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thofe of the double purple, every piece whereof will grow, being 
apteft to increafe of allocher; in fome years the double kinds do _ 
_ bring fome feeds to perfection, which being fet or fowed very thin, 
in September or OGober, where they may ftand unremoved until they 
flower, which will be about feaven years from the fowing, herhaps 
fome new varieties may be produced; efpecially from the feeds of the 
Carnation, Bluth, Purple; and variegated kinds, ‘ 
_ And now we willreturn to the reft of the b/ubows and tuberous-root- 
ed plants, remaining to be defcribed, and fet them down in order ac- 
cording to their fimilitude and feveral relations to each other, and 
firft of that whick flowreth firft; though vulgarly accounted laft; 
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CHAP, XVI. 
) Colchicum. 
He Meadow- Saffron; whereof there are many forts, fome 
Bs of them for the beauty of their flowers, deferving piace 
in this Collection, the which thall be decribed, the re 
Mae bearing fingle howers wholly of one colour, andnei- — 
- ther eminently ftriped, nor checkered, we will pafs over 
as not worth the trouble, 
Colchicum verficolor. 
Le party-coloured Meadow- Saffron, and all the reft,except thofe of 
the Spring bring forth their flowers in Autum before the green 
leaves appear, which being kept back by. Winter, come mot up ua- 
till February; the flowers of this come out of the ground Jate in the 
year, three, four or more from ene roor, ftanding om very fhort foot- 
ftalks, compofed of fix leaves, whereof fome are white , othersof 
a pale purple, and fome of them half white and the reft purple, with 
fome threds or chives in the middle like unto the Crocus or Safforn- 
flowers of the Spring, after the flowersare paft, the green leaves do 
not prefently come forth, little of them appearing above grou 
before the end of February, whichat firft are of a dark brown colour, 
but with the Spring grow tobe large long and green, three or four 
ftanding upon a flort round weak green foot-ftalk ; im the middle of 
the leaves the feed-veffel appeareth, containing round browa feeds ; 
the root is fomething like unto that of the T#lip , but commonly 
bigger, and having that eminence at the bottom , ftanding out very 
long, from whence many fibres fhoot into the ground, 
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