_ Chap. XVIII. , FREER ci ie 
about the Garden, mingling the colours of thofe of a feafon toge- 
ther, as the whites with the purples, the beft Cloth of Gold with the 
Royal, the deep purple feathered with the lighter, and fo of thereft, 
by obfervation moft of them may be diftinguifhied by the roots ,. and 
fo placed according to the fancy of the Planter, but the fore-menti- © 
oned places are the beft, for that few other flowers appear untill they 
are paft; for fhould they be fet among Tulips (as fome ufe todo) the 
_Graffy leaves atter the flowers are gone, would more trouble and dif- 
' grace the place, than the flowers did delight and adorn it ; many 
more varieties than are yet difcovered, may be raifed from the feeds 
of the belt of thefe, being fowed in September , and every other year 
in Fuly removed and fet wider, untill they bear flowers, mak ng the 
ground light and rich, into which they are tranfplanted ; which will 
bea great addition unto them, 
eet scilse Souts-Gbingah-E! 
_. CHAP. xyI. 
"Iris bulbofa. 
He bulbot's Flower-de-luce is Of two forts, the one big- 
ger, and the other leffer in all the parts thereof,the 
firft is called Iris bulbofa latifolia, the broad-leaved 
bulbous Iris, ot Flower-de-luce , whereot there are 
many fine varieties ; the other is called Irs bal- 
bofatenwifolia, the narrow-leaved bulbous Flower- 
— de-luce,, of which there are more diverfities thari 
‘ inthe former, but moft of them of lefs efteem, Before we proceed 
to the defcriptions of thefe, there are two other forts of Flower-de- 
luces deferve to be mentioned, and firft chat called op3i)3 
> GP Iris bulbofa trima Clufis latifolia. | 
: Te fir great bulbous Flower-de-luce of Clufins, before the longs 
broad, flaggy, thin green leaves rife up to half cheir height or 
length, pucteth forth two or three Aowers from the middle ot them, 
ftanding on {hort weak foot-ftalks , each flower confifting of nine 
leaves, as all F lower-de-luces do, whereof thofe three that ftand up- 
_ ‘sight are fhort and i 5 the three that fall down’ curn up 
the ends, and the three arc ed leaves which inother Flower-de-luces 
cover the bottoms of them ftand up, parted into two ends, in fome 
white, but in mott of asky-colour, witha Jong {tripe ineach of the 
three falling leaves; andall thefe diverficies have been found in this 
: Rower, although there be but one kinde thereof , nek in colour 
: according to the nourifhment It receiveth ) ‘asit hapneth in ‘divers 
other Plants, After che flowers are patt; the green leaves grow longer; 
the root is fomthing big, roun jand white,covered with brown skins, 
having two or threelong thick roots growing under it, from whence 
matty fmall fibres fhoot into the an : ic: ae 
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