



The Gar (Jen of pleafant Flowers. iHi 



tion, oncly the colour of the flower is differing, being of a faire watchct or bleakc 

 blew colour wholly, with the yellow fri/e or thrum downc the middle of the lower 

 or falling leaues, as before is ("aid to be common to all thefe forts of Flowerdeluccs ; in 

 all other parts it little diffcreth, fauing onely this is obfcrued to haue a fmall (hew of a 

 purplilh red about the bottome of the greene leaues. 



Iris purpurca Jiue -cnlgaris. The common purple Flowcrdeluce. 



This Flowcrdeluce, which is molt common in Gardens, differcth nothing at all 

 from thofe that are formerly dcfcribcd, either in roote, leafc, or flower for the forme 

 of them, but onely that the leaues of this are not fo large as the laft, and the flower it 

 felfe is of a deep purple or Violet colour, and fometimes a little declining to rednefle, 

 cfpecially in fome places. 



Sometimes this kinde of Flowerdeluce will hauc flowers of a paler purple colour, p u :-fmea fai 

 comming ncare vnto a blew, and fometimes it will haue vcines or (tripes of a deeper / " / "" t '"^' 

 blew, or purple, or alh-colour, running through all the vpper and lower leaues. 



There is another like vnto this, but more purple in the fals, and more pale in the c*nie labi 

 vpright leaues. furpunn. 



Iris Afiatica carulea. The blew Flowerdeluce of Afia. 



This Flowerdeluce of Afia, is in largenefle of leaues like vnto the Dalmatian, but 

 beareth more llore ot flowers on feuerall branches, which are of a deeper blew co- 

 lour, and the arched leaues whitifh on the fide, and purplifh on the ridges, but in other 

 things like vnto it. 



There is another neare vnto this, but that his leaues are a little narrower, and his /**//>*//<. 

 flowers a little more purple, efpecially the vpper leaues. 



Iris Damafcena. The Flowerdeluce of Damafco. 



This is likewife altogether like the Flowerdeluce of Afia, but that it hath fome white 

 veines in the vpright leaues. 



Iris Lu/itanica bijtora. The Portugall Flowerdeluce. 



This Portugall Flowerdeluce is very like the common purple Flowerdeluce, but 

 that this is not fo large in leaues, or flowers, and that it doth often flower twice in a 

 yeare, that is, both in the Spring, and in the Autumne againe, and befides, the flowers 

 haut a better or Tweeter fent, but of the like purple or Violet colour as it is, and com- 

 ming forth out of purplifh skins or huskes. 



Ins Camerarij Jiuc purpurca ivr/icolor maior. 

 The greater variable coloured purple Flowerdeluce. 



The greater of the variable purple Flowerdeluces, hath very broad leaues, like vn- 

 to the leaues of the common purple Flowerdeluce, and fo is the flower alfo, but diffe- 

 ring in colour, for the three lower leaues are of a deepe purple colour tending to red- 

 nefle, the three arched leaues are of the colour with the vpper leaues, which are of a 

 pale or bleake colour tending to yellownefle, fhadowed ouer with a fmoakie purplifh 

 colour, except the ridges of the arched leaues, which are of a more liuely purple co- 

 lour. 



Iris purpurea verjicolor minor. The lefTer variable purple Flowerdeluce. 



This Flowerdeluce differeth not in any thing from the latf, but onely that it hath 

 narrower greene leaues, and fmaller and narrower flowers, elfe if they be both con- 

 ferred together, the colours will not feeme to varie the one from the other any whit 

 at all. 



There is another fomewhat neare vnto thefe two laft kindes, whofe huskes from Aiu, 



whence-/'" 5 *"- 



