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Cr§cm vermis angttjtifoliw flore vio- 



lac to. 

 Narrow leafed Spring Saffron 



with a violet floure. 



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Utifoliusjlriatus fit 



Double floured ftreaked Spring Saffron, 



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t IQ Crocus vertms htifolwsflerefi t 



ftrijsviolaceis. 



Broad leafed Soring Saffi-nn » 



yellow 







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?^ Kindes of Spring Saffron. 



F wild Saffrons there be fundry forts, 

 differing as well in the colour of the 

 flourcs,as alfo in the time of his flou- 

 ring. Of which,moft of the figures flull be' 

 let forth vnto you. 





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^T The defer if t ion of mlde Saffron. ' 



of wilde Saffro 



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grafli 



the midft with a white line or ftreak.-amone 

 the leaues rife vp fmall floures in fhapc like 

 vnto the common Saffron , but differing in 

 color . for this hath floures of mixt colors i 

 that 1S to fay the ground of the floure is 

 abr : p u r ,; n . nn white, ftnpped vpon the backe with purple, 

 l;i g \ • ing L murrey coIor J the oth <* not. In the middle of 



tber Icfir TP wilde &*&* in leauel roots a „Tfl ' ^^ ^ of COmraon Saffron. 

 , S ' u d the fiour es of this are of a nCL' j fl °T * hkc vnto chc P«wdcnt, but akoge- 



=l.^ l feu,o UI Londong„den S a„oth«fo, t) likevnto tbeotWilde Saffrons 



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