , being diuers fromit: forthis hath in the white flowergreat veines, ftripes, or markes, ofa Violet blew colour, difperfed through the leangs oftht Gowervery vatiably, which addeth a fuperexcellent beautytothe flower. 7. Iris bulbofameaior fine latifolia verficelor. Thegreat party coloured bulbous Flowerdeluce. There is no differencein this from the former,but in the flower, whichis ofa whitifh colour in thethree falling leaues , hauinga circle of afh-colour about the yellow {pot, the three rigged leaues being likewife whitifh, but ridged and edged with tht afh-colour, andthe three vpright leaues of a paleblewith white colour, with fom veines therein ofablewith purple. There hath beenebrought vnto vs diuers reotes of thefekindes , with the dryed Varietas, flowersremaining on them, wherein there hath beene {eene more varitties, then1can well rememberto expreffe, which varietyitis very probable,hath rifen by the fowing ofthe feeds, as istruely obferued inthe narrowerleafed kinde ofFlowerdeluce,inthe Tulipa, and in fomeotherplants, Weehaueheard of one of thiskinde of broad leafed Flewerdeluces , that fhould Flre lutea bearea yellow flower, inthe like manneras is tobe feene in the narrow leafed onts: but I hauenotfeene any fuch, and therefore dare reportnefurtherofit, vacill tim hath difcouered the truth or falfhood ofthe report, : The Place. Lobeliusis the firftreporter, that the blew Flower or firft kinde of thefe broad leafed Flowetdeluces , groweth acainabeW eft patts of England ; but I am in fome doubt of the truth ofthat report : for lit ther thinke , that fome in their travels through Spaine, or other parts Where it growcth , being delighted with the beauty of the flower, di gather the rootes, and bring them ouer with them 5 and dwelling in fom of the Weft parts of England, planted them, and there encreafing 0 plentifully as they doc, they were imparted to many, thereby ia cite growing common in all Countrey folkes Gardens thereabouts. The grow alfo, and all the other, and many morevarieties, about The loufe, from whence Plantinianus Gaffanus both fent and brought ¥ “sents them , with many other bulbous root €s, and rare plants gather gathered he be s The 2 Ivis bulbofalacifolinprima (Infis. Clatius kis firft great bulbous Flowerdeluce. 2 Iristwlbofa maior carulca fine Anglies, The great blew or Englith bulbous Flowerdeluce. 4 /ri bulbe/a anguftsfelia maior alba. bulbous Flowerdeluce, 3 Lric bulbe/a maser purpurea variegara, "The great purple fiript ‘The greater white narrow leafed bulbous Flowerdeluce. § ris bulbofa anguftifolia verfeoler.The party coloured narrowigated bulbous Elower: daece 6 Iris bulbe(a angnfifelin Africana.T be porple § frisan bulbous parrgw leafed Flowerdaluces |