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Show 130 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Lizew List. acca Jeaues are {mooth,greene, growing ftraight vp,and almoft a fingers breadth; — im ich cs vpa ftalke a littlemorethan halfe a foot inheight, at the top of which groweth forth a yellow floure not muchvnlike that ofthe laft defcribed Autumne Narciffe: it confifteth offixe leaues fome inchand halfe in length, and fome halfe inch broad, fharpe pointed, the threeia leaues being fomewhat longer than the outer. There grow forth out of the middeft of the floure threé whitithchiues,tipt with yellow, and 2 peftell inthe midft of chemlongerthan any —— a root confifts ofmanycoats, with fibres commingforth ofthe bottomethereof like others of this kinde. It floures in Februarie. ¢ 22 Narciffus Autumnalis major: uh é 1 Narciffus Perficus. " 24 The Perfian : fDaffodill, The great Winter Daffodill, Small Winter Daffodill hath abulbous root, much like vnto the root of Ruth Daffodil, but leffer: from the which riferh vp anakedftalke without leaues, on the top whereofgroweth a {mall white floure witha yellowcircle in the middle,fweet in fmell, fomething ftuffing the head as dothe other Daffodils. q The Place. The Daffodils with purple coronets do grow wildeinfiundry places ofFrance,chiefly in Bourgondiesand in Suitzerland in medowes. . ; The Ruth Daffodilgroweth wildein fundry places of Spaine, amonggraffe and other herbes. Diofforides faith, That they be efpecially found vpon mountaines. Theocritus affitmeth che Dafo- dils to grow in medowes, in his nineteenth Eidyl. or twentieth,according to fomeeditions : where hewriteth, Thatthe faire Ladie Europa entring with her Nymphsinto the medowes, did 'gathet the fwect fmelling Daffodils ; in thefe Verfes : Aud’tered Gu, &e Which we may Englifh thus : But when the Girles were come into The medowesflouring alinfight, That Wench withshefe, this Wench with thofé Trimfloures, themfelues did all delight ; She with the Narciffegoodin(ent, Andfhewith Ayacinths content. Of the Hiftorie of Plants, ari 131 But it iswetine not greatly : out theiti places ofgrowing fethat he y toi ouraepurpofe eee P p particular : icularly to feeke wildo,fee. ing that we haue them all and euery of themin our London gardens, in great aboundance. The aeee Daffodill groweth wildein fields and fides of Woodsin the Wet parts ofRag: land. r ae q | The Time. Theyfloure for the moft part inthe Spring, that is, from the beginning of Februarie ynto the end of Aprill. 5 The Perfian and Winter Daffodils do floure in September and O ober, £23 Narciffu recocioy flanoflo re. The tinely I s vernnsp Spring yellow Daffodil 24. 4. Narciffusiffus Aut; 145. minor. ri: Autumnalis Small Winter Daffodil, ' G The Names. A ae their names be fet forth intheir feuera ll titles , which mayferue for their appellatipus and diftin ions 3 hotwithftanding it fhallnot be impertinent to addea fuppl y of names as alfo the caufe why they are fo called, 3 The IPer{iis called in erfian DatfoFodill ; the Sclauonian dill is ; or Turki‘th tongu e, Zaremcada “arcincatta, as tor the moft part all other forts of Daffodils are, Notwithftanding Perfjana, and the double floneee they name Ginl catamer Lale : Which nameth ey generally giue vnto all double es. Ciregpk sbi patios i with the yellowcircle they call Serin Cade,that is to fay,the kings dle hinge ' Oe wie uch ts to fay,Camels necke,or as we do fay ofa thing with long {pinONG Halkes, vrging it fromthe long necke ofrhe floure. The Ruth Datftodill is called of fome lonquillias, ofthe fimilitude the Jeaues haue with Ruthes Diofcorides, Bulous Vomitorins, or Vomiti ng Bulbe,accordi Dg to Dodoneus, ; ty G -herallyall the kindes are comprehended vnder this name Narciffus, called ofthe Grecians Primerotepeeseaten +n Spanith, lenneiten : in Englith, Daffodilly, Daffodowndilly,and abhbar L 1 tedwec e= a_ the g eee!es in ual god s;becau fe¢ they that are departedand dulye cath thou! thily b wned with a duliine Ofthe fir and fecond Daffodil! oudhath made mentionfloure. in the third booke ofbis Metemorphofis |