1 1 o The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



i. Leucoium bulbofum Vernum minimum. 

 The fmall bulbous Violet of the Spring. 



This fmall Leucoium fendeth forth his fmall and long greene leaues, like haires in 

 Autumne, and before Winter, which abide greene vntill Aprill, and then wither away 

 quite, and about May there arifeth vp a naked (lender ftalke, at the toppe whereof 

 breake forth two fmall white flowers, made of fix leaues a peece, hanging downe their 

 heads, the three inner leaues being a little larger then the three outward, a little reddifh 

 neare the ftalke, and very fweete : the root is fmall and round, and couered with a darke 

 coate. 



2. Leucoium bulbofum Autumnale. The fmall Autumne bulbous Violet. 



As the former fmall Leucoium fprang vp with his leaues without flowers in Au- 

 tumne, fo this contrariwife, rifeth vp with his (lender brownifh ftalke of flowers in 

 Autumne, before any greene leaues appeare, whereon (land two or three very fmall 

 fnow white pendulous flowers, confiding of fix leaues a peece, and a little reddifh at 

 the bottome of the flower next vnto the ftalke, fo like vnto the former, that one woulc 

 take them to be both one : after which, there grow fmall browne heads, containing 

 fmall, blacke, round feed ; after the flower is paft, and the feede is ripening, and fome- 

 times after the heads are ripe, the leaues begin to fpring vp, which when they are ful 

 growne, are long, greene, and as fmall, or fmaller then the leaues of the Autumne Hy 

 acinth, which abide all the Winter, and Spring following, and wither away in the be 

 ginning of Summer : the roote is fmall, long, and white. 



3. Leucoium maius bulbofum ferotinum. 

 The great late flowring bulbous Violet. 



The late bulbous Violet hath three or foure broad flat greene leaues, very like 

 the firft, but longer, among which rifeth vp a flattifh ftalke, being thicker in the mid 

 die then at both edges, on the toppe whereof ftand three or foure flowers, hangin 

 downe their heads, confiding of fix leaues a peece, all of an equall length and bigne(T< 

 wholly white, except that each leafe hath a greene tippe at the end of them : the fe 

 hereof is blacke and round ; the roote is reasonable great and white. 



The Place. 



The two former fmall ones were firft found in Spaine, and Portugall, 

 fent to me by Guillaume Boel ; but the firft was fo tender, that fcarce 

 of a fcore fprang with me, or would abide. The greateft haue beene fot 

 wilde in Germany and Auftria. 



The Time. 



The fmall ones haue their times exprefled in their titles and defcrip' 

 ons, the lart flowreth not vntill May. 



The Names. 



Thefe names that are fet downe in their titles, doe pafle with all Herb 

 rifts in thefe daies. 



The Vertues. 



Wee haue not knowne thefe plants vfed Phyfically, either inwardly r 

 outwardly, to any purpofes in thefe dayes. 



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