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Utifolius fl, 



liroad leaned Spring Saffron with 

 the purple floure. 



% 14 Crocus vernus Utifolius flore flafro-vam 



duplici. 



Broad leaued Spring Saffron with a double 

 floure yellow and ftreakcd. 



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Oy/ vmmflorc cinereef.tu: . 



Spring Saffron with an AuYco- 

 ?ourcd ftreaked floure. 









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m etiery *point,fauing that this hath floures of 



cole of fir 



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maketh the difference. 



4 There is found among Herbarifts ano- 

 ther fort 5 not differing from the others, failing 

 that this hath white floures,contrary to all the 

 reft, 



5 Louers of plants haue gotten into their 

 gardens one fort hereof with purple or Violet 



coloured flours* in other refpc&s like vnto the 

 former. 



6 Of thefe we haue another that floureth 

 in the fall of theleafe, withfloures like to the 

 common Saffron,butdeftitut6 of thofechiues 



which yeeld the colour, fmell ; or tafte that the 

 right manured Saffron hath. 



4- 7 And of this laft kinde there is ano- 





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larger, with the leaues thereof not fo fliarpe 

 pointed,but more round ; the colour being at 

 the firft whitifh,but afterward intermixttvith 



fomeblewnefle. t 



8 There is alfo another of Autumnewild 



Saffrons vv ith white flourcs , which fets forth 



the dift in dion. 



Many forts there are in our gardens beCidcs 



thofe before fpecified, which I thought need- 

 Ieffe to intreat of,becaufe their vie is not great 

 $ Therefore I will onelygiue the figures and 

 names of fome of the chiefe of them,and refer 

 fiich as delight to fee or pleafe themfclues 

 with the varieties ( for they are no fpecifique 

 differences) of thefe plan ts,to the gardens and 

 the bookes of Florifts, who are onely the p re ' 

 feruersand admirers of thefe varieties , nor 

 fought after for any vfe but delight, t 



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