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* Jj ! ' a , tcr f Herbar i fts b y « Jurkifli or ftrange name call it Tulipa , of the Dalmatian cap called 

 Tuhpa,the forme whereof the floure when it is open feemeth to reprefent 



It is called in Englifh after the Turkifli name Tulipa , or it may be called Dalmatian Can nr 

 the Turks Cap. What name the antient Writers gauc it is not certainly knowne. A man niiUr 

 fufpeft it to be «A if it were a Bulbe that might be eaten, and were of force to make milkc crud 

 die ; for Theophrafim rcckoncth it among thofe Bulbes that may be eaten : and it is an herb as He' 

 fichiw faitb 5 wherewith milke is crudded. Conradus Gefnerttt and diuers others hauc taken Tulina 

 to be that say tarn which is fyrnamed Erytbromumfrecauk one kind hath a red floure • or altoe- 



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defcription we may in ftead of aw,,*, reade *,»**,*, or a«, ^ m . for fnch miftakes are frequent 

 m antient and moderne Authors, both in writing and printing. IntheTurky tongue it is called 

 Cale lale,Cavah lale, and likewife Turban and Turf an, of the Turkes Cap fo called, as beforefaid of 



Lobe lius. 



$ 29 Tulipa Holtas alba jlrijs & pmttis 



fanguineis . 



The white Holias with fanguine 

 fpots and ftreakes. 



% 30 Tulipa media fdture purpurea fundo 



fubc&rulco. 



A middle Tulip of a deepe purple 

 colour 3 with a blewifh bottom. 



± I do verily thinke that thefe are the *. * 4* the Lillies of the field ™**™^™J£, 



The reafons that induce me to thinke thus } are thefe 5 Flf ^""//.^^^y c in thc fidds.Se- 

 Li! lies . and in thefe places whereas our Sauiour was conuerfant ^^^^^ tt fort of 

 condly the infinite varietie of colour, which is to be found mo \ c V****™^^?^** 

 toml And thirdly,the wondrous beautie and mixtures of thefe floure T s » mj opin 

 thefe my reafons,which any may cither approue of or gainfay,as he (hall thinke good. * 



«r 7 he Temper ature and Venues. ^Wiii* thcN* 



. . , u:J'r„. A„'„rrhn antient or later Writers, as touching tne 



of theTulipa,but they are efteeraed fpecially tor tn< 



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