The Garden of ' pleiijant I' lowers. \ \ ^ 



skie coloured Grape-flower, his flowers are very pure white, alike fparfedly fet on the 

 llalkes, but a little lower and fmaller then it, in all other things there is no difference. 



Hyacinthu* Botrouies Jtore iilt>o rukcntc. The blufh Grape-flower. 



The roote of this Grape-flower growcth greater, then either the skie coloured, or 

 white Grape-flower, and leldome hath any finall rootes or of-fets, as the other haue: 

 his leaues alfo are larger, and fomewhat broader; the flowers are of a pale, or bleake 

 blulh colour out of a white, and are a little larger, and grow a little higher and fuller 

 of flowers then the white. 



The Place. 



They naturally grow in many places both of Germany and Hungary ; in 

 Spaine likewife, and on Mount Baldus in Italy, and Narbone in France, a- 

 bout the borders of the fields : we haue them in our Gardens for delight. 



The Time. 



Thefe flower from the beginning of March, or fooner fometimes, vn- 

 till the beginning of May. 



The Names. 



They are moft commonly called BotroUcs^ but more truely Bofryot/cs, 

 of HOT/JUS the Greeke word, which (ignifieth a bunch or clufter of grapes : 

 Lobelius calleth the white one, DipcaJi Jlore alko, transferring the name Dip- 

 caJt\ whereby the Mufcari is called to this lacinth, as if they were both one. 

 Their feuerall names, whereby they are knowne and called, are fet downe 

 in their titles. The Dutchmen call them Driuekens, as I faid before. Some 

 Englifli Gentlewomen call the white Grape-flower Pearles of Spaine. 



i . Hyacmtfuu Comofus albus. The white haired lacinth. 



This lacinth doth more neerly refemble the Grape-flowers, then the faire haired 

 lacinths that follow, whereof it beareth the name, in that it hath no haire or threeds 

 at the toppe of the llalke or fides, as they : and therefore I haue placed it next vnto 

 them, and the other to follow it, as being of another kinde. The root hereof is blackifti, 

 A little long and round, from whence rife vp three or foure leaues, being fmooth and 

 whitilh, long, narrow, and hollow, like a trough or gutter on the vpperfide: among 

 which the ftalke rifeth vp a foote high or more, bearing at the toppe diuers fmall flow- 

 ers, ibmewhat like the former, but not fo thicke fet together, being a little longer, and 

 larger, and wider at the mouth, and as it were diuided into fix edges, of a darke whitilh 

 colour, with fome blacker fpots about the brimmes on the infide : the heads or feede- 

 veflels are three fquare, and fomewhat larger, then the heads of any of the former 

 lefler Grape-flowers, wherein is contained round blacke feede. 



2. Hyacinthus Comofus Byzantinus. The Turkic faire haired lacinth. 



This other lacinth which came from Conltantinople, is Ibmewhat like the former, 

 but that it is bigger, both in roote, and leafe, and flower, and bearing greater (tore of 

 flowers on the head of the (talke : the lower flowers, although they haue (hort (lalkes 

 at their firft flowring, yet afterwards the ftalkes grow longer, and thofe that are lower, 

 Hand out further then thofe that are highell, whofe toot-ftalkes are (hort, and al- 

 molt clofe to the llemme, and of a more perfect purple then any below, which are of a 

 duskie greenifh purple colour : the whole (talke of flowers feem like a Pyramis, broad 

 belowe, and fmall aboue, or as other compare it, to a water fprinkle ; yet neither of 

 both thefe lacinths haue any threeds at the tops of the (hikes, as the other following 

 haue. 3. Hyacinthus 



