38 The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



his fo continuing fundry yeares, vpon tranfplanting, will redire ad ingenium, that is, 

 quickly come againe to his old byas or forme. 



Lilium Aureum. The Gold red Lilly. 



The fecond red Lilly without bulbes groweth much higher then the firft, and al- 

 moft as high as any other Lilly : the roote hereof is white and fcaly, the leaues are 

 fomewhat longer, and of a darke or fad greene colour; the flowers are many and 

 large, (landing vpright as all thefe forts of red Lillies doe, of a paler red colour ten- 

 ding to an Orenge on the infide, with many blacke fpots and lines on them, as in the 

 former, and more yellow on the outfide: the feede veflels are like vnto the roundifh 

 heads of other Lillies, and fo are the feedes in them likewife. 



I . Lilium minus bulbiferum. The dwarfe bulbed Lilly. 



The firft of the Lillies that carrieth bulbes on the ftalke, hath a white fcaly roote 

 like the former ; from whence rifeth vp a fmall round ftalke, not much higher then 

 the firft dwarfe Lilly, feeming to be edged, hauing many leaues thereon of a fad green 

 colour fet about it, clofe thruft together : the greene heads for flowers, will haue a kind 

 of woollinefTe on them, before the flowers begin to open, and betweene thefe heads 

 of flowers, as alfo vnder them, and among the vppermoft leaues, appeare fmall bulbes 

 or heads, which being ripe if they be put into the ground, or if they fall of themfelues, 

 will fhoote forth leaues, and beare flowers within two or three yeares like the mother 

 plant, and fo will the bulbes of the other hereafter defcribed: the flowers of this 

 Lilly are of a faire gold yellow colour, fhadowed ouer with a (hew of purple, but not 

 fo red as the firft, or the next to bee defcribed. This Lilly will fhoote firings vnder 

 ground, like as the laft red Lilly will doe alfo, whereat will grow white bulbed roots, 

 like the rootes of the mother plant, thereby quickly encreafing it felfe. 



12. Lilium Cruentum bulbiferum. The Fierie red bulbed Lilly. 

 The fecond bulbed Lilly rifeth vp with his ftalke as high as any of thefe Lillies, 

 carrying many long and narrow darke greene leaues about it, and at the toppe many 

 faire red flowers, as large or larger then any of the former, and of a deeper red colour, 

 with fpots on them likewife, hauing greater bulbes growing about the toppe of the 

 ftalke and among the flowers, then any elfe. 



. 

 Lilium Crue ntumflore pleno. The Fierie red double Lilly. 



The difference of this doth chiefly conlift in the flower, which is compofed ofma- 

 nie leaues, as if many flowers went to make one, fpotted with black fpots, and without 

 any bulbes when it thus beareth, which is but accidentall, as the former double Lilly 

 is (aid to be. 



3. Lilium maius bulbiferum. The greater bulbed red Lilly. 



The third red Lilly with bulbes, rifeth vp almoft as high as the laft, and is the moft 

 common kinde we haue bearing bulbes. It hath many leaues about the ftalke, but not 

 of fo fad a greene colour as the former : the flowers are of as pale a reddifh yellow co- 

 lour as any of the former, and comming neereft vnto the colour of the Gold red Lilly. 

 This is more plentifull in bulbes, and in (hooting firings, to encreafe rootes vnder 

 ground, then the others. 



The Place. 



Thefe Lillies doe all grow in Gardens, but their naturall places of grow- 

 ing is the Mountaines and the Vallies neere them in Italy, as Matthiolus 



faith: 



