8o 7 he (jar den of pleafant blowers. 
flowers are many vpon the ftalke,asfmall for the mod partes any ofthefe kindes that 
i beare many together, being wholly ofamilke, or rather fnow white colour, both the 
cuppe, which isfmall,and the outer leaues that compaffe it; after which com-fmall 
heads, wherein is contained round blacke feeders all other Daffodils doe , although 
fome greater, and others Idler, according ro the proportion of the plants : the rooters 
couered ouer with a blackifh skinne or coate - 5 the fmell is very fweete. 
There are two other forts moreofthis kinde , the differences whereof are, that the 
one hath his leaues fomewhat broader, and the flowers greater then the former .- And 
the other fmaller leaues and flowers alfo, whofe cups being fmall,are neuer fecne fully 
open, but as it were halfe clofed at the brimmes. * 
Ntrtijjw Utifolius totus elbus, mediocri culicereflcxue. 
The milke white DafFodill with the great cup. 
There is yet another fort ofthefe milke white Daffodils , whofe leaues are as broad 
as any of the former , and whofe cup in the middle of the flower , is fomewhat larger 
then in any of the lefferforts, and Idler then in the greater kinde : but the leaues of the 
flowers doe a little turnc themfelues vp wards, which makcrh a chiefe difference. 
The Place. 
Thefe Daffodils grow in Spaine, from whence I receiued many that 
flourifhed a while, but perifhed by fome fierce cold Winters : they likewife 
grow in France, from whence many alfo hauc been brought vnto vs. They 
haue likewife been fentfromConflantinoplc to vs, among other kindes of 
Daffodils. 
The Time. 
They that come from Conftantinople, for themoft part doe flower 
earlier then the other, euen afterthey are accuftomrd to our ayre. Some of 
them flower notwithftanding in the end of March, the reft in Aprill. 
The Names. 
They are vfually called NerciJJiu totus Mus polytntbos, adding thereunto 
the differences of maior, medius, and minor , that is, The milke white Daffo- 
dil!, the greater, the middle, and the Idler; for fo fome doe diftinguifh 
them. The laft, for diftinflion, hath his name in his title fufBcient to C x- 
prefle him. 
l. Ntrcijfus Ntrbonenfis.ftue medio luteus precox. 
The early French DafFodill. 
The leaues of this DafFodill, fpring vpout of the ground a moneth or two fome- 
times before the other of this kinde, that follow; being alfo fhortpr,and narrower- 
the ff alke likewife is not very high, bearing diuers flowers at the top, breaking through 
a thinne skinne, as is vfuall with all the Daffodils , eueiy one whereof is fmall , confi - 
fling of fix white leaues, and a fraall yellow cup in the middle, which is of a prettic 
fmall fent, nothing fo ftrongas many others : the rootc is great and round , and fcl- 
dome parteth into of-fets, euen as all the other that follow, bearing many Angle flow- 
ers, doe. o j b 
i.Ntrciffus Ner boners [ts vulgeris. The ordinary French DafFodill. 
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This DafFodill hath long and broad greene leaues, a litrle hollowifh in themiddle 
and edged on both fides ; the ftalke is a foote anda halfe high, bearing at the roppe dil 
uers flowers, fomewhat larger then the former, conflfting of fix white leaues fome- 
what round ; the cup isyellow in themiddle, fmali and round , like vnto an Acorne 
cuppe, or a little fuller in the middle : this is the forme of thatfort which wasfirft 
brought 
