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The C jarden of pleafant Flowers. 
and all the Practices, from the beginning to the end of March , if the yeare 
bekindly : at what time the Media doe begin , and abide all Aprill , and 
part of May, when the Strotines flower and fade ; but this, as I Taid, if the 
yeare be kindly, or elfe each kinde willbcamoncthlater. Thefeedeis ripe 
in lune and Iuly , according to their early or late flowring. 
The Names. 
There haue beene diuers opinions among our moderne Writers, by 
what name this plant was knowne to the ancient Authors. Some would 
haue it be Cefmoftndales, of the Ancient. Dodonatus referreth it to *um of 
Theophraftus,in his feuenth Booke and thirteenth Chapter : but thereof 
he is (obriefe, that befides the bare name, weecannot tinde him tomake 
any further relation of forme, or quality. And Bauhinus,vpon Matthiolus 
Commentaries of Diofcorides,and in his Pinax alio, folio weth his opini- 
on. Camerarius in his Hortus Medicus is of opinion , it may be referred to 
the Helychry fum of Crateua. Gefner, as I thinke, firft of all, and after him 
Lobe!, Camerarius, Clufius and many others , referre it to the Satyrium of 
Diolcorides : and lurely this opinion is the moll probable for many rea- 
fons. Firft, for that this plant doth grow very frequent in many places of 
Greece, and the letter Alia, which were no doubt fufficicntly knowne both 
to Theophraftus , and Diofcorides , and was accounted among bulbous 
rootes, although by fundry names. And fecondly, as Diofcorides fetteth 
forth his Satyrium, fo this moft commonly beareth three leaues vpona 
ftalke (although fometimes with vs it hath foure or fiue)like vnto a Lilly, 
whereof fome are often feen to be both red,in the firft fpringing, and alfo 
vpon the decay ing,efpecially in a dry time, and in a dry ground : the flower 
like wife of fome is white, and like a Lilly ; the rootc is round, and as white 
within as the white of an egge, couered with a browne coate, hauinga 
fweetifli, but not vnpleafant tafte , as any man without danger many try. 
This defeription doth fo liuely fet forth this plant , that I thinke wee (hall* 
not neede to be any longer in doubt, where to finde Diofcorides his Saty- 
rium Triphyllum , feeing wee haue fuch plenty growing with vs. And 
thirdly, there is no doubt, but that it hath the fame qualities, as you (hall 
hereafter heare further. And laftly,that plant likewife that beareth a red 
flower, may very well agree with his Erythronium ; for the defections in 
Diofcorides are both alike, as are their qualities, the greateft doubt may be 
in the feede, which yet may agree vnto Lin or Flaxe as fitly, or rather more 
then many other plants doe, in many of his comparifons, which yet wee re- 
ceiue for currant. For thefeede of Tulipasare flat, hard, and fhining as the 
feede of Linum or Flaxe, although ofanother colour, and bigger, as Dio- 
fcorides himfclfe fetteth it downe. But if there fliould be amiftaking in the 
writing of for in the Greeke T ext , as the flippe is both eafic and 
likely, it were then out ofallqueftion the fame: for the feede is very like 
vnto the feede of Lillies, as any man may eafily difeerne that know them, or 
will compare them. It is generally called by all the late Writers , Tuhpt i 
which is dcriued from the name Tulptn , whereby theTurkcsof BalmetU 
doeentitletheir head Tyres, or Caps ; and this flower being blowne, laide 
open,andinuerted,dothvery well refemble them. We haue recciucdthe 
early kinde from Conftantinople,by the name of CtftUle , and the other 
by the name oiCtmU l tie. Lobel and others doe call it Lihe-nttrcijJuj , be- 
caufe it doth refemble a Lilly in theleafe, flower, and feede, and a Daffodill 
in the roote.We call it in Englilh the T urkes Cap, but moft vfualiy Tulipa, 
as moft other Chriftian Countries that delight therein doe. Dalefchampius 
callethit Oulada. 
TbeVertues. 
Diofcorides writeth, that his firft Satyrium is profitable for them that 
haue 
