88 The Cfarden of plea/ ant Flowers. 
Stacrc Daffodill before recited , but vnlike in the greatnefle : this alfo is to bee obfer- 
ued, that the purple colour thatcirclcth the brimmcs of thecuppe, is fo fmall, that 
fometimes itis not well perceiued. 
4. N&rcijfu minimus Iuncifolij flare. The leaft Daffodill ofall. 
This leaft DafFodill hath two or three whitiih greene leaues, narrower then the two 
laft recited Daffodils, and (horter by halfe, being not aboue two or three inches long, 
1 the ftalke likewife is not aboue three or foure inches high,bearing one (ingle flower at 
thetoppe, fomewhat bigger then the fmalnefle of the plant fhould feeme to beare, 
very like vnto the leaft Rufh DafFodill, and of the fame bigneffe , or rather fomewhat 
bigger, being of a faint yellow colour, both leaues, and cup, or crowne, (if you pleafe 
fo to call it) ; for the middle part is fpread very much, euen to the middle of the leaues 
almoft,atid lyeth flat open vpon the flower : the roote is fmall, euen the fmalleft of any 
DafFodill, and couercd with ablackifhskinne or coate. 
The Place. 
The firft of thefe Daffodils hauebeene brought vs from the Pyrentean 
Mountaines, among a number of other rare plants, and the laft by a French 
man, called Francis le V eau, the honefteft roote-gatherer that euer came o- 
uer to vs. T he fecond was fent to M'.Iohn de Franqueuille, before remem- 
bred, who imparted it to mee, as hee hath done many other good things; 
but his naturali place wee know not. 
The Time. 
They all flower about the latter end of Aprill. 
The Names. 
Being brought without names, wee haue giuenthem their names accor- 
ding to their face and fafhion, as they are fet downe in their titles. 
NarciJJus Autumnalis miner albus. The little white Autamne DafFodill. 
This little Autumne DafFodill rifeth with his flowers firft out of the ground, without 
any leaues at all. It fpringeth vp with one or two ftalkesabour a finger long, euery one 
bearing out of a fmall huske one fmall white flower, laid open abroad like vnto the 
Starre white DafFodill, before fpoken of: in the nj^ldlcof the flower is a fmall yel- 
low cup of a meane fize, and after the flower is paftffhere commeth in the fame place 
a fmall head, containing fmall, round, blacke feede, like vnto the Autumne Hyacinth: 
the leaues come vp after the feede is ripe and gone, being fmalland narrow, not much 
bigger then the Autumne Hyacinth : the roote is fmall and biackifh on the outfide. 
The Place. 
This DafFodill groweth in Spaine, where Clufius faw it , and brought it 
into thefe parts. 
The Time. 
It flowreth in the beginning of Autumne, and his feede is ripe in the end 
of O&ober in thofe hot Countries, but in ours it will fcarce abide to fhew a 
flower. 
The Names. « 
The Spaniards, as Clufius reporteth, call it Ttnada, and he vpon the fight 
thereof, 
