1 1 6 The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



3. Hyacinthus Comofus maior purpureus. 

 The great purple faire haired lacinth. 



This faire haired lacinth hath his leaues fofter, longer, broader, and leffe hollow 

 then the former, lying for the moft part vpon the ground : the ftalke rifeth vp in the 

 midft of the leaues, being ftronger, higher, and bearing a greater and longer head of 

 flowers alfo then they : the flowers of this ftand not vpon fuch long foote-ftalkes, but 

 are morter below, and clofe almoft to the ftalke aboue, hauing many bright purplifh 

 blew threeds, growing higheft aboue the flowers, as it were in a bufh together, euery 

 one of thefe threeds hauing a little head at the end of them, fomewhat like vnto one of 

 the flowers, but much fmaller : the reft of the flowers below this bum, are of a fadder 

 or deader purple, and not fo bright a colour, and the loweft worft of all, rather encli- 

 ning to a greene, like vnto the laft Turkic kinde: the whole ftalke with the flowers vp- 

 on it, doth fomewhat referable a long Purfe tafTell, and thereupon diuers Gentlewo- 

 men haue fo named it : the heads and feede are like vnto the former, but greater : the 

 roote is great and white, with fome redneffe on the outfide. 



4. Hyacinthus Comofus ramofus purpureus. 

 The faire haired branched lacinth. 



The leaues of this lacinth are broader, fhorter, and greener then of the laft, not 

 lying fo weakly on the ground, but ftanding fomewhat more vpright : the ftalke rifeth 

 vp as high as the former, but branched out on euery fide into many tufts of threeds, 

 with knappes, as it were heads of flowers, at the ends of them, like vnto the head of 

 threeds at the toppe of the former lacinth, but of a little darker, and not fo faire a 

 blewifh purple colour : this lacinth doth fomewhat refemble the next Curld haire la- 

 cinth, but that the branches are not fo fairely compofed altogether of curled threeds, 

 nor of fo excellent a faire purple or Doue colour, but more duskie by much : the roote 

 is greater and fhorter then of the next, and encreafeth fafter. 



5. Hyacinthus Pennatus,Jiue Comofus ramofus elegantior. 

 The faire Curld-haire lacinth. 



This admirable lacinth rifeth vp with three or foure leaues, fomewhat like vnto the 

 leaues of the Muske Grape-flower, but lefler; betweene which rifeth vp the ftalke a- 

 bout a foote high, or fomewhat more, bearing at the toppe a bufh or tuft of flowers, 

 which at the firft appearing, is like vnto a Cone or Pineapple, and afterwards opening 

 it felfe, fpreadeth into many branches, yet ftill retaining the forme of a Pyramis, be- 

 ing broad fpread below, and narrow vp aboue : each of thefe branches is againe diui- 

 ded into many tufts of threeds or firings, twifted or curled at the ends, and of an ex- 

 cellent purple or Doue colour, both ftalkes and haires. This abideth a great while in 

 his beauty, but afterwards all thefe flowers (if you will fo call them) do fall away with- 

 out any feede at all, fpending it felfe as it mould feeme in the aboundance of the flow- 

 ers : the roote is not fo great as the laft, but white on the outfide. 



The Place. 



The two firft haue been fent diuers times from Conftantinople, the third 

 is found wilde in many places of Europe, and as well in Germany, as in 

 Italy. The two laft are onely with vs in Gardens, and their naturall pla- 

 ces are not knowne vnto vs, 



The Time. 



The three former kindes doe flower in Aprill, the two laft in May. 



The Names. 



The firft and fecond haue no other names then are exprefled in their ti-' 



ties. 



