T he (j arden ofpleafant h lowers, 
4-5 
TheVertues. 
Ihauenotfound or heard by any others of any property peculiar in this 
plant, to be applied either inwardly or outwardly for any difeafe : the 
chiefe or onely vfe thereof is, to be an ornament for the Gardens of the cu- 
rious louers of thefe delights, and to be worneof them abroad, which for 
the gallant beauty of many of them, deferueth their courteous entertain- 
ment, among many other the like pleafures. 
Chap. VIII. 
Tulip 4. TheTurkesCap. 
N Ext vnto the Lillies, and before the Narciffi or Daffodils, the difeourfe of Tu- 
lipas deferueth his place, for that it partaketh of both their natures ; agreeing 
with the Lillies in leaues, flowers, andfeede, and fomewhat with the Daffo- 
dils in rootes. There are not onely diuers kindes of Tulipas , but fundry diuerfities of 
colours in them,found out in thefe later dayes by many the fearchersof natures va- 
rieties, which haue not formerly been obferued : our age being more delighted in the 
fearch, curiofity,and rarities of thefe pleafant delights, then any age I thtnke before. 
Butindeede, this flower, aboue many other, deferueth his true commendations and 
acceptance with all louers of thefe beauties, both for the ftately afpedf, and for the ad- 
mirable varietie of colours , that daily doe arife in them , farre beyond all other 
plants that grow, in fo much, that I doubt, although I (hall in this Chapter fet downe 
the varieties of a great many, I fliall leaue more vnfpoken of, then I fhall deferibe • for 
I may well fay, there is in this one plant no end of diuerfity to be expeded, euery yeare 
yeelding a mixture and variety that hath not before been obferued, and all this arifing 
fromthefowingofthefeede. The chiefe diuifion of Tulipas, is into two forts : Pro- 
tects, early flowring T ulipas, and Serui»*, late flowring T ulipas. For that fort which 
is called Mcdi* or Vubi* , that is , which flower in the middle time betweene them 
both, and may be thought to be a kinde or fort by it felfe, aswell asany of the other 
two : yet becaufe they doe neerer participate with the S creti a* then with th ePrtcocet, 
not onely in the colour of the leafe,' being of the fame greenneffe with the Scroti»*, 
andmoft vfuallyalfo, for that it beareth his ftalke and flower, high and large like as 
the Serotine doe ; but cfpccially , for thatthe feede of a Media Tulipa did neuer bring 
forth a Pr*cox flower (although I know Clufius, an induftrious, learned , and painfull 
fearcher and publiflier of thefe rarities , faith otherwife)fo farre as euer I could, by 
mine owne care or knowledge, in fowing their feede apart , or the aflurance of any o- 
thers, the louers and fowersof Tulipa feede, obferue, learne, or know : and becaufe 
alfo that the feede.of the Scroti m bringeth forth Modi** , and the feede of Mtiitu Scro- 
ti»*, they may well bee comprehended vnder the generali title of Scroti»*: But be- 
caufe they hauegenerally receiuedthenameof Mcdi*, or middle flowring Tulipas, 
to diftinguifh betweene them, and thofe that vfually doe flower after them ; I am con- 
tent to fet them downe, and fpeake of them feuerally, as of three forts’ Vnto the 
placeandranke likcwife of the Pr*c tees, or early flowring Tulipas, there are fome other 
feuerall kinds of Tulipas to be added, which are notably differing, not onely from the 
former Frtcox Tulip*. but euery one of them, one from another , in fome fpeciall note 
or other: as the Tulip * Bolonienfis flore rubro, the red Bolonia Tulipa. Tulip * Tolonicnfu 
flore luteo, the yellow Bolonia Tulipa. Tulip* Perflet, the Perfian Tulipa. Tulip* Cre- 
tica, the. Candie Tulipa, and others : all which fliall beedeferibed and entreated of, e- 
uery one apart by it felfe, in the end oftherankeof thePrtcoces, becaufe all of them 
flower much about their time. To begin then with the Prtcox , or early flowring Tu- 
lipas, and after them with the Medias and Scrotincs } l fhall for the better method, diuide 
their flowers into foure primary or principali colours, that is to fiy, White, Purple, 
Red, and Y elfo w, and vnder euery one of thefe colours , fet downe the feuerall varie- 
ties 
