The ordering of the Garden of Pleafure. 



fome of thefe Daffodils NarcifTes, when as all know that know any Latinc, that Nnr- 

 cilTus is the Latine name, and Daffodill the Englifh of one and the fame 'thing ; and 

 therefore alone without any other Epithite cannot properly diftinguifh fcuerall things. 

 I would willingly therefore that all would grow Judicious, and call euery thing by his 

 proper Englifh name in fpeaking Englifh, or elfe by fuch Latine name as cuery thing 

 hath that hath not a proper Englifh name, that thereby they may diftinguifh the feue- 

 rnll varieties of things and not confound them, as alfo to take away all excufes of milhi- 

 king ; as for example : The (ingle Englifh baftard Daffodill (which growcth wilde in 

 many Woods, Groues, and Orchards in England.) The double Englifh baftard Daffo- 

 dill. The French (ingle white Daffodill many vpon a ftalke. The French double yel- 

 low Daffodill. The great, or the little, or the leaft Spanifh yellow baftard Daffodill, 

 or the great or little Spanifh white Daffodill. The Turkic (ingle white Daffodill, or, The 

 Turkic (ingle or double white Daffodill many vpon a ftalke, &c. Of Fritillaria, or the 

 checkerd Daffodill, there are halfe a fcore feucrall forts, both white and red, both yel- 

 low and blacke, which are a wondcrfull grace and ornament to a Garden in regard of 

 the Checker like fpots are in the flowers. Of lacinthes there are aboue halfe an hundred 

 forts, as they are fpccified hereafter ; fome like vnto little bells or ftarres, others like 

 vnto little bottles or pcarles, both white and blew, sky-coloured and blufh, and fome 

 ftarlike of many pretty various formes, and all to giue delight to them that will be cu- 

 rious to obferue them. Ot Crocus or Saffron flowers, there are alfo twenty forts ; 

 (ome of the Spring time, others flowring onely in the Autume or Fall, earlier or later 

 than another, fome whereof abide but a while, others indure aboue a moneth in their 

 glorious beauty. The Cdlchicum or Medowe Saffron, which fome call the fonne be- 

 fore the father, but not properly, is of many forts alfo ; fome flowring in the Spring of 

 the yeare, but the moft in Autume, whereof fome haue faire double flowers very de- 

 li ghtfull to behold, and fome partly coloured both fingle and double fo variable, that it 

 would make any one admire the worke of the Creatour in the various fpots and ftripes 

 of thefe flowers. Then haue wee of Lillies twenty feuerall forts and colours, among 

 whom I muft reckon the Crowne Imperial!, that for his ftately forme deferueth fome 

 fpeciall place in this Garden, as alfo the Martagons, both white and red, both blufh and 

 yellow, that require to be fet by themfelues apart, as it were in a fmall round or fquare 

 of a knot, without many other, or tall flowers growing neare them. But to tell you of 

 all the forts of Tulipas (which are the pride of delight) they are fo many, and as I may 

 fay, almoft infinite, doth both pafTe my ability, and as I beleeue the skill of any other. 

 They are of two efpeciall forts, fome flowring earlier, and others later than their fel- 

 lowes, and that naturally in all grounds, wherein there is fuch a wonderfull variety 

 and mixture of colours, that it is almoft impoflible for the wit of man to defcipher them 

 thoroughly, and to giue names that may be true & feuerall diftinclions to euery flower, 

 threefcore feuerall forts of colours limple and mixed of each kind I can reckon vp that I 

 haue, and of efpeciall note, and yet 'I doubt not, but for euery one of them there are ten o- 

 thers differing from them, which may be feen at feuerall times, and in feuerall places : & 

 bdides this glory of variety in colors that thefe flowers haue, they carry fo ftately & de- 

 lightfull a forme, & do abide fo long in their brauery (enduring aboue three whole mo- 

 neths from the firft vnto the laft) that there is no Lady or Gentlewoman of any worth 

 that is not caught with this delight, or not delighted with thefe flowers. The Anemo- 

 nes likewife or Windeflowers are fo full of variety and fo dainty, fo pleafant and fo 

 delightfome flowers, that the fight of them doth enforce an eameft longing defire in the 

 minde of any one to be a pofleflbur of fome of them at the leaft : For without all doubt, 

 this one kinde of flower, fo variable in colours, fo differing in forme (being almoft as 

 many forts of them double as fingle) fo plentifull in bearing flowers, and fo durable in 

 lafting, and alfo fo eafie both to preferue and to encreafe, is of it f elfe alone almoft fuf- 

 ficient to furnifh a garden with their flowers for almoft halfe the yeare, as I fhall fliew 

 you in a fit and conuenient place. The Beares earesor French Cowflips muft not want 

 their deferued commendations, feeing that their flowers, being many fet together 

 vpon a ftalke, doe feeme euery one of them to bee a Nofegay alone of it felfe : and 

 betides the many differing colours that are to be feene in them, as white, yellow, blufh, 

 purple, red, tawney, murrey, haire colour, &c. which encreafe much delight in all 

 forts of the Gentry of the Land, they are not vnfurnifhed with a pretty fweete fent, 



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