FO T he Garden of pleafant Flomérss\ ) 
he Indies , either Eaft or Weft (although they differ very notably, from thofe thai that 
oe i thefe parts parte efe the werldymuttin agenerall furucy and mufterbe ranked euery 
one, as neere asthe {urueciours wit will direct him, vnderfome other growing with VS, 
that isiofaecreft ligsente Baste po age cat direGthis place thoréfirlyy J 
fhall require yous toacceptof him in this, withthis defctiption thasifolloweth, which, 
1 moft tell:you alfo,is more by relation then knowledge, or fightofthe planti it felfeg 
This Daffodill hath diuers broadjleaues, fomewhat likeynto thecommonor ordinary, 
white Daffodill, of a grayifh greene colour ; from the fides whereo BoB asalfo. fromthe 
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' middle of them, rife vp fometimes two ftalkes together, but moft viually one after an. 
other (for very often it. dowreth.twicein.a Summer) and often alfo,bur one ftalkea- 
lone, which is.of a-faine reddith colour, about a foote high or ‘more, atthetopp 
whereof, out of a deepe red skinne or huske, commeth forth one flower bending 
downevards, confiting of fixelong leaues: without ral cup in the middle, of anvex-. 
cellent red colour, tending toa crimfon, three of thefe leauesthatturne vpiadea aah 
fomewhat, larger then, thofe three. that. downewards , having. fixe threads or 
_ chiuesin the middle, tipt.withyellow. penc dents. , andathree forke ftilelonger then, 
therefts ‘and turning’ vp the end thereof againe : the roote is round. and bigge 3 on 2 
brownith colour.on the ousfide, and white ar 34 This is fet forth by Aldinus, Care, 
~ dinall Farnefius his Phyfitian, that. at Rome it rofe. vp with ftalkes of flowers, b bes, 
tehete 
fore any leaues appeared. 
The Place, Time,and Names, 
yaiieon Lie pauvally groves inh Wet Indies, from whenceit was brougt 
Sino Spaine, where itbore bothin Juneand Inly,andby the Indians in 
tongue named Acar XocuitL, and! eh heomea, Spaine,v 
diuers louers of eee feuerall parts of Chriftendome, but haue 
thriued long in thefetranfalpine colder Countries, fo faras I can heare, 
| ANareiffie F ems flore Inteo pracoci[sineus, 
Thecarly Daffodill f Teed 
Becsufe this Daffodils like in dower vato the former, 
: : Lidse lahourtit pale ieteh ohaehea savant fea a 
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- haththree or foure thort very greeneleaues ; fo like. yato the leaues.of the “s tume 
pated that many,may eafily bee deceiued in miftaking one for another, the 
ice.confiftir vine ass rhas ue Eteanesor this AERO fo b oad orfolong 
