7 6 The (jar den of pleafant Flowers. 
t . Ntnijftu medii purpurem prectx. The early purple ringed Daffodil!. 
This early Daffodill hath many long grayifh greene leaues, fomewhat narrower 
and ftiffer then the former common white Daffodill, among which rifethvp a lone 
*aked hollow (hike (as all other Daffodils haue) bearing at the toppe one flower and 
feldome two, made of fixe long white leaues, (landing clofe together about the (fedke- 
the cup is yellow, and fo flat, that it might rather bee called a crowne: for it (landcth 
very clofe to the middle, and very open at the brimmes, circled with a reddifh or pur- 
ple coloured ring, hauing certame chiues in the middleofit alfo. Thefmell hereof is 
very fweete, exceeding many other. 
2 . Ntrtijpu medio purpureas ferttinus. The late purple ringed Daffodill. 
The leaues of this Daffodill are alwayes broader then the former early one and 
fome arc very neare twice as broad : the flower is very like the former, bein® large 
and his leaues (landing clofe one to the fide of another; the ring likewife’that compaf- 
feth the yellow coronet, is fometimesof a paler reddifli purple, and fometimes as 
deepe a red as the former : (o that it differeth not in any other materiali point then 
that it flowreth not vntill the other is pad and gone. The fent of this is like the for- 
mer, the roote hereof is greater, as well as the leafe and flower. 
3- Ntrcijfm medio purpurem mtximus. 
Thcgreat white purple ringed Daffodill. 
There is another kinde, whofe flower (as well as leaues and rootes) is larger then 
any other of this kinde, which onely maketh it a diftimff fort from the other - it flow 
reth alfo with the later fort of thefe purple ringed Daffodils. 
4 . Nircijus medio purpureus fieSsris. The Harry purple ringed Daffodill. 
This Daffodill hath his leaues a little narrower and greener then the former forts 
the flower alfo of this hath his fixe white leaues not fo broad, but narrower and lee’ 
mmg longer then they, not clofing together, but (landing apart one from another ma- 
king it feeme like a white (larre : it hath alfo a yellow coronet in the middle circled 
about with purple, like the former. This doth fmell nothing fo fweete as the fir (l but 
yet hath a good lent. J 
. The Place. 
The firfl , third, and fourth of thefe Daffodils, haue alwayes beene fent 
vs from Conftantinople among other bulbous rootes, fo that wee know no 
further of their naturali places. 
■ The fccond groweth in many places of Europe, both in Germany 
France, and Italy, as Clufius hath noted. 
The Time. 
The firft flowreth very early in March, euen with thefirft Daffodils The 
second, third, and fourth, about a moneth after. 
The Names. 
The early and (larre Daffodils, hauebeen fent vs by the Turkilh name of 
Deueb oh, »i , and Serinctde. But their names, they haue receiucd fince to bee 
endenizond with vs, are fet downc in their feuerall titles. * 
jitreiffus Perfieus. The Perfian Daffodill. 
This Perfian Daffodill differeth from all other kindes of Daffodils in his manner of 
growing, 
