

The Garden o/ pleajant Mowers. 109 



CHAP. X. 

 I*-ui''iinw />ul/>></uni. The bulbous Violet. 



Ailing thus let (iowne the whole family, both of the true and baltard Daffo- 

 dils, I lliould next let in hand with the Hyacinths; but becaufe Is//coium bul- 

 ho/'uHi, The bulbous Violet is a plant that doth challenge a place next vnto the 

 ils, as molt nearly partaking with them, and a little with the Hyacinthes, I mull 

 necessity interpofe them, and Ihew their defcriptions and differences, whereof fome 

 early, of the tirlt Spring, others later, and fome of the Autumne. 



Leuc'iium hulbofum preecox maius. The greater early bulbous Violet. 



This bulbous Violet hath three or foure very greene, broad, flat, and Ihort leaues, 

 among which rifeth vp a naked greene I hi Ike, bearing out of a fmall skinny hofe (as the 

 ier Daffodils doe) one white flower, hanging downe his head by a very fmall 

 -Italke, made of fix leaues, of an equall length, euery one whereof is tipt at the 

 with a I mall greenilh yellow fpot: after the flower is pall, the head or feed-veffell 

 weth to be reasonable great, fomewhat long and round, wherein is contained hard 

 round leede, which being dry, is cleare, and of a whitifh yellow colour: the roote is 

 fomewhat like a Daffodill roote, and couered with a blackilh outfide or skinne. 



Lcucoium hulbofum pracox minus. The leffer early bulbous Violet. 



This leffer kinde rifeth vp with two narrow grayifh greene leaues, between which 

 commeth forth the llalke, fiue or fix inches high, bearing one fmall pendulous flower, 

 conlilting of three white leaues, which are fmall and pointed, ftanding on the out- 

 tide, and hauing three other Ihorter leaues, which feeme like a cup in the middle, being 

 cadi of them round at the ends, and cut in the middle, making the forme of an heart, 

 with a greene tippe or fpot at the broad end or edge : the feede is whitilh, inclofed in 

 long and round heads, like the former, but leffer : the roote is like a fmall Daffodill, 

 with a blackilh gray coate, and quickly diuideth into many of-fets. 



There is another of this kinde, that came among other bulbous rootes from Con- 

 (bntinople, and differeth in nothing from it, but that it is a little greater, both in root, 

 leafe, and flower. 



The Place. 



The two firlt are found in many places of Germany, and Hungary. The 

 third, as I laid, was brought from Conrtantinople. 



The Time. 



The two leffer forts doe moft commonly flower in February, if the wea- 

 ther be any thing milde, or at the furthell in the beginning of March, but 

 the firlt is feldome in flower, before the other be well neare part, or altoge- 

 ther. 



The Names. 



Lobel and Dodonzus call the leffer kinde Lcucoiuni tripliyllum, and Lcu- 

 conarcijfiliriw triphyllum, ot the three leaues in the flower. Some doe call 

 it Vula butbofa alba. The firli or greater kinde is called by Lobel, Leucwar- 

 cijfiliriw pauci r jrihus fhr&tu ; and by Dodonaeus, Lt'UCfjium bulbo/uni licxa- 

 p/iyllttni. We doe moll vfually call them, Lcucoium bulbofutn pracw maius, Gf 

 minus i The greater, or the leffer early bulbous Violet. In Dutch, Somer 

 Sottekens, and not Druifkens, which are Grape-flowers, as fome haue 

 thought. 



Leucoium 



