The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



the Indies, either Eaft or Weft (although they differ very notably, from thofe that 

 grow in thefe parts of the world) muft in a generall furuey and mufter be ranked euery 

 one, as neere as the furueiours wit will direct him, vnder fome other growing with vs, 

 that is of neereft likenefle ; Euen fo vntill fome other can direct his place more fitly, I 

 fhall require you to accept of him in this, with this defcription that followeth, which 

 I muft tell you alfo, is more by relation then knowledge, or fight of the plant it felfe. 

 This Daffodill hath diuers broad leaues, fomewhat like vnto the common or ordinary 

 white Daffodill, of a grayifh greene colour ; from the fides whereof, as alfo from the 

 middle of them, rife vp fometimes two ftalkes together, but moft vfually one after an- 

 other (for very often it flowreth twice in a Summer) and often alfo but one ftalke a- 

 lone, which is of a faint reddifh colour, about a foote high or more, at the toppe 

 whereof, out of a deepe red skinne or huske, commeth forth one flower bending 

 downewards, confifting of fixe long leaues without any cup in the middle, of an ex- 

 cellent red colour, tending to a crimfon ; three of thefe leaues that turne vpwards, are 

 fomewhat larger then thofe three that hang downewards, hauing fixe threads or 

 chiues in the middle, tipt with yellow pendents, and a three forked ftile longer then 

 the reft, and turning vp the end thereof againe : the roote is round and bigge, of a 

 brownifh colour on the outfide, and white within. This is fet forth by Aldinus, Car- 

 dinall Farnefius his Phyfitian, that at Rome it rofe vp with ftalkes of flowers, be- 

 fore any leaues appeared. 



The Place, Time, and Names. 



This naturally groweth in the Weft Indies, from whence it was brought 

 into Spaine, where it bore both in lune and luly, and by the Indians in their 

 tongue named AZCAL XOCHITL, and hath beene fent from Spaine, vnto 

 diuers louers of plants, into feuerall parts of Chriftendome, but haue not 

 thriued long in thefe tranfalpine colder Countries, fo far as I can heare. 



Narctffus Trapezunticus JJore luteo prcecocifsimus. 

 The early Daffodill of Trebizond. 



Becaufe this Daffodill is fo like in flower vnto the former, although differing in co- 

 lour, I thought it the fitteft place to ioyne it the next thereunto. This early Daffodill 

 hath three or foure fhort very greene leaues, fo like vnto the leaues of the Autumne 

 Daffodill, that many may eafily bee deceiued in miftaking one for another, the diffe- 

 rence confifting chiefly in this, that the leaues of this are not fo broad or fo long, nor 

 rife vp in Autumne : in the midft of thefe leaues rifeth vp a fhort green ftalke, an hand- 

 full high, or not much higher vfually, (I fpeake of it as it hath often flowred with mee, 

 whether the caufe be the coldnefle of the time wherein it flowreth, or the nature of 

 the plant, or of our climate, I am in fome doubt ; but I doe well remember, that the 

 ftalkes of fome plants, that haue flowred later with me then the firft, haue by the grea- 

 ter ftrength, and comfort of the Sunne, rifen a good deale higher then the firft) bearing 

 at the top, out of a whitifh thinne skinne ftripped with greene, one flower a little ben- 

 ding downewards, confifting of fixe leaues, laid open almoft in the fame manner with 

 the former Indian Daffodill, whereof fome doe a little turne vp their points againe, of 

 a faire pale yellow colour, hauing fixe white chiues within it, tipt with yellow pen- 

 dents, and a longer pointell : the roote is not very great, but blackifh on the outfide, 

 fo like vnto the Autumne Daffodill, but that it is yellow vnder the firft or outermoft 

 coate, that one may eafily miftake one for another. 



The Place. 



It was fent vs from Conftantinople among other rootes, but as wee may 

 gheffe by the name, it fhould come thither from Trapezunte or Trebizond. 



The Time. 



It flowreth fometimes in December, if the former part of the Winter 



haue 



