196 The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



and very confpicuous, which make it feeme the more beautifull : the flowers appeare 

 in Autumne, and are fhorter, and of a deeper purplifh red colour then the luie Sowe- 

 bread, rifing vp before the leaues for the moft part, or at leaft with them, and little or 

 nothing fweete : the roote is round and blacke, vfually not fo flat as it, but growing 

 fometimes to bee greater then any other kinde of Sowebread. There is fometimes 

 fome variety to be feene, both in the leaues and flowers of this kinde ; for that fome- 

 time the leaues haue more corners, and either more or lefle fpotted with white ; the 

 '.rietas. flowers likewife of fome are larger or lefler, longer or rounder, paler or deeper colou- 

 red one then another. This happeneth moft likely from the fowing of the feede, cau- 

 fing the like variety as is feene in the luie leafed Sowebread. It doth alfo many times 

 happen from the diuerfity of foyles and countries where they grow : the feed of this, 

 as of all the reft, is fmall and round, contained in fuch like heads as the former, ftan- 

 ding almoft like the head of a Snake that is twined or folded within the body thereof. 

 This and the other Autumnall kindes, prefently after their fowing in Autumne, fhoote 

 forth leaues, and fo abide all the Winter, according to their kinde. 



6. Cyclamen folio hederee autunmale. luie leafed Sowebread. 



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The luie leafed Sowebread groweth in the fame manner that the former doth, that 

 is, bringeth forth flowers with the leaues fometimes, or moft commonly before them, 

 whofe flowers are greater then the common round leafed Sowebread, fomewhat 

 longer then the former Romane or Italian Sowebreads, and of a paler purple colour, 

 almoft bluifh, without that fweete fent as is in the firft kinde of the Spring : the greene 

 leaues hereof are more long then round, pointed at the ends, and hauing alfo one or 

 two corners on each fide, fometimes much fpotted on the vpperfide with white fpots 

 and marks, and fometimes but a little or not at all ; and fo likewife fometimes more or 

 lefle purple vnderneath : all the leaues and flowers doe ftand vfually euery one feue- 

 rally by themfelues, vpon their owne flender foote-ftalkes, as moft of all the other 

 metas. kindes doe : but fometimes it happeneth, that both leaues and flowers are found grow- 

 ing from one and the fame ftalke, which I rather take to be accidentall, then naturall fo 

 to continue : the feede hereof is like the former kindes, which being fowne produceth 

 variety, both in the forme of the leaues, and colour and fmell of the flowers : fome be- 

 ing paler or deeper, and fome more or lefle fweete then others : the leaues alfo, fome 

 more or lefle cornered then others : the root groweth to be great, being round and flat, 

 and of a blackifh browne colour on the outfide. 



7. Cyclamen autumnale hedertzfolio Jlore albo. 

 luie leafed Sowebread with white flowers. 



There is one of this kinde, whofe leaues are rounder, and not fo much cornered as 

 the former, flowring in Autumne as the laft doth, and whofe flowers are wholly 

 white, not hauing any other notable difference therein. 



8. Cyclamen autumnale angujti folium. Long leafed Sowebread. 



This kinde of Sowebread may eafily be knowne from all the other kindes, becaufe 

 his leafe is longer and narrower then others, fafhioned at the bottome thereof with 

 points, fomewhat like vnto Arum or Wake Robin leaues : the flowers are like the 

 former forts for forme, but of a purple colour. There is alfo another of this kinde in 

 all things like the former, but that the flowers are white. 



9. Cyclamen Antiochenum Autumnale Jlore purpureo duplici. 

 Double flowred Sowebread of Antioch. 



This Sowebread of Antioch with double flowers, hath his leaues fomewhat round, 

 like vnto the leaues of the Summer Sowebread, but with lefle notches or corners, & full 

 of white fpots on them : jit beareth flowers on ftalks, like vnto others, & likewife fome 

 ftalks that haue two or three flowers on them, which are very large, with ten or twelue 



leaues 





