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The (jar den of pleafant Flowers. 
fixe chiues tipc with yellow^pendcntsTand a three-forked ftile oTpoh^ellcornpaflin» a 
greemr head, which when the flower 1S part , rifeth vpright againe, and beco.nmelh 
fl h r fCC u C ;., bcl ? 8 f°“ c what long and round , yet hauing a fmall fliew of edges 
flat at the head, like the head of a Lilly, and without any crowne as the Tulipa hath ’ 
_ . . , Wh " eln 15 c r onta “ied pale coloured flat feede, like vnto a Lilly, but fmaller. 
■ T ! CrC 15 fome V° be K fe T ia rhis , flowcr 5 forin ^ the colour is paler and 
r<cl * 1 *-. “ °‘ h «* a ? alne 0f a vcr y bl S hor deepe colour: fometimes alfo they haue eight leaues 
and fometimes ten or twelue, as lftwo flowers were made one, which fome thereupon 
haue called a Double Fritillam. Some of them likewife doe flower very early, cmn 
2 . FritiUdru flere dtrorubente. The bloud red Fritillaria. 
The rootc of this Fritillaria is fomewhat rounder and clofer then the former from 
whence the ftalke rifeth vp, being ftiorter and lower then in any other of chefe kindes 
hsuing one or two leaues thereon, and at the top thereof two or three more fet clofer 
together which are broader, fliorter, and whiter thenanyofthem before, almoft like 
vntothcleauesofthe yellow Fritillaria from among which toppe leauescommeth 
forth the flower, fomewhat bending downe, or ratherftanding forth, beinglarget 
then any of the former, and almoft equall in bignelfe vnto the yellow Fritillaria of a 
duskiegray colour all oner on the outfide.and of a very darke red colour on the infide 
dmerfiy fpotted or ftraked : this very hardly enpreafeth by the roote , andasfeldomc 
gmeth ripe feede, but flowreth with the other firft forts, and before the blacke, and a- 
bideth lefle time in flower then any. * 
3 - FritiSdrU moximi purpurea fltterubr*. The great purple or red Fritillaria. 
This great Fritillaria hath his roote equall to the bignefle of the reft of his parts, 
from whence nfeth vp one,& oftentimes two ftalks, hauing one, two or three flowere 
a peece on them , as nature and the feafons are fitting : euery one of thefe flowers are 
largerandgreaterthenanyoftheformerdefcribed, and pendulous as they are, ofa 
2hi^M 1 ° r u! Ur r }lCO i OU1 i’ mt r man y thwart lines on them , and fmall long markes, 
which hardly feeme checketwife,nor arc fo eminent or confpicuous as in thcTormer : 
4. FritiSirU dibit. The white Fritillaria. 
The white Fritillaria is fo like vnto the firft , thatlfhallnot neede to make another 
defcnption of this : it ftiall (I hope) be fufficient to fliew the chiefc differenced and fo 
proceed to the left. The ftalkeand leaues of this are wholly greene, wherebyitmav 
H 1T nC r r m th f 0I T Cr » * hlch > as is faid, is brownifh at tbebottome. ”2 
fi er is white, without almoft any (hew offpot or marke in it, yet in fome the markes 
Fnflpof m< ^ re P^fdy to be fecne , and in fome againethereisaihewof a faint 
nf fh c OOUrC fl ° be fe r nc 10 thc flowcr > Specially in the infide, the becomes 
of the leaues of euery flower fometimes aregreenifh, hauing alfo a fmall lift ofgreene 
comming downetowards thc middle of each lea fe : the head of fcedeveffell asalfo 
^^^ Wf0ltoV,lt0thef0Bnrf * 
y . Frit Muri* flore duplici albicante. the double blufh Fritillaria. 
This Fritillaria hath a round flattifh white roote, very like vnto thc laft Fritillaria 
bearing a ftalke with long greene leaues thereon, little differing from it, or the firft or’ 
dinary Fritillaria : the flower is faid to be coaftant, compofed of many leaues E 
wnrn r v fuaIIy twelue, of a pale whiti/h purple colour, fpottedlike 
vnto the paler ordinary Fritillaria that is early, fo that one would verily thinkc it were 
but 
