T he (garden of pleafant Flowers. 
If 
much lower than the Cro wne Imperiali, but much fmallcr, befet from the bottomc to 
the middle thereof, with many long and narrow leaues, of a whitifh or ble wifh greene 
colour, almod like to the leafe of a T ulipa : from the middle vpwards, to the toppe of 
the dalke, ftand many flowers one aboue another round about it, with leaues at the 
footeofeueryoneofthem, each whereof is pendulous or hanging downe the head, 
likevntotheCrownelmpcriall, and not turning vp any of the flowers againe, but 
fmaller than in any other kinde of Lilly, yea not fo bigge as the flower of a Fritillaria, 
confiding of fixe leaues a peece,of a dead or ouerworne purpldh colour, hauing in the 
midft a finall long pointed , with certaine chiues tipt with yellow pendents : after the 
flowers are paft (which abide open a long time, and for the moil part flower by de- 
grees, the lowed fird, and fo vpwards) if the weather be temperate, come fixe fquare 
heads or feede veiTels, feeming to be but three fquare, by reafon of the wings, very like 
to the heads of the Crowne Imperiali , but fmaller and (horter, wherein are contained 
fuch like flat feed, but fmaller alfo, and of a darker colour. 
The Place. 
• This was, as it is thought, fird brought from Perfia vnto Condantinople, 
and from thence , fentvnto vs by themeanesof diuers Turkie Merchants, 
and in efpeciall, by the procurement of M'. Nicholas Lete, a worthy Mer- 
chant, and a louer of all faire flowers. 
The Time. 
It fpringeth out of thegroundvery neare a moneth before the Crowne 
Imperiali , but doth not flower till it bee quite pad(that is to fay) not vntill 
the latter end of A prill, or beginning of May : the feed (when it doth come 
to perfedion, as it fcldome doth) is notripe vntill Iuly. 
The Names. 
It hath been fent by the name of tennachit Perjitnt , and wee thereupon 
doe mod vfuallycallit Lilium Perficam, The Perfian Lilly. Clufius faith it 
hath been fent into the Low-Countries vnder the name of Sufam giul, and 
he thereupon thinking it came from Sufis in Perfia, called it Lilium Sufu. 
aura, The Lilly of Sufis. 
TheVertues. 
Wee haue not yet heard , that this hath beeneapplyed for any Phy ficall 
refpetd. 
Chap. III. 
Mtrtagtn Imftr 'ule , fwe Lilium Moataaam maim, 
TheMartagon Imperiali. 
V Nder this title of Liliam Mtataaum, or Li Ham Silueftre, I do comprehend only 
thofe kindes of Lillies, which carry diuers circles of greene leaues fet together 
at certaine didances, round about the dalke, and not fparfedly as the two for- 
mer, and as other kindes that follow, doe. And although there bee many of this fort, 
yet becaufe their chiefed difference is in the colour of the flower, wee will containe 
them allin one Chapter, and begin with the mod ftately of them all, bccaufcof the 
number offlowers it bearethvpon one dalke. The Imperiali Lilly hath a fcalyrootc, 
like vnto all the red of the Lillies, but ofa paler yellow colour, clofely com pad or fet 
together, being (hort and finall oftentimes, in comparifon of the greatneffe of the 
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