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Show The Garden ofplealant Eowers. T be Garden of plealant Flowers. ne The Time. Some ofthefe do flowerin Aprill,fome in May,and fomenot vntill Iune, Boththe rootes and the flowers ofthe greatFlowerdeluces, areof great The Names. g vnto them, and thereforeit The names expreffedare th ¢ fitteft agreein the reotes of the formet or | of Many is needleffe againe to repeatethem. more then nie yand fog fome yet fweete, are dryed being kindes, reater white flower, called withthe thar reft, the l aboueal have no fentat all : but fitto ia be vfedto make root, ; {weeteft ofFlorence,3 isaccounted ofall to bethe rootes. of Orris thename by it ingi ling &c.cal , fweete powders i i Tey - ; ; rootes, yet this muchdiffering fromthem alliIn Englifh:itisvfually-called, The Veluet Flowerdeluce, becaufe the three falling leaues feemetobelike {mooth blacke Veluet. The Vertues. vie for the purging and cleanfing of many inward, as well as outward difeafes, asall Authorsin Phyficke doe record,’ Some hauevfed alfotlie greene rootesto cleanfethe skiane, but they had n¢edeto be carefull thatvfethem, * left they take more harmethen good by the vie ofthem. The dryed:footes called Orris(as is faid) is of much vfe to make fweete powders, or other thingsto perfume apparrell orlinnen. The iuice or decottion of the green « roots doth procure both neezing tobe {nuft vp inte thenoftrils,and vdmiting very ftrongly being taken inwardly. Iris tuberofa. The Veluet Flowerdeluce. i luces. Tmuft needes ioynethis peculiar kinde,becaut Car. XXI. differ both in roote and leafe ; lef ( nskanleeithilareh although it here inthe end of the Flower: aroome vp take it let noplace, haue fhould it ee fquareleanes, all-and foure d pat with this defcription following. Ic hath manyfm ftiffe at the firft, but 7 ote long and aboue {ometimes, ofa grayith greene colour, the ground: downeto and'bend weak are they length, full their to fe od rowing high breaketh out the ftalke,a foot 4 orth middle as it were of oneof thefeleaues, whereof, out of a huske rifeth ont toppe the at thereon’, ues fomelea with shat beads leaves, whereof the three that nine of g confiftin ftalke) ona Gower a neuer {aw more theedges, and in the i fall downeare ofa yellowith greene colour rotind about ngblacke Veluet : thethret refembli blacke, be to {eemeth thatit purple, of fo deepea of the fame greenifhcolout are halfe, the to ues arched leaues, that covet the lowerlea that the edgesand backfide of the lower leanes are: the three vppermoft leaucs, ! o, but whercia they may be called leaues, or rather fhort peeces like eares, are greenalf aglimpfe of purple may be feenein them : after the floweris paft , there followet b round knob or whitith feedeveffell, hanging downe by a {mall foote-ftalke,from containe s whereini leaues, otwo wereint asit diuided is which tweenethe huske, rootts round white feede. Therooteis bunched orknobbed out into long round and one like vato fingers ; two orthree from one peece, one diftant from another, longer then another, forthe moft part ofa darkith gray colour,and reddifh withall on a ehe outfide, and fomewhat yellowith within,» : The Place: Ichath bene fent out of Turkic oftentimes (as growing naturallythere abouts) and not knowne to grow naturally any where elfe, The Time. It fowreth in Aprill or May, foimictimes earlier or‘later , as the Spring falleth out to be mildeor fharpe. The Names. Matthiolus contendeth to make it the true Hermodaéylus , rather froo the thew ofthe rootes, which(as is faid) arelike vntofingers,thenfrom o other good reafon: for the rootes hereof eyther dry or greene, do not " Gladiolus. Corne Flagge, Nex vnto the Flagges or Flowerdeluces,come the G/adio/i or Corne Flaggesto bécentreated of, for fomerefemblance of the leaues with them. There are hereof diuers forts, fome bigger and fome leffer, but the chiefeft difference is in the colour ofthe fowets, and onein the orderofthe flowers.’ Of themall in their {euerall orders, pts Gladiolus Narbonenfis. The French Corhe Flagge, The French Corne Flagge rifeth vp with three or foure broad, long, and ftiffe greene leaues, oneas it were out of the fide of another, being ioyned togetherat the bottome, fomewhatlike vato the leaues.of Flowerdeluces, but ftiffer, morefull of ribbes, and longer then many ofthem,and harperpointed : the ftalke rifeth vp from amongthe leaues, bearing them onit as itrifeth, hauing at the toppe diuers huskes, out of which come the flowers one aboueanother, all of them turning and opening themfelues one way, which are long and gaping , like vnto the flowers of Foxegloue, alittle arched or bunching vp inthe middle, ofa faire reddifh purple colour,with two white {pots within the mouth thereof, oneon each fide, madelike vatoa Lozenge that is {quare and long pointed : after the flowers are paft, come vp round heads or {eede veffels, wherein is contained reddithflat feede, like ynto the feede of the Fritillaria, but thickerandfuller : the roote is fomewhat great, round, flat,and hard, witha fhew asif it were netted, hauing another fhort fpongie one vnder it, which whenit hath done bearing, and theftalke dry, that the roote may be taken vp, fticketh clofete the bottome,but maybe eafily taken away, having vfually anumberof fimall rootes encreafed about it,the leaft whereofwill quickly grow,fo thatif it be fuffered any long timein a Garden, it will rather choake and pefterit, then be an offiamentvntoit. Gladiolus Italicus binisfloribus ordinibus, The Italian Corne Flagge. TheItalian Corne Flaggeis like vntothe French in roote, leafe, and flower,with= out any otherdifference, thenthat the reote is {mallerand browner, the leafeand ftalke ofa darker colour, and the flowers(beingof alittle darker colou: like the former, and fomewhatfimaller) ftand out on bothfides oftheftalke. refemble the true Hermodacty/é that are vied in Phyficke, as any that kno’ Gladiolus Byzantinus. Corne Flagge ofConftantinople. drisswbert/e, although all the Flowerdeluces in this Chapter haut the French CorneFlaggelaft defcribed, butthatit is larger, both in raeessleaenant OWGIS, eththem may eafily perceiue, eithet informe orvertue. It is more referred tothe Flowerdeluces, and -becdufe of the tuberous rootes, © os ‘ This Corne Flaggcthat camefirft from Conftantinople, isin all things like vato 189 |