Lib. !• 



Of the Hiftorieor Plants. 



99 



^j The Place. 



, f , ..j^sdoarowinmygardeD.asalfointhcgardensofHerbariflsjandlouersoffineand 



r JnSSs ■ but not wilde in England as in other countries, 

 re plants, ou ^ The Time. 



Th fc LilHes do floure fomewhat before the other Lillies,and the yellow Lillie the fooneft. r 



% The Names. 





Diucrs do call this kindeof V^Wxt^ili^hoddus^Liliago, and alfo Li liajl rum, but moft common- 

 ly LihumnonbMofumiva EngIim,Liriconfancieand yellow Lillie. The old Herbarifts name it, 

 timtrocdit ; for they haue two kinds of Hmerocallis -, the one afhrub or vvooddy plant, as witnef- 

 fethTfoopbra(?us, in his fixthbookc of the hiftory of Plants. Plmy fettethdowne the famefluub 

 amon<r thofc plants,the leaues whereof onely do ferue for garlands. 



The other Hemerocallis which they fet downe,is a Floure which perifhes at night,and buddeth ac 

 the funne rifing, according to ^tbeuam -, and therefore it is fitly called {,«*««« 5 that is, Faire or 

 bcautifull for a day:and fo we in Englifh may rightly tearme it the Day-Liliie,or Lillie for a day. 



% The Nature. 



The nature is rather referred to the Afphodills than to Lillies* - 



ff The Vertues. 



Ditfcorrdes faith, that the root ftamped with honey, and a mother peffarie made thereof with A 

 wool], and put vp, bringeth forth waterand bioud. 



The leaues ftamped and applied, allay hot fwellings in the dugges, after womens trauell in B 

 childe-bcaring.and likewifc take away the inflammations of the eies. 



The roots and the leaues be laid with good fuccefTe vpon burnings and foldings* 



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Floure de4uoe. 





% I IrisBulbofalatifilia. 



Broad Jeaued Bulbous Floure de-luce 



2 Iri*Butiofa^4ngliC4. 



Onion Floure de-luce. 







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