Of the Hilicirie of Plants.

LIB. 1.

it ;2 Crocus rvcrmas lzztrfolmsﬂorcpwparcar Broad leaned Spring Saffron with the purple ﬂoure.

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:1: 14. Crow: wmus l4tz'foliu:ﬁoreﬂwv’o.1/Aria du rliti. Broad leaued Spring Saffron with adouble fioure yellow and itreaked,

Ti: 1 3 Crew: vermrﬂore cirzcrrap/frizzto. Spring Saffron with an Afh~co-« loured fireaked ﬂoure.

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amoft perfeét lhining yellow colour,feemi_ﬂg a‘ far off to be a hot glowing sole of fire, w hid‘ maketh the difference.

There is found among Herbarifis a§10‘ ther fort,not differing from the others, faulflg that this hath white ﬂoures,contrary to all the reft. » . 5 Louers of plants haue gotten into thcli gardens one fort hereof with purple or V101“ coloured ﬂours, in other refpecfts like vnto I11‘ former.

5 Of thefe we haue another that floureth in the fall of the leafc, with ﬂoures like to {ha common Saﬁ?ron,but deﬂitute of rhofe chines which yeeld the colour,fmell,or taﬂe that the right manured Saffron hath. p .

1- 7 And of this laft kinde there is ant?’ ther with broader leauresyand the Home is alfo larger, with the leaues thereof not fo fharpa pointed,but moreround 5 the colour being 3‘ the ﬁrPtwhiti{h,but afterward intermixt wit‘ fome blewneffe. it

8 There is alfo another of Autumnewild Saffronswith white ﬂqures , which fats for: J the diftinétion. _i

Many forts there are in our gardens beﬁﬁlﬁs thofc b€f0Y€ fpﬁciﬁﬁd, which I thought mad‘ 16% t0 intfﬁafi Oﬁbecaufe their vfe is not great 11; Therefore 1 will onely giue the ﬁgures an names of form: of the chiefe of them,and ﬁfe‘ fuch as delight to fee or pl eafe themfelﬂﬁs with the varieties ( for they are no {’peciﬁq§“' dif¥erences)0fr.l1ef'e plants,to the gardens 39

the bookes Of Fl0ri{’ts,who are onely the Pm’ feruers and admirers of xhcfc varieties , U0‘ fought after for any vfe btrtdtliglit. 1':

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Of the Hi9cor*ie of Plants.

Ali rhefggmrgie Sag; O S l m, V K?/ye?/ice.‘ d ? h p .p p _ H Aummnﬁ do WOW V or n 13116 gr0.v¢ll1§§klll.()ll§ on on garc ens. Ihofezvhrch. doe ﬂomgm hang been fmfmenp n cerﬁtalne craggii {Ole is t)rtL1?,9.ll;I10tfal',fC‘fX0m the fez. tide. The other of that notable l(:'a“ne[:i_I;rI’)']V5;) Orr)’; out of 2*! Van omefout oi‘ SParn€,bY_the labor} and diligence them in on ’ 1 Cfbafllt Caro/us ztﬁm; out 0 wlrofe Obferuations, and partly by feeing

I 0% ne gardengwe haue fez dovvne their deferrptron. ~

That leaf ' . - . Hat ahguu sing plant that brmgeth forth yellow ﬁoures was fent vnto me from Ro£zm;.r of Paris, P an moftcurious fearcherofSimples.

I ' . They fioure for the mo-‘E watt in Ia iqnfljiirlme ’ h f ‘ ' ﬂoumh in Sewembs L 3. nnar ea eoruarie 5t ato the mountain exceptedﬁwhrgh A x er. T All thefe Saffrons are vn E bl dﬂh hi‘ Atari“: ~ 2 . ~ . . S . . . Pro [3 era“ t CFC OIL I DE tflll {aid IO be Crap; vlryg W55, 9;‘ vﬂlgl a I 1 F 1 J ‘ ' ” ~“‘5111l1;5pr1I1g Sarfronsjand vernall SaFFrons. oft?‘ 7776 Nature and Vermes. 3.12

fl... ~ _, a. V . _ u r ’ than pgigglcﬁps of there we haue nothing to fet downe,for that as yet there is no knowne vie of

C H A 1». 9r. Ofﬂ/Iedow Saﬂron.

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’I‘I-éetehe fundry _forts of rnedow Saffrons, differing very notably as well in the colour of their oures,as alfo in nature and country from whence they had their being, as (hall be declaredg

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P _ i Colcbimm Aug-licum zzllitmzg p “P19 Enghfh Medow Saffron.

White Englilh Medow Saffron;

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