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The Cjarden of pleafant Planers. 
the Indies, either Eaft or Weft (although they differ very notably, from thofe that 
grow in thefe parts of the world) muft in a generali furuey and mufter be ranked euery 
one, as neere as the furueiours wit will diredf him,vnder feme other growing with vs 
that is of neereft likeneffe ; Euen fo vntill fome other can dircdi his place more fitly I 
Hull require you to accept of him in this, with this defcription that followeth, which 
I mart tell you alfo, is more by relation then knowledge , or fight of the plant’it fclfe 
This Daffodill hath diuers broad ieaues, fomewhat like vnto thecommon orordinarv 
white Daffodill, of a grayifh greene colour • from the fidcs whereof, as alfo from the 
middle of them, rife vp fometimes two ftalkes together, but molt vfually one after an- 
other (for very often it ftowreth twice in a Summer) and often alfo but one ftalkea- 
lone, which isof a faint reddiih colour , about a foote high ormore, atthetoppe 
whereof, out of a deepe red skinne or huske , commeth forth one flower bending 
downewards, confiding of fixe long Ieaues without any cup in the middle, of an ex- 
cellent red colour, tending to a crimfon ; three of thefe Ieaues that turne vpwards arc 
fomewhat larger then thofe three that hang downewards, hauing fixe threads or 
chiues in the middle, tipt with yellow pendents, and a three forked ftile longer then 
the reft , and turning vp the end thereof againe : the roote is round and bigge of a 
brownifh colour on the outfide, and white within. This is fet forth by Aldinus’ Car- 
dinali Farnefius his Phyfitian, that at Rome it rofe vp with ftalkes of flowers be- 
fore any Ieaues appeared. 
The Place, Time, and Names. 
This naturally groweth in the Weft Indies, from whence it was brought 
into Spaine, where it bore both in Iune and Iuly,and by the Indians in their 
tongue named Azcai. Xochitl, and hath beenefent from Spaine, vnto 
diuers louers of plants, into feuerall parts of Chriftendome , but haue not 
thriuedlong in thefetranfalpinc colder Countries, fo far as I can heare. 
Ndrcijfin TripczuHticut flare Uteo frececiflsimm , 
The early Daffodill of Trebizond. 
Becaufe this Daffodill is fo like in flower vnto theformer, although differing in co- 
lour, I thought it the fitteft place to ioyne it the next thereunto. This early Daffodill 
hath three or foureihort very greene Ieaues, folike vnto the Ieaues of the Autumne 
Daffodill, that many may eafily bee deceiucd in miftaking one for another , the diffe- 
rence confiding chiefly in this, that the Ieaues of this are not fo broad or fo long nor 
rife vp in Autumne : in the midft of thefe Ieaues rifeth vp a ihort green ftalke, an hand- 
full high, or not much higher vfually, (I fpeake of it as it hath often flowred with mee, 
whether the caufe be the coldneffe of the time wherein it flowreth , or the nature of 
the plant, or of our climate , I am in fome doubt • but I doe well remember that the 
ftalkes of fome plants, that haue flowred later with me then the firft, haue by the grea- 
ter ftrength,and comfort of the Sunne, rifen a good deale higher then the firft) bearing 
at the top, out of a whitilhthinne skinne ftriped with greene, one flower a little ben- 
ding downewards, confiding offixe Ieaues, laid open almoft in the lame manner with 
theformer Indian Daffodill, whereof fome doc a little turne vp their points againe of 
afairepaleyellow colour, hauing fixe white chiues within it, tipt with yellow pen- 
dents, and a longer pointell : the rooteis not very great, but blackifhon the outfide 
folike vnto the Autumne Daffodill, but that it is yellow vnder the firft or outcriuoft 
coate, that one may eafily miftake one for another. 
The Place. 
Itivas lent vs from Conftantinople among other rootes, butas wee may 
gheffc by the name, it (hould come thither from Trapezunte or Trebizond. 
The Time. 
It flowreth fometimes in December, if the former part ofthe Winter 
r haue 
