c f be (jar den off leaf ant F lowers. 
Autumne, which abide greene all the Winter, the ftalke fpringingvpbc- 
cwcene the lower leaues in the Spring. 
The Names. 
It is called Lilium Altum, the White Lilly , by mod Writers ; but by Po- 
ets RtJ* luutnu, Iuno's Rofe. The other hath his name in his title. 
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TheVertues. 
This Lilly aboue all the reft,yea,andl thinke thisonely, and none of 
the reft is vfed in medicines nowadayes, although in former times Empt- 
ricis vfed the red ; and therefore I haue fpoken nothing of them in the end 
of their Chapters, referuing what is to be faid in this. This hath a mollify- 
ing, digefting, and cleanfing quality, helping to fuppurate tumours, and to 
digeftthem, for which purpofethe roote is much vfed. The water of the 
flowers diftilled, is of excellent vertue for women in trauellof childe bea- 
ring, to procure an cafie deliuery, as Matthiolus and Camerarius report. It 
is vfed alfo of diuers women outwardly , for their faces to cleanfe the skin, 
and make it white and frefh. Diuers other properties there are in thefc 
Lillies, which my purpofe is not to declare in this place. Nor is it the fcope 
ofthisworke; this that hath been faid is fufficient: for were it not, thatl 
would giue you fome tafte of the qualities of plants (as I faid in my Preface) 
as I goe along with them, a generali workc were fitter to declare them 
then this. 
u >. ’ ) Ch Af. VII. 
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Frittfarju. Thecheckerd Daffodill, 
lo ;; iC> H -j: ' r 
r a Lthough diuers learned men do bythenamegiuen vnto this delightfull plant, 
thinke it doth in fomt things partake with a Tulipa or Daffodill , and haue 
X .^therefore placed it betweene their); yet I,findingit moft like vnto a little Lilly, 
both in roote, ftalke, lcafe, flower , and feede , haue (as you fee here) placed it next 
vnto the Lillies, and before them. Hereof there arc many forts found out of late, as 
white, red, blacke, and yellow, befides the purple, which wasfirftknowne; and of 
each of them there are alfo diueis forts : and firft of that which is moft frequent, and 
then of thereft, euery one in his place and order. 
i. FriHarU vulguru. The common checkerd Daffodill. 
The ordinary checkerd Daffodill (as it is vfually called , but might more properly 
be called the fmall checkerd Lilly) hath aftnall round white roote, and fomewhac 
flat, made as it were of two cloues, and diuided in a maner into two parts, yet ioyning 
together at the bottomeor feate of the roote, whichholdeth them both together : 
from betweene this cleft or diuifion, thebudde for the ftalke &c. appeareth, which in 
time rifeth vp a foote , orafoote andahalfe high, being round and of a brownilh 
greene colour, efpecially»eere vnto the ground, whereon there ftandeth difperfedly 
foure or fiuc narrow long and greene leaues, being a little hollow ; at the toppe of the 
ftalke, betweene the vpper leaues (which are fmaller then the lowcft) the flower fhew- 
eth it felfe, hangtfjE8t turning downe the head , but not turning^) againe any of his 
leaues , as fom^^Bpe Lillies before deferibed doe ; (fometim^s this ftalke bcarcth 
two flowers, and very feldomethree) confining offixe leaues, ofareddifh purple co- 
lour, fpotted diuerfly with great fpots, appearing like vnto fquare checkers, ofa dee- 
per colour; the infide of the flower is of a brighter colour then the outfide, which 
hathfomcgreennelfcatthebottomeof euery leafe: within the flower there appearc 
