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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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All tbcfr wiUe Saffrons we haue growing in our London gardens. Thofe which doe flourein 



A uumoc do grow vpon certaine craggy rocks in Portugall,not farre from the fea fide. The other 



hauc been fcntouervn|pvs,fome out of Italy,and fomeoutof Spaine,by the labour and diligence ' 



ottlut notable learned Herbarift Carolus Clufws h out of whofe Obferuations, and partly by feeing 



them in our owne gardcns,we haue fet downe their defcription. 



That pleafant plant that bringeth forth yellow floures was fent vnto me from Robinus of Paris ' 



.i... ^^Inf.ill inA mnftriirrnns fparchpmf .Simn!p<5. 



painfull 



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fburcth in September 



the mountain excepted,which 



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nil tucic oarrrons arc vnpruncauic,ciuu uicrciure luey ue l 



Saffrons: inEngli(h,Spring Saffrons, and vernal I Saffrons. 



be Crocifylvejlrcs, or 



V 



them 



haue nothing to fee downe, for that as yet there is no knowne vfc of 



h a v. pi. OfMedm Saffron 







% The Kindes. 



THcre be fundry forts of raedow Saffrons, d iffering very notably as well h 

 floures 3 as alfo in nature and country from whence they had their being, 



in the colour of their 

 as {hall be declared* 



t CoLhicum Anglicum fur fur turn. 



Purple Englifti Medow Saffron. 



2 Colchicum Anglicum album. 



White Englifh Medow Saffron," 



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