68 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



Secondly, I will fubdiuide each of thefe again apart by themfelues, into foure forts ; 

 and firft the Narciffbs, or true Daffodils into 



Latifolios, broad leafed Daffodils. 



Angujlif olios, narrow leafed Daffodils. 



luncifolios, Rufhe Daffodils, and 



Marinas, Sea Daffodils. 



Thefe forts againe doe comprehend vnder them fome other diuiflons, whereby 

 they may the better be diftinguifhed, and yet ftill bee referred to one of thofe foure 

 former forts: as 



Monanthos, that is, Daffodils that beare but one flower, or two at the molt vpon a 

 ftalke, and 



Polyanthus, thofe that beare many flowers together vpon a ftalke : as alfo 



Simp lid Jtore, thofe that beare lingle flowers, and 



Multiplici Jiore, or Jiore plena, that is, haue double flowers. 



Vernales, thofe that flower in the Spring, and among them fome that are earlier ; and 

 therefore called 



Preecoces, early flowring Daffodils, and 



Autumnales, thofe that flower in Autumne onely. 



And laftly, with the PfeudonarciJ/os, or baftard Daffodils, I will keepe the fame or- 

 der, to diftinguifh them likewife into their foure feuerall forts ; and as with the true 

 Daffodils, fo with thefe falfe, defcribe vnder euery fort : firft, thofe that beare fingle 

 flowers, whether one or many vpon a ftalke ; and then thofe that beare double flow- 

 ers, one or many alfo. As for the diftinclions of maior and minor, greater and leffer, 

 and of maximus and minimus, greateft and leaft, they doe not onely belong to thefe 

 Daffodils ; and therefore muft be vfed as occafion permitteth, but vnto all other fort 

 of plants. To begin therefore, I thinke fittelt with that ftately Daffodill, which for his 

 excellency carrieth the name of None fuch. 



I. Narciffiis latifolius omnium maximus, amplo calice Jtauo, jiue Nompareille. 

 The great None fuch Daffodill, or Incomparable Daffodill. 



This NarciJJus Nompareille hath three or foure long and broad leaues, of a grayifti 

 greene colour, among which rifeth vp a ftalke two foote high at the leaft, at the toppe 

 whereof, out of a thinne skinnie huske, as all Daffodils haue, commeth forth one large 

 fingle flower, and no more vfually, confifting of iixe very pale yellow large leaues, 

 almoft round at the point, with a large cuppe in the middle, fonrewhat yellower then 

 the leaues, the bottome whereof next vnto the ftalke is narrow and round, rifing wider 

 to the mouth, which is very large and open, and vneuenly cut in or indented about 

 the edges. The cup doth very well refemble the chalice, that in former dayes with vs, 

 and beyond the Seas is ftill vfed to hold the Sacramentall Wine, that is with a nar- 

 rower bottome, and a wide mouth. After the flower is paft, fometimes there com- 

 meth (for it doth not often) a round greene head, and blacke round feede therein, like 

 vnto other Daffodils, but greater. The roote is great, as other Daffodils that beare 

 large flowers, and is couered ouer with a brownifh coate or skinne. The flower hath 

 little or no fent at all. 



Flare geminate. This doth fometimes bring forth a flower with ten or twelue leaues, and a cup much 

 larger, as if it would be two, euen as the flower feemeth. 



2. Narciffus omnium maximus Jiore & calice Jtauo. 

 The great yellow Incomparable Daffodill. 



This other kinde differeth neither in forme, nor bigneffe of leafe or flower from the 

 former, but in the colour of the circling leaues of the flower, which are of the fame 

 yellow colour with the cup. 



Flore gem'mato. This doth fometimes degenerate and grow luxurious alfo, bringing forth two flow- 

 ers vpon a ftalke, each diftin6t from other, and fometimes two flowers thruft together, 

 as if they were but one, although it be but feldome ; for it is not a peculiar kinde that 

 is conftant, yearly abiding in the fame forme. 



3. Narci/fus 



