Chap. XI. ELOUEA 
others,that bear large flowers on big tall ftalks, fome of a deeper; 
and otlers of alighter blew colour , fome white, others bluth, and 
perhaps all chefe raifed from the feeds of the Zumbull Indi, as others 
" may be from the feeds of them: 
Hyacinthus Orientalis Brumalis, five pracox flore albo. 
ge early white Oriental Facinth , from afhort roundbig root 
(fometimes before Winter) rife up long green leaves like 
thofe of the laft; asthe flowers are alfo, but leffer, and of a pure 
white colour ; this is commonly in flowerin the end of Fanwary 
there is another of this kind that bearech purple flowers , thatcome 
as early, for which property they are chiefly refpected, 
Hyacinthus Orientalis flore pleno caruleo. 
a Fe fair double blew Oriental Facinth , is in all refpedts like the 
other blew Facinths, thechiefeft difference is in the flowers 
thofe of this kind being fair and double, of agood blew colour, and 
confifting of two or three rows of leaves {pread open; there is ano- 
ther of thiskind that beareth double blew flowers, but not fo fair; 
and more apt to come deformed; 
Hyacinthus Orientalis candidus flore pleno. 
age pure white double oriental Facinth differeth from the finglé 
white, in that the flowers of this are thick and double, of a 
pure fnow-white colour, and opening much better than the beft ki 
of the double blew, for which itis much efteemed, 
Hyacinthus fiellaris flore cinereds 
a He Afh-coloared ftarry F-acinth hatha round white root,and green 
leaves, {preading on the ground like thofe of the common 
HarebeH, or Englifh Hyacinth ,the ftalk beareth very man {mall ftar- 
like flowers in a thick buth, bigger below than above , of a pale blew 
or Afh-colour, and very {weet, | 
Hyacinthus flellatus vilgarts. 
T He common blew ftarry Facinth , rifeth out of the ground with 
two or three brown leaves, which be long and hollow, of a 
whitith green on the upper fide, brown h, and half round, 
the ftalk bearech at the top thereof five or fix {mall ftar-like flowers, 
confifting of fix leaves, of afair blew colour, 
Hyacinthus ffellatus fore albo. 
‘He white flarry Lacinth hath leaves like the former , but ofa 
frether green colour, the flowers are of che fame fafhion rg 
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