the Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



ii. Crocus vernus ftriatus Turcitus, The Turkic ftript Crocus. 



There is another of this kinde, whofe flower is a little larger, and of a deeper purple 

 colour, both on the infide and outfide ; the greene leafe alfo is bigger, and of a more 

 whitifh colour. 



12. Crocus vernus Capillari folio albus. The white Crocus with fmall leaues. 



This white Crocus is in all things like vnto the purple of the fame kinde, but that 

 the flower of this is wholly white : the full defcription therefore hereof, you mall haue 

 in that purple with fmall leaues, of this kinde hereafter fet downe, whereunto I referre 

 you. 



13. Crocus ve rnus purpureus minor. The f mailer purple Crocus. 



The fmaller purple Saffron flower of the Spring, hath his greene leaues fo like vnto 

 the firft white flowred Saffron, that they can hardly be diftinguimed, onely they feem 

 to bee a little narrower : the flower is alfo much about the fame bigneffe, or a little 

 bigger, and feldome beareth aboue one flower from a roote, euen as the firft doth, of a 

 deepe purple Violet colour, the bottome of the flower, with the vpper part of the 

 ftalke next thereunto, being of a deeper or blacker purple ; in the middle of the flower 

 are fome pale chiues tipt with yellow pendents, and a longer pointell, diuided or for- 

 ked at the toppe : the roote of this is in all things fo like vnto the firft white, that it is 

 impoflible for the moft cunning and conuerfant in them, to know the one from the o- 

 ther. This beareth feede very fparingly, as the white doth, and is reddifh like vnto it, 

 but recompenfeth that defecl with a plentifull encreafe by the roote : it likewife flow- 

 reth at the very fame time with the white, and endureth as fmall a time. 



1 4. Crocus vernus purpureus maximus. The greateft purple Crocus. 



This great purple Crocus is of the fame kinde with the next defcribed, as well in 

 roote as leafe, but greater ; for the greene leaues hereof are the greateft and broadeft of 

 all other Crocus, with a large white line in the middle of euery one : it fpringeth vp 

 much later then the former, and doth not mew his flower vntill the other bee paft a 

 good while : the flowers alfo are the largeft of all thefe Crocus of the Spring time, and 

 equalling, if not furpafling that purple kinde that flowreth in Autumne, hereafter fet 

 forth, of a very faire and deepe Violet colour, almoft as deepe as the former : the feed 

 veffels are large alfo and white, wherein is contained pale reddifh feede, like vnto the 

 next blew kinde, but fomewhat greater : the roote is (as I faid before) like vnto the 

 next, that is, flat and round, with a duskie coloured outfide, whofe head for fpringing 

 in it is as hardly difcerned. 



Alter Apidbus We haue one of this kinde, the toppes onely of whofe purple flower are whitifh, 

 albidis. f or t h e breadth of halfe the naile of a mans hand, which abideth conftant euery yeare 



in that manner, and therefore is a difference fit to be remembred. 



15. Crocus vernus Neapolitans Jiue cceruleus maior. 

 The greater blew Crocus of Naples. 



This great blew Crocus rifeth vp with diuers greene leaues, broader then any of 

 the former (except the laft) with a white line running downe the infide of euery leafe, 

 as in the former, among which rifeth vp, out of diuers great long white skinnes, diuers 

 large flowers, but not fully fo great as the former, confifting of fix leaues, of a paler 

 blew or Violet colour then in the former, hauing in the middle of the flowers a few 

 pale threeds, tipt with yellow, and a longer pointell of a gold yellow colour, forked 

 or diuided at the toppe, fmelling fweeter then in the former, and abiding a great while 

 longer, being in flower vfually euen with the ftript yellow Crocus, or before the for- 

 mer purple, and yeelding more plenty of feede : the roote hereof is not very great, but 

 a little darke on the outfide, being round and flat withall, that one can hardly know 

 which is the vpperfide thereof. This 



