a pl | ~TheGane of pleefantd F Towers. 
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eat Crocus eee Thef tat coloured Aira Crocus es 
and {eldome before, swithchreet 
longer afterwards, and itvthe mid@ 
one flower forthe mot partyoandfeh 
tees treeoiermat shape a fotnerciae! la 
ra ng Crocs 3p purples miountaitié Crocus. 
This shir Saffion flower of the Autamne, rifeth vp saitlwithbne flower vfig 
‘Y yet fametimes withtwo one after another, without any leaues atall,in September, o 
5 in Auguf 2 KagothGauitepandis lege: thet any kinde of ’Saffrc 
tof the Spring ne jiandis aSlargeas the flowerof the greate 
ry deepe Violet purple colour, which de- 
re dayes., and becommeth more pale, 
in the middle ‘me sg stay gloss fether topt pointell , branched, 
ie metimes aboue the edg : oe vie prensa 
firft purp! rWerealbhindes,, ‘piel athdevedlh theta oF Manvee anes the'p teis 
{mall and white on the outfide, fo like vntothe roote of the leffer Vernall'purple or 
white Crocus, that it cannot be diftinguithed, vatill about the end of Auguft, w 
doth begin to fhoot,and then by- the carly fhooting vpa long white {prout for flor 
it may be be knowne. I neuercould obferuc it to giue any {eede, the Winter fas Ithi 
i abe leech aces ted c the caufeto hinder i: i : 
ny GLE RE ft oe aes five see & {e ey bq ot te ie tof BF Gi 
= qr tates Autamivalis. The Arumne mountaine Crocts. ee ; 
ardsth them,which are of a pale or bleake 
| seaings cic foge fale cing fo fhort,, that they fearce app 
eat and flat ot o d , couere witha gray duskecoate or sk i 
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