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aes | hav’ not round: or heard by any others of any pr eculiar in hid 
plant, tobe ig pet either inwardly or of sy prope difeafe ‘: the 
chiefe or onely vfe thereof is, to be an ornament for the Gardens of thecu- 
rious louers' cof thal delights, andto be worne of them abroad, which for 
the gallant beauty of many of them, deferueth their courteous entertain= 
Th sgt arhong many other the dong pleafures. | 4 
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Talipa, The Tatkes Cap; 
Ext vebieie ie: and before the Nati or Datos ‘cent out fe of Tu- 
N= deferueth his place, for the lat : th their natures ; agreeing 
with the Lillies in leaues flowers . “andfeede, and fomewhat with the Daffo- 
dils inrootes. There are not onely diners kindes of Tulipas , but fundry diuerfities of 
colours inthem, found out in thefe later dayes by many the fearchers of natures va- 
Ficties, which haue not formerly been obferued : our age being more delighted inthe 
fearch, curiofity,and rarities of thefe pleafant delights, then any age I thinke before. 
But indeede. , this flower, aboue many other, deferueth his true commendations and 
acceptance withall louers of thefe beauties, both for the ftately afpect, and for the ad- 
mirable varietie of colours, that oe hiya atife inthem, farre beyond all other 
plantsthat grow, info much, that I salthough I fhall in this Chapter fet downe 
the varieties of agreat many, Ifa fhall leaue more vf en of, then thal Idefcribe ; for 
I may well fay, there is in | diuerfity to beexpected,euery 
yeeldinga mixture and variety that bath not Before Bech ob ke rued, and all this arifi 
Festa, the fowing ofthefeede. The chiefe dinifion of Tulipas, is into two forts: : Pra 
‘coces, early flowring Tulipas, and Serotine, lace flowring Tulipas. For that fort which 
is called Wedix OE DAPI 5 thatis, which aaa inthe midlet betweene 
Assi houg ttl beakinde orf o het nites -, aswe sanyof he other 
and moft vtbally “1, focthat ftheare ' is ftalkea flower , high and ites 
theSerotine doe ; ; buref cially, for thatthe feede of a Media bes oh did neuer brins 
forth a Pracox flower (all hough I know Clufius, an induftrious, learned , and painful 
fearcherandp oS ak irae de faith otherwife) fo farreas cuet T could, by 
mine owne care orknowledge, Ass pele omaha 9 5 oF the affrance of any d- 
thers, the lowers and fowers of Tulipa. obferue, learne, or know : and becaufe 
alfo tharrhe feede ofthe Sereise bringeth forth atedis and the feede of Medigs Sert 
