82 The Garden of pleaja nt Flowers, 



brought vnto vs : But fince there is found out fome, whofe cup is fhorter, others flat- 

 ter, fome of a paler, others of a deeper yellow colour, and fome that haue their cuppe 

 longer then the reft. The rootes of them all are couered with a blackif h skin or coate. 



3. Narciffus Narbonenjis maior amp lo fare. 

 The French Daffodil! with great flowers. 



The leaues of this Daffodill are fomewhat like vnto the laft, but not fo broad, yet 

 full as long, and fpring fooner out of the ground, yet not fo early as the firft of thefe 

 kindes : the ftalke hereof is flatter, and rifeth higher, bearing foure or fiue flowers, 

 much larger then any of this kinde ; for euery one of them doth equall the Englifh 

 Daffodill, before defcribed, but whiter then it, and the yellow cup larger, and more 

 open then in any of the reft. The roote of this is not fo great, or round, as the former, 

 but is more plentifull in of-fets, then any other of thefe French, or Italian kindes. 



4. Narcijfus Pi/anus. The Italian Daffodill. 



This Italian Daffodill hath his leaues as large, or larger then the fecond French 

 Daffodill, and his ftalke fomewhat higher, bearing many white flowers, very like vn- 

 to the common French Daffodill, but fomewhat larger alfo ; and the yellow cup in the 

 middle likewife is larger, and rounder, then is vfually feen in any of the French kinds, 

 except the laft with the greateft flowers. 



5. Narciffus mediocroceus polyant/ios. 

 The French Daffodill with Saffron coloured cups. 



This French Daffodill hath diuers leaues of a grayifh greene colour, not fo broad 

 or long as the laft recited Daffodill, but comming neerer vnto the fecond French 

 kinde, the flowers likewife are white, and many vpon a ftalke, like thereunto, but the 

 yellow cup is fomewhat large, and circled with a Saffron like brimme or edge, which 

 maketh the chiefeft difference. 



6. Narci/fus mediocroceus alter ; diftus Mu//art. Muflart his Daffodill. . 



The affinity between this & the laft, (for it is not the fame to be exprefled vnder one 

 title) hath made me ioyne it next vnto it, yet becaufe it hath a notable difference, it 

 deferueth a place by himfelfe. The leaues are large and long, and the flowers, being 

 white, are larger alfo then in any other, except the greateft, but the cup hereof is fmall 

 and fhort, rather feeming a coronet then a cup, of a deepe Saffron colour all about the 

 brimmes or edges. 



7. NarciJJ'us Anglicus polyanthos. The great Englifh Daffodill. 



This Daffodill hath his leaues not much broader or longer, then the French kinde 

 with great flowers, before defcribed, the ftalke with flowers rifeth not fully fo high as 

 it, bearing many flowers thereon, not altogether fo white, yet whiter then the former 

 Englifh Daffodill, called Primrofe Peerleffe, but nothing fo large, and with fhort, 

 broad, and almoft round leaues, ftanding clofe one vnto another : the yellow cup in 

 the middle is bowle fafhion, being fomewhat deeper then in any of the former kinds, 

 but not much greater : the fmell hereof is very fweete and pleafant. 





8. NarciJ]'us Narbonenjis, Jiue media luteus ferot'uius maior. 

 The greater late flowring French Daffodill. 



The roote as well as the leaues of this Daffodill, are greater, larger, broader, and 

 longer then in any other of the former French, or Italian kindes ; the ftalke is as high 

 as any of them, bearing at the toppe fiue or fixe white flowers, ftanding open fpread 

 like a ftarre, and not clofe together, euery one whereof is large, and round pointed, 



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