Ho The Garden of pleafant F/owers. 



flowers are many vpon the ftalke, as fmall for the mod part, as any of thefe kindes that 

 beare many together, being wholly of a milke, or rather fnow white colour, both the 

 cuppe, which is fmall, and the outer leaues that compafle it ; after which come fmall 

 heads, wherein is contained round blacke feede, as all other Daffodils doe, although 

 fome greater, and others leffer, according to the proportion of the plants : the roote is 

 couered ouer with a blackifh skinne or coate ; the fmell is very fweete. 



There are two other forts more of this kinde, the differences whereof are, that the 

 one hath his leaues fomewhat broader, and the flowers greater then the former : And 

 the other fmaller leaues and flowers alfo, whofe cups being fmall, are neuer feene fully 

 open, but as it were halfe clofed at the brimmes. 



NarciJ/us latifolius totus albus, mediocri c a lice reflexus. 

 The milke white DafFbdill with the great cup. 



There is yet another fort of thefe milke white Daffodils, whofe leaues are as broad 

 as any of the former, and whofe cup in the middle of the flower, is fomewhat larger 

 then in any of the leffer forts, and lefler then in the greater kinde : but the leaues of the 

 flowers doe a little turne themfelues vpwards, which maketh a chiefe difference. 



The Place. 



Thefe Daffodils grow in Spaine, from whence I receiued many that 

 flourifhed a while, but perifhed by fome fierce cold Winters : they likewife 

 grow in France, from whence many alfo haue been brought vnto vs. They 

 haue likewife been fent from Conftantinople to vs, among other kindes of 

 Daffodils. 



The Time. 



They that come from Conftantinople, for the moft part doe flower 

 earlier then the other, euen after they are accuftomed to our ayre. Some of 

 them flower notwithftanding in the end of March, the reft in Aprill. 



The Names. 



They are vfually called Narcijfus totus albus polyanthos, adding thereunto 

 the differences of maior, medius, and minor, that is, The milke white Daffo- 

 dill, the greater, the middle, and the lefler ; for fo fome doe diftinguifh 

 them. The laft, for diftin&ion, hath his name in his title fufficient to ex- 

 prefle him. 



I . Narciffus Narbonenfis^ftue media luteus preecox. 

 The early French Daffodill. 



The leaues of this Daffodill, fpring vp out of the ground a moneth or two fome- 

 times before the other of this kinde, that follow ; being alfo fhorter and narrower : 

 the ftalke likewife is not very high, bearing diuers flowers at the top, breaking through 

 a thinne skinne, as is vfuall with all the Daffodils, euery one whereof is fmall, confi- 

 fting of fix white leaues, and a fmall yellow cup in the middle, which is of a prettie 

 fmall fent, nothing fo ftrong as many others: the roote is great and round, and fel- 

 dome parteth into of-fets, euen as all the other that follow, bearing many fmgle flow- 

 ers, doe. 



2. Narciffus Narbonenfis vulgaris. The ordinary French Daffodill. 



This Daffodill hath long and broad greene leaues, a little hollowifh in the middle, 

 and edged on both fides ; the ftalke is a foote and a halfe high, bearing at the toppe di- 

 uers flowers, fomewhat larger then the former, confiding of fix white leaues, fome- 

 what round; the cup is yellow in the middle, fmall and round, like vnto an Acorne 

 cuppe, or a little fuller in the middle : this is the forme of that fort which was firft 



brought 



