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of, which itt this is of a deep yellow colour , tound at the head , anid 
‘witha {mall lift running under the arched leaves ; this may be known 
before Winter, after the green leaves arecome up, for that rhe bor- 
toms of them for an inch above the ground , are of a reddith colour full 
of dark purple fpots; this is that which the Walloon; have lately 
brought over out of Flanders by the name of Iris d’ Abby, Some of 
them flower fooner, and others later, commonly after moft of the 
Breater kinds are paft, in Fune, and ftay until-fuly ; the purple Por- 
tugall and the Spani{h yellow are firft , the hair-colours and murrey- 
purples laft, the flowers will be foon fpoiled by wer, unlefs it be fha- 
ken off thorrly after it hath fallen upon them, ) 
The roots lofe their fibres, as thofe of the greater kind, and are 
to be handled after the fame manner 5» the feeds of the beft kinds al- 
fo produce varieties, and the roots of the common or ordinary forts 
increafe too faft ; the two laft are the rareftand moft render | they 
muft be planted in good frefh earth that is not hot with dung, and 
where they may have the comfort of the morning Sun onely, 
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‘CHAP, XIX; 
Tris Tuberofa. 
oven He Tuberous, or flag-leaved Flower-de- luce, is of divers 
@ay forts, and thofe commonly divided into two kinds, 
am the Tall and the Dwarf, the which may be {ubdivided 
= into two other forts, broad leaves and narrow leaves, 
| the Tall are called Irés major, or Latifolia, the Dwart 
Iris minor, ot Chamairis, of each of thefe there are many diverfities, 
out of which we willfelect thofe that bear the faireft Aowers, and 
afs by the reft as not worth the mentioning; the beft of all the - 
Linds is called 
: Iris Chalcedonica major. 
He great Chalcedonian Iris,or 7, urky Flower-de-luce, rifeth up be- 
fore Winter, with divers eee ellowith green leaves, folded 
one within another at the bottom, and opening towards the tops; out 
of the middle of thofe leaves rifeth a round ftif ftalk two foot high, . 
bearing at the top thereof one gallant great fower, confifting of nine _ 
leaves as all thereft do; the three lower, leaves being very large and 
"broad, are of a fad purple colour almott black, diverfly fpotted, ftra- 
ked and marked witha grayith white colour, with a great black freez 
or fringe in the middle of each of them ; the three arched leaves that 
cover the fmaller part of thefe lower leaves, are of the fame colour, 
and marked in ghe fame manner, but alittle paler, efpecially towards 
the fides and ends 5 the three upper leaves are alfo very large, and 
marked 
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