54 - The (garden of pleafant Flatters. 
Chap. IV. 
i. MirUgon Tomptneum put Lilium rubrum prucex, vel Lilium Micedoniiun,. 
The early red Martagon, or Martagon Pompony . 
Martagon 
Vomponeum 
anpufti folium 
pracox. 
». Marugtn 
angutii folium 
mttgisftntim 
Hum. 
3 . Marts go* 
Vomponeum 
Utifohym pne 
sox. 
7 . Martagon 
jlorcpbeniceo. 
A S in the former Chapter wedefcribed vnto you fuch Lillies, whole flowersbe- 
ing pendulous , turne their leaues backe againe , and haue their greene leaues 
fet by fpaccs aboutthe ftalke : fo in this wee will let downe thole forts , which 
carry their greene leaues more fparfedly, and all along the ftalke , their flowers hang- 
ing downe, and turning vp againe as the former, and begin with that which is ofgrea- 
teft beauty, or at leaft of moft rarity. 
1 . This rare Martagon hath a fcaly root clofely compacft, with broader and tbinnef 
fcalesthanothers, intimegrowing very great, and of amore deepe yellow colour 
then the former, from whence doth fpring vp a round greene ftalke in fome plants, and 
flat in others, two or three footc high, bearing a number of fmall , long , and narrow 
greene leaues, very like vnto the leaues of Pinkes, but greener, fet very thicke together 
and without order about the ftalke , vp almoft vnto the toppe , and leifer by degreed 
Vpwards, where ftand many flowers, according to the age of the plant, and thriuing in 
the place whereit groweth ; in thofe that are young , butafew, and more fparfedly, 
and in others that are old many more, and thicker fet : for I haue reckoned threefcore 
flowers and more , growing thicke together on one plant with mee , and an hundred 
flowers on another : thefe flowers are of a pale or yellowrih red colour , and not fo 
deep redas the red Martagon ofConftantinopIe, hereafter fet down, nor Fully fo large: 
yet ofthe fame fafhion, that is, euery flower hanging downe, and turning vp his leaues 
againe. It is not fo plentifull in bearing of feede as the other Lillies, but when it doth 
it differeth not but in being Iefie. , 5 
There is another, whole greene leaues arc notfothickc fet on the ftalke, butelfe 
differeth not but in flowri.bg a fortnight later. 
There is another alio of this klnd,fo like vnto the former in root,ftalk, flower, & ma- 
ner ofgrowing, that the difference is hardly difcerncdjbutconfifteth chiefly in thefe 
. two points;Firft,that the leaues of this are a little broader and fhorter then the former- 
and fecondly, that it beareth his flowers a fortnight earlierthan the firft. In the colour 
or forme of the flower, there can no difference bee difeerned , nor (as I faid)in any o- 
therthing. All thefe Lillies doe fpring very lateout of theground,euenas the yellow 
Martagons doc, but are fooner in flower then any others, 
A fourth kindehereof hath of late been knowne to vs, whole leaues are broader and 
fhorter the» thelaftij andtheflowers of a paler red, tending to yellow, offome cal- 
led agolden red colour : but flowrech not fo early as they. 
, ■ ' ige.ii 
j. Lilium rubrum Byzantinum, put Murtdgtn Cwfletniinepolituiam. 
The red Martagon of Conftantiuople. A : . 
hr.* jj, .- i bnoa Jiol f n< .'1 >rlT .1 
t 1 ' he r cd Martagon Of Conftantinople is become fo common ctiery where, and fo 
11 loners of thefe delights , that I fliall feemc vnto them tolofetime, 
tob (to>. ;■ an h •'ponit;yetbecaufeiCisfofaireaflower, andwas atthefirftfo 
h.-goly efteemea , ... ieferuethhis place and; commendations , howfoeuer-Cncreafing 
plenty hath aotraade it dainty. It riferivout ofthe ground early in the fpring, be- 
‘ lV : other Lillies, from a great thicke yellow fcaly root, bearing a rou n d bro w- 
ftalke, befeewhb many faire greene leahes confufedly thereon , but n6t fo broad 
*nc common white Lilly, vpon the toppe whereof ftand one, two, or three, or more 
flowers, vpon long footeftalkes, whichhangdownetheir heads, and turne vp their 
leaues againe, of an excellent red crimfon colour, and fometimes paler, hauing a long 
potntcll in the middle, compaffed with fixe whitifh chiues, tipt with loofe yellow 
pendents, ofareafonable good fent, but fonjCVThat faint. Itlikewife beareth feede in 
heads, like vnto tbcother, but greater, 
l.MurtegCB 
