34 The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



CHAP. IV. 



i . Martagon Pomponeum fiue Lilium rubrum prcecox, vel Lilium Macedomcum. 

 The early red Martagon, or Martagon Pompony. 



A! 



LS in the former Chapter we defcribed vnto you fuch Lillies, whofe flowers be- 

 ing pendulous, turne their leaues backe againe, and haue their greene leaues, 

 fet by fpaces about the ftalke : fo in this wee will fet downe thofe forts, which 

 carry their greene leaues more fparfedly, and all along the ftalke, their flowers hang- 

 ing downe, and turning vp againe as the former, and begin with that which is of grea- 

 teft beauty, or at leaft of molt rarity. 



i. Martagon i. This rare Martagon hath a fcaly root clofely compact, with broader and thinner 

 Pomponeum f ca i es than others, in time growing very great, and of a more deepe yellow colour 

 then the former, from whence doth fpring vp a round greene ftalke in fome plants, and 

 flat in others, two or three foote high, bearing a number of fmall, long, and narrow 

 greene leaues, very like vnto the leaues of Pinkes, but greener, fet very thicke together, 

 and without order about the ftalke, vp almoft vnto the toppe, and lefler by degrees 

 vpwards, where ftand many flowers, according to the age of the plant, and thriuing in 

 the place where it groweth ; in thofe that are young, but a few, and more fparfedly, 

 and in others that are old many more, and thicker fet : for I haue reckoned threefcore 

 flowers and more, growing thicke together on one plant with mee, and an hundred 

 flowers on another : thefe flowers are of a pale or yellowifh red colour, and not fo 

 deep red as the red Martagon of Conftantinople, hereafter fet down, nor fully fo large : 

 yet of the fame fafhion, that is, euery flower hanging downe, and turning vp his leaues 

 againe. It is not fo plentifull in bearing of feede as the other Lillies, but when it doth, 

 it differeth not but in being leffe. 

 Martagon There is another, whofe greene leaues are not fo thicke fet on the ftalke, but elfe 



differeth not but in flowring a fortnight later. 

 num. There is another alfo of this kind, fo like vnto the former in root, ftalk, flower, & ma- 



3. Martagon ner o f growing, that the difference is hardly difcerned ; but confifteth chiefly in thefe 

 latifoRum />/vtf-two points : Firft, that the leaues of this are a little broader and fhorter then the former ; 

 cox. and fecondly, that it beareth his flowers a fortnight earlier than the firft. In the colour 



or forme of the flower, there can no difference bee difcerned, nor (as I faid) in any o- 

 ther thing. All thefe Lillies doe fpring very late out of the ground, euen as the yellow 

 Martagons doe, but are fooner in flower then any others. 



4. Martagon A fourth kinde hereof hath of late been knowne to vs, whofe leaues are broader and 

 flon phaeniceo. fa orier fam the laft, and the flowers of a paler red, tending to yellow, of fome cal- 

 led a golden red colour : but flowreth not fo early as they. 



2. Lilium rubrum Ryzantinum,jiue Martagon Conftantinopolitanum, 

 The red Martagon of Conftantinople. 



i . The red Martagon of Conftantinople is become fo common euery where, and fo 

 well knowne to all louers of thefe delights, that I (hall feeme vnto them to lofe time, 

 to beftow many lines vpon it ; yet becaufe it is fo faire a flower, and was at the firft fo 

 highly efteemed, it deferueth his place and commendations, howfoeuer encreafing 

 the plenty hath not made it dainty. It rifeth out of the ground early in the fpring, be- 

 fore many other Lillies, from a great thicke yellow fcaly root, bearing a round brow- 

 nifh ftalke, befet with many faire greene leaues confufedly thereon, but not fo broad 

 as the common white Lilly, vpon the toppe whereof ftand one, two, or three, or more 

 flowers, vpon long footeftalkes, which hang downe their heads, and turne vp their 

 leaues againe, of an excellent red crimfon colour, and fometimes paler, hauing a long 

 pointell in the middle, compaffed with fixe whitim chiues, tipt with loofe yellow 

 pendents, of a reafonable good fent, but fomewhat faint. It likewife beareth feede in 

 heads, like vnto the other, but greater. 



2. Martagon 



