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i/<- Ctiffn. The Tulipa of Caffa. 



There is another fort or kinde of early Tulipa, differing from the former, whofc 

 pale' greene leaues being as broad and large as they, and fometimcs crumpled or wa- 

 ued at the edges, in (bine haue the edges onely of the laid leaues for a good breadth, ot 

 a whitilli or whitifh yellow colour, and in others, the leaues are lilted or parted with 

 whitiih yellow and greene : the Italke rifeth not vp fo high as the former, and bearcth 

 a flower at the toppe like vnto the former, in fome of a reddifh yellow colour, with a 

 ruflet coloured ground or bottome, and in others, of other feuerall colours : the feede 

 and roote is fo like vnto others of this kinde, that they cannot be diftinguilhed. 



There is (as I doe heare) of this kinde, both Prtecoces, and Serotinte, early flowring, 

 and late flowring, whereof although wee haue not fo exact knowledge, as of the reft, 

 yet I thought good to fpeake fo much, as I could hitherto vnderftand of them, and 

 giue others leaue (if I doe not) hereafter to amplitie it. 





'Tulipa Bo/o/iit'ti/is, Jiuc Bombycina Jiorc rubro major. 

 The greater red Bolonia Tulipa. 



There are likewife other kindes of early Tulipas to bee fpoken of, and firft of the 

 red Bolonia Tulipa ; the roote whereof is plainly difcerned, to be differing from all o- 

 thers : for that it is longer, and not hauing fo plaine an eminence at the bottome there- 

 of, as the former and later Tulipas, but more efpecially becaufe the toppe is plenti- 

 fully llored with a yellowilh lilke-like woollinefle : the outfide likewife or skinne is of 

 a brighter or paler red, not fo ealie to be pilled away, and runneth vnder ground both 

 downeright and fidewife (efpecially in the countrey ground and ayre, where it will 

 encreafe aboundantly, but not either in our London ayre, or forc't grounds) fomewhat 

 like vnto the yellow Bolonia Tulipa next following. It (hooteth out of the ground 

 with broad and long leaues, like the former; but neither fo broad, nor of fo white or 

 mealy a greene colour as the former, but more darke then the late flowring Tulipa, 

 fo that this may bee eafily difcerned by his leafe from any other Tulipa aboue the 

 ground, by one that is skilfull. It beareth likewife three or foure leaues vpon the 

 nalke, like the former, and a flower alfo at the toppe of the fame fafhion, but that the 

 leaues hereof are alwayes long, and fomewhat narrow, hauing a large blacke bot- 

 tome, made like vnto a cheuerne, the point whereof rifeth vp vnto the middle of the 

 leafe, higher then any other Tulipa ; the flower is of a pale red colour, nothing fo 

 liuely as in the early or late red Tulipas, yet fweeter for the moft part then any of 

 than, and neereft vnto the yellow Bolonia Tulipa, which is much about the fame 

 fent. 



Tulipit pum'tito rubra,Jiue Bergomenfis rubra media & minor. 

 The dwarfe red Bergomo Tulipa, a bigger and a lefler. 



There are two other forts hereof, and becaufe they were found about Bergomo, do 

 carry that name, the one bigger or lefler then another, yet neither fo great as the for- 

 mer, hauing very little other difference to bee obferued in them, then that they are 

 fmaller in all parts of them. 



Tulipa Bolonienjis flore luteo. The yellow Bolonia Tulipa. 



The roote of this Tulipa may likewife bee knowne from the former red (or any o- 

 ther Tulipa) in that it feldome commeth to bee fo bigge, and is not fo woolly at the 

 toppe, and the skinne or outfide is fomewhat paler, harder, and (harper pointed : but 

 the bottome is like the former red, and not fo eminent as the early or late Tulipas. 

 This beareth much longer and narrower leaues then any (except the Perfian & dwarfe 

 yellow Tulipas) and of a whitilh greene colour : it beareth fometimes but one flower 

 on a ftalke, and fometimes two or three wholly yellow, but fmaller, & more open then 

 the other kinds, and (as I faid) fmelleth fweete, the head for feede is fmaller then in o- 

 thers, and hath not that crowne at the head thereof, yet the feed is like, but fmaller. 



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