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Show a 34 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. j #5 aeDarel Sc E Lis. Theyellow Englith Daffodill groweth almoft eueHeghes chrough|England. The yellow Spanith Daf. fodill doth likewife decke yp our London Gardens, wherethey increafe infinitely. q The time. The double Daffodill fendeth forth his leaues in the beginning of Februarie, and his floures in April. q The Names, : The firfkis called P/tudonarci(fus multiplex, and Nar. ciffus luteus Polyanthos : in Englifh, the double yellow Daffodill,or Narciffus. The common fort are called in Dutch, Geel MHporckel bloemensin Englith, yellow Daffodill, Daffodilly, and Daffodowndilly. Lis. 1. Oe Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Narciffé; and it may be was the fame our Author in the precedent ten chapter mentions he recetuied from Robie , but he giuing thefigure ofanother, anda defcription not well fitting this; I can af. firme nothing ofcertaintie. This double Marciffe of Robine Stowes with a ftalke fome foot in height,arid the floure is very double, ofa pale yellow’colour, and it feemes commonly to dinide it felfe into fome {fx partitions,the leaues ofthe floure lying one vpon another euen to the middle ofthe floure, This may be called Narciffus pallidus multiplex Robini. Robines double pale Natciffe, fox Narciffus omnium maximus. ‘The Nonpareilte Daffodil, £13 Pfendonarciffus flore pleno, The double yellow Deffodill, Gq The Temperature, The temperatureis referred vnto the kindes of Nar- cilfits. G The Vertues, Touching the vertues hereof, it is found out by ex. perimentof fome ofthe later Phyfitians, that the decoctionofthe roots ofthis yellow Daffodill do purge by fiege tough and flegmaticke humors, and alfo waterifh, and is good for themthatare full of raw hue mors, efpecially ifthere be added theretoa little anife feed and ginger, which will corre@ the churlith hardneffe ofthe woking, The diftilled water ofDaffodils doth cure the Pal: fie, ifthe Patient be bathed and rubbed with the fayd Liquor by the fire. It hath beene proued by an efpecialland trufty Friend of,myne, a manlearned, and a diligent fearcher ofnature;MiWicholds Belfon ofKings Colledge in Cambsidge..,; ,fomerimes ee Cuar. 86. Of diners other Daffodils or Narciffes, Here are befides the forementionedforts ofDaf fodils,fundry others, fome ofwhich may be teferred tothem ; other fomenot. I donotintend anexa @ enumeration of them,it being a thing notfo fitting for a hiftorie ofPlants, as,for a Florilegie, or booke of floures. Now thofe thatrequire all their figures, and more exad defcriptions Worke ofmy kinde friend M.John Parkinfon whichis intitl , mayfinde fatisfaétion in the late Paradi(us terreftris : for inotherFlorilegies, as in that ofDe Bry,Swertz,&c. you hauebarely theednames and f gures , but in this are both figures, and anexaé hiftorie or declatation of them. Therefore I in this place will but Onely briefely defcribe and namefomeoftherareft that are preferued jnour choice gardens, and @ few others whereofyet they are aot poffeft. P g The Defcriptions. E The firft ofthefe, which for the largeneffe is called Nonparc ille, hath long broad Jeaues and rootslike the other Daffodils. The flourcconfifts offix very large leaves ofa pale yellow colour, with avery i cup, but not verylong : this cup is yellowe rthan the incompatffing leaues, natt0- weralfo at thebottomethanat the top, and vneuenly cut about the edges. This is called NartifSus omniam maximus, or Nonpareille , the figure well expreff eth the floure, but thatit is fomewhat too little. Thereis a varietie ofthis with the openleaues & cup both yellow,which makes the dif crence. There is alfo another Nozpareillewhofe floures are all white,an dthefix leaues that ftand {pred abroad are viually a little folded, or turned at their ends. 2 Befides thefe former there are foure or fue in Ouer in filence ; the firft is that,whichis vulgarl double yellow Daffodils, which I cannot paffe y among {ft Florifts knowne by the name pfa % 5 Jaret 3 Thenexttothis is that which from our Author,the firft obferuer thereofisvulgarly called Gerrards Narciffe : the leaues and root do not much differ from the ordinarie Daffodil] ; the ftalk is fearcea foot high, bearing at the top thereofa floure very double; the fixe outmoft leaues are ofthe fameyellowcolourasthe ordinarie one is; thofe the tube or trunke of the fing lc one,and amongft themar that’aré next arecommonly as deepe as e with fome greenftripes here & there among thofe leaues: mixed alfo other paler coloured leaues, ina trunk like that ofthe fingle one, the fixe out-leaues thefe floures are fomtimesall contained is broke,and then the floure flandsfaire openlike as that ofexcepted: other whiles this inclofire the laft defcribed. Lobel in the fecond Pattlof his Addér/arédvells, That our Author Maftet Gerrard the garden ofa poore old woman; inwhich place formerl found this in Wiltthire, growing in y a Cunning man(as they vulgarly terme him) had dwelt. This maybe called in Latine, according to the Englith , Mar¢ifus mibltiplen Gerardi , Gerrards double Narciffe: _Figure weberegineyou is expreffedfomewhattoo tall, and the floure is not altogether fo double as it ought tobe, 4 Therearealfotwoorthreé double yellow Daffodils yet temaining. The firlt ofthefe is called Wilmots Narciffe, (from Mafter Wilmot,late ofBow) andthis hath avery faire double & large yellow floure compofed ofdeeper and paler yellowleaues orderly mixed, The fecond (which is\called 7¥44e(cants' Naxcifle, from Mafter beth) is the largeft-and Rtarbliek ofall the rect ;in the largeneffe John Tradefcant of South-Lamofthe floures it exceeds Wilmots, whichothenwife itmuich refemblest fome ofthe leaies whereof the floure confifts.are fharp por |