Chap. VII. FEOR 2. 
Corona Imperialis flore muleiplict. 
6 au double Crown Imperial is of later difcovery and more efteem 
than the former, and chiefly differeth from it in the flowers, 
which in this are conftantly double , each flower containing fifteen 
or fixteen leaves, whereas thofe of the other common kind have 
but fix ; the leaves of thefe double flowers are narrower,with a drop 
or Pearl at the head of each of them, of the famecolour with thofe 
of thecommon kind, and as many flowers on one ftalk, The plant 
at firft coming up is redder, anid contineth longer fo than the ordi- 
nary : The green leaves of darker colour, and the tuft on the top 
above the flowers, bigger, and confifting commonly of more leaves, 
Thisis a gallant plant, deferving efteem, although the other is now 
little regarded, 
Corona Imperialus flore luteo. 
T% yellow Crown Imperial diffeteth only from the firft common 
kinde, in that the flowers are of a fair yellow colour , and now 
more rare than that with double flowers: 
Corona Imperialis angufti folia flore rubente. 
T% narrow-leaved Crown Imperial, with a reddi[h flower , differeth 
froth the other fingle kinds, in that the leaves are much har- 
rower, the flowers {maller and of alightred or pale Rofe-colour, ~ 
Lilium Perficum. 
Seek Perfian Lily hath 4 root like unto that of the Crown Im- 
perial; but longer, fmaller, and whiter, from whence fpringeth 
up a round whitih green ftalk, befet from the bottom to the middl¢ 
thereof with many long and narrow whitifh green leaves; from 
whence to the top ftand many {mall flowers , hanging down their 
heads, each containing fix leaves; of a dead or over-worn purple 
colour, with a pointill and chives in the middle, tipt with yellow 
pendents, 
The Crown Imperial flowererh if the endof March, or beginning 
of April, andthe Perfiaw Lily , almoft a moneth atteric, they are 
both increafed by affets that come from the old roots, which lofe 
"their fibres every year, and therefore they may be taken up after the 
{talks are drie, which willbe in Fane, and kept out of the gtound 
untill 4ugu/# ; they may be fet in borders, or corners of large knots, 
among ordinary Tulips, and other flowers that lofe their fibres, thar 
they may be taken uptogether, the Crown Imperial, efpecially that 
with double flowers, is an excellent ornament in the middle of a large 
Flower-pot, among Daffodils, Tulips, Anemonies, Hyacinthes, and — 
other flowers of that featon; the Perfian Lily is a flower of {mall 
