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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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IB. I. 



^J The Definition 



i '-pHe Checquered Daftodill, or Ginny-hen Floure, hath fmall narrow grafnc leaues a 



1 mong which there nfethvp a ftalke three hands high, hauing at th/top one or ^ 



*>«,««*, « v flou . ws > and betimes three, which confifkth of fix fmall leaues checquered moft 

 itrangely : wherein Nature, or rather the Creator of all thinss hath kenr a v*™ iv^Jif j 

 furpafling (a, inall other things) the curioufefr painting f& te^te%£^?*& 



I'fl^ ^ ydI r- C rr rj , th vf oth « P ur P\ ke ^g the fame order as well on he backK 

 the floure as one the mfide, although they are blackifh in one fquare, and of a Violet colon in an 

 other . mfomuch that euery leafe feemeth to be the feather of a Ginny hen whereof it tni^ 

 name. The root is fmall, white, and of the bigneiTe of halfe a garden beane * t0 ° kehlS 



that this hath his floure daflit ouerwithaliahr ™™i„ „ n j ;* r™,„...t ;* Jti T c , ,lau . In & 



the difference. «-*-«-,- & ..— w * u luc othe 



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minor fli 







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The leffer darke 



The early white Fritillarie. 





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differences and varieties of the floure, taken from the colour, larg 



^earlinefleand 



We will onely fpecifie their varieties by their names, feeing 



you baue here defcribed; 



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5 Fritillariafiorefu rpureo pi 



6 FritiUariapolyanthosflauoviridis 



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ifapurpurea. The greateft branched purple checquered D 

 no. The double purple floured checquered Daffodil!. 



yellowilh greene 



Daffo 





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dill. 



IritillnrUlutea Somcri. 



Daffod 



Ibapttrtureo tetfttlata. The white Fritillarie checquered with purple. 



pracox 



Daffodill 



fore lutto dfoleto. The lefler darke yellow Fritillarie, 

 if i folia lutea variegatavaruoflore i & Ait era for e major e . Narrow 



gated 



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vfar thus fior thus 



many 



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FrittD*- 



