The Garden of pleafant F/owers, i KJ 



of the llalkes, one abouc another vnto the toppe, each whereof next vnto the foote- 

 llalke is long, hollow, round, and dole, ending in fix finall leaues laid open, 

 and a little turning at the points, of a very fweete fmell : the colours of thefe 

 Mowers are diuers, for fome are pure white, without any fhew of other colour in 

 them : another is almoft white, but hauing a (hew of blewnefle, efpecially at the brims 

 and bottomes of the flowers. Others againe arc of a very faint blulh, tending towards 

 a white : Some are of as deepe a purple as a Violet; others of a purple tending to red- 

 nefle, and fome of a paler purple. Some againe arc of a faire blew, others more wat- 

 chet, and fome u> pale a blew, as if it were more white then blew : alter the flowers 

 are pall, there rife vp great three fquare heads, bearing round blaclce feede, great and 

 1 hining : the roote is great, and white on the on tilde, and oftentimes purplilh alfo, flat 

 at the bottome, and fmall at the head. 



There is a kinde of thefe lacinths, whofe flowers are of a deepe purplifh Violet co- AVW //;>*//, 

 lour, hauinu whitilh lines downe the backe of euery leafe of the flower, which turnc''"^"".^" 



. * albtcaHtif in 



theinlelues a little backwards at the points. 



There is another, whofe flowers (land all opening one way, and not on all fides, but Flonbu antn, 

 are herein like the great Zumbul Indi, before let out. 



1'here is againe another kinde which flowreth later then all the reft, and the ftovf-Serttinuj eie- 

 er* are t mailer, llandinir more vprieht, which are either white or blew, or mixt with 1 .'*'-^"^ 



Jmttfonm , 



white and purple. ^ 



5. Hyacinthus Orientalis foliofo cattle. The bufhy ftalked Orientall lacinth. 



This llrange lacinth hath his rootes, leaues, and flowers, like vnto the former Ori- 

 entall lacinths: the onely difference in this is, that his ftalke is not bare or naked, but 

 hath very narrow long leaues, growing difperfedly, and without order, with the flow- 

 ers thereon, which are blew, and hauing for the moll part one leafe, and fometimes 

 two at the foote, or fetting on of euery flower, yet fometimes it happeneth, fome flow- 

 ers to be without any leafe at the bottome, as nature, that is very variable in this plant, 

 lilteth to play: the heads and feede are blacke and round, like the other alfo. 



6. Hyacinthus Orientalis Jiore duplici. The bleake Orientall lacinth once double. 



This double lacinth hath diuers long leaues, like vnto the other Orientall lacinths, 

 almoll (landing vpright, among which rifeth vp a ftalke, brownifh at the firft, but 

 growing greene afterwards, bearing many flowers at the toppe, made like the flowers 

 of the former lacinths, and ending in fix leaues, greene at the firft, and of a blewilh 

 white when they are open, yet retaining fome Ihew of greenefle in them, the brims 

 of the leaues being white ; from the middle of each flower ftandeth forth another 

 I mall flower, confiding of three leaues, of the fame colour with the other flower, but 

 with a greene line on the backe of each of thefe inner leaues : in the middle of this lit- 

 tle flower, there ftand fome threeds tipt with blacke: the fmell of this flower is not fo 

 fweete as of the forme ; the heads, feede, and rootes are like the former. 



7. Hyacinthus Orientalis far? pleno caru/eo, iv/ purpuro violaceo. 

 The faire double blew, or purple Orientall lacinth. 







The leaues of thefe lacinths are fmaller, then the leaues of moll of the other for- 

 mer forts; the llalkes are fhorter, and fmaller, bearing but three or foure flowers on 

 the heads of them for the moll part, which are not compofed like the lall, but are more 

 faire, full, and double of leaues, where they (hew out their full beauties, and of a faire 

 blew colour in fome, and purple in others, fmelling pretty fweete; but thefe doe fel- 

 dome beare out their flowers faire ; and befides, haue diuers other flowers that will be 

 either lingle, or very little double vpon the fame ftalke. 



8. Hyacinthus Orientalis camiidifsimus Jiore plena. 

 The pure white double Orientall lacinth. 



This double white lacinth hath his leaues like vnto the lingle white Orientall la- 



cinth ; 



