136 'The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



but fpringeth not vp fo early, nor hath his leaues fo greene, or large, but hath broad, 

 long, whitifh greene hollow leaues, pointed at the end, among which rifeth vp the 

 ftalke, which is ftrong and high, as the former, hauing a great bum of flowers at the 

 toppe, ftanding fpike-fafhion, fomewhat like the former, flowring in the fame maner 

 by degrees, firft below, and fo vpwards ; but it is not fo thicke fet with flowers, nor fo 

 farre fpread at the bottome as it, the flowers alfo are not fo white, and each of the 

 leaues of them haue a greene line downe the backe, leauing the edges on both fides 

 white : after the flowers are part, the heads for feede grow three fquare, like the other, 

 bearing fuch like blacke feede therein : the roote hereof is vfually bigger then the laft, 

 and whiter on the outfide. 



3. Qrnithogalum Pannonicum. The Hungarian Starre-flower. 



This Hungarian Starre-flower fhooteth out diuers narrow, long, whitifh greene 

 leaues, fpread vpon the ground before Winter, which are very like vnto the leaues of 

 Gilloflowers, and fo abide aboue the ground, hauing a ftalke riling in the middle of them 

 the next Spring, about halfe a foote high or thereabouts, bearing many white flowers 

 at the toppe, with greene lines downe the backe of them, very like vnto the ordi- 

 nary Starres of Bethlehem : the roote is greater, thicker, and longer then the ordinary 

 Starres, and for the moft part, two ioyned together, fomewhat grayifh on the outfide. 



4. Qrnithogalum vu/gare. The Starre of Bethlehem. 



The ordinary Starre of Bethlehem is fo common, and well knowne in all coun- 

 tries and places, that it is almoft needlefle to defcribe it, hauing many greene leaues 

 with white lines therein, and a few white flowers fet about the toppe of the ftalke, with 

 greenifh lines downe the backe : the roote is whitifh, and encreafeth aboundantly. 



5. Afphodelus bulbofus Galcni,Jiue Ornithogalum mains flore fubuircfcente. 

 The bulbous Afphodill, or greene Starre-flower. 



Diuers haue referred this plant vnto the Afphodils, becaufe (as I thinke) the flowers 

 hereof are ftraked on the backe, and the leaues long and narrow, like vnto the Afpho- 

 dils ; but the roote of this being bulbous, I rather (as fome others doe) ioyne it with 

 the Omit/ioga/a, for they alfo haue ftrakes on the backe of the flowers. It hath many 

 whitifh greene leaues, long and narrow, fpread vpon the ground, which fpring vp in 

 the beginning of the yeare, and abide vntill May, and then they withering, the ftalke 

 fpringeth vp almoft as high as the firft, hauing many pale yellowifh greene flowers, but 

 fmaller, and growing more fparfedly about the ftalke vpon fhort foot-ftalkes, but in a 

 reasonable long head fpike-fafhion : the feede is like vnto the fecond kinde, but fmal- 

 ler : the roote is fomewhat yellowim, like the firft great white kinde. 



The Place. 



The firft is onely nurfed in Gardens, his originall being not well 

 knowne, yet fome attribute it vnto Pannonia or Hungary. The fecond hath 

 been found neare vnto Barcinone, and Toledo in Spaine. The third was 

 found in Hungary by Clufius. Our ordinary euery where in the fields of 

 Italy and France, and (as it is faid) in England alfo. And the laft groweth 

 likewife by the corne fields in the vpper Hungary. 



The Time. 

 They flower in Aprill and May, and fometimes in lune. 



The Names. 



The firft is called by Clufius Ornithogalum maximum album, becaufe it is 



greater 



