14.8 The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



this difcourfe. For to fhew you that the Greekes doe call the ftalke of the 

 great Afphodill Az/^e/n/crj, and the Latines Albucum, or what elfe belongeth 

 to them, is fitter for another worke, vnto which I leaue them. 



The baftard Afphodils fhould follow next in place, if this worke were fit for them ; 

 but becaufe I haue tyed my felfe to expreffe onely thofe flowers and plants, that for 

 their beauty, or fent, or both, doe furnifh a Garden of Pleafure, and they haue none, I 

 leaue them to a generall Hiftory of plants, or that Garden of Simples before fpoken of, 

 and will defcribe the Lilly Afphodils, and the Phalangia or Spider-worts, which are 

 remaining of thofe, that ioyne in name or fafhion, and are to be here inferted, before I 

 pafTe to the reft of the bulbous rootes. 



i . Liliafphodelus phaniceus. The gold red Day Lilly. 



Becaufe the rootes of this and the next, doe fo nearely agree with the two laft reci- 

 ted Afphodils, I haue fet them in this place, although fome doe place them next after 

 the Lillies, becaufe their flowers doe come neareft in forme vnto Lillies ; but whether 

 you will call them Afphodils with Lilly flowers, as I thinke it fitted, or Lillies with 

 Afphodill rootes, or Lillies without bulbous rootes, as others doe, I will not contend. 



The red Day Lilly hath diuers broad and long frefh greene leaues, folded at the 

 firft as it were double, which after open, and remaine a little hollow in the middle ; 

 among which rifeth vp a naked ftalke three foot high, bearing at the toppe many flow- 

 ers, one not much diftant from another, and flowring one after another, not hauing 

 lightly aboue one flower blown open in a day, & that but for a day, not lafting longer, 

 but clofing at night, and not opening againe ; whereupon it had his Englifh name, The 

 Lilly for a day : thefe flowers are almoft as large as the flowers of the white Lilly, and 

 made after the fame fafhion, but of a faire gold red, or Orange tawny colour. I could 

 neuer obferue any feede to follow thefe flowers ; for they feeme the next day after they 

 haue flowred, (except the time be faire and dry) to bee fo rotten, as if they had lyen in 

 wet to rotte them, whereby I thinke no feede can follow : the rootes are many thicke 

 and long yellow knobbed ftrings, like vnto the fmall yellow Afphodill rootes, but 

 fomewhat greater, running vnder ground in like fort, and fhooting young heads round 

 about. 



2. Liliafphodelus luteus. The yellow Day Lilly. 



I (hall not neede to make a repetition of the defcription of this Day Lilly, hauing 

 giuen you one fo amply before, becaufe this doth agree thereunto fo nearely, as that 

 it might feeme the fame ; thefe differences onely it hath, the leaues are not fully fo 

 large, nor the flower fo great or fpread open, and the colour thereof is of a faire yel- 

 low wholly,and very fweet, which abideth blowne many daies before it fade, and hath 

 giuen blacke round feede, growing in round heads, like the heads of the fmall yellow 

 Afphodill, but not fo great. 



Clufius hath fet downe, that it was reported, that there fhould be another Liliafpho- 

 dill with a white flower, but we can heare of none fuch as yet ; but I rather thinke, that 

 they that gaue that report might be miftaken, in thinking the Sauoye Spider-wort to 

 be a white Liliafphodill, which indeede is fo like, that one not well experienced, or 

 not well regarding it, may foone take one for another. 



The Place. 

 Their originall is many moift places in Germany. 



The Time. 

 They flower in May and lune. 



The Names. 

 They are called by fome Liliago, and Lilium non bulbofum^ and Liliafpho- 



