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The (garden of pleafant blowers. 
The Time. • \t 
The firft early Martagons flower in the end of May, or beginning of 
June , and that is a moneth at the leaft before thofe that come from Con- 
ftantinople, which is the fecond kinde. The two firft yellow Martagons 
flower fomewhatynoreearly, then the early red Martagons, and fomerimes 
at the lame time with them. But the third yellow Martagon, as isfaid,flow- 
retha moneth later or more, and is in flower when the red Martagon of 
Conftantinopleflowreth. And although the early red and yellow Marta- 
gons, fpring later then the other Martagons or Lillies, y et they are in flowef 
before them. 
The Names. 
The firft early red Lillies or Martagons haue beenefent Vflfo vs by fetie- 
rall names, as Martagon Pomponcum, and thereafter are called Martagon of 
Pompony, and alfo Lilium or Martagon Macedonicum , the Lilly or Marta- 
gon of Macedonia. They are alfo called by Clulius Ltltum rubrum fracox, 
the on tanguHiorc folio, the other latiore folio. And the laft of this kinde hath 
the title flore pbxniceo added or giuen vnto it, that is, the Martagon or Lilly 
of Macedonia with gold red flowers. 
The Martagons of Conftantinople haue beene fent by the Turkifh name 
Zufiniare, and is called Martagon, or Lthum 'Byzantinum by fome, and He - 
meroctl/ii Chalccdonica by others ; but by the name ofthe Martagon of Con- 
ftantinople they are moft commonly receiued with vs, with the diftimftion 
of maculatum to the one, to dift inguifh the forts. The laft kinde in this clajsu, 
hath his name in his title, as it hath been fent vnto vs. 
The Yellow Martagons are diftinguifhed in their feucrall titles, as much 
as is conuenient for them. 
Chap. V. 
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Cilium Murcum & Lilium Rubrum. The Gold and Red Lillies. 
T Here are yet (bme other kindes of red Lillies to bee defcribed, which differ 
from all the former, and reinaine to be fpoken of in this place. Some of them 
grow high , and fomelowe , fome haue fmall knots, which wee call bulbes, 
growing vpon the fta Ikes, at the ioynts of the leaues or flowers, and fome haue none ; 
*11 which fliall be inu eated of in their feuer all orders. 
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Lt/ium pumilum cruentum. The dwarfe red Lilly. 
Thedwarfered Lilly hath a fcaly roote, fomewhat like vnto other Lillies, but 
white,and not yellow at all, andthecloues or feales thicker, fliorter, andfewerin 
number, then in moft ofthe former : the ftalke hereof is not aboue a footcand ahalfe 
high, round andgreene,fet confufedly with many faire and fhorc greene leaues, on the 
toppe of which doe ftand fometimes but a few flowers,and fometimes many .of a faire 
purplifh red colour,and a little paler in the middle.euery flower ftanding vprighr, and 
not hanging downe , as in the former, on ihe leaues whereofhereand therearefome 
blacke fpots , lines ormarkes , and in the middle of the flower a long pointcll , with 
fome chiues about it, as is in the reft of thefe Lil lies. 
LiSum nbrum This kinde is fometimes found to yedd double flowers , asif all the fingle flowers 
fMiuiUcijitre. fliouldgrow into one, and fo make it confift of many leaues , which notwithftanding 
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