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‘ The (jar den of plea [ant Flowers. 
I . Lenceium bnlbefum V trntsm minimum. 
The fmall bulbous Violet of the Spring. 
This ("mail Lenctinm fendeth forth his fmalland long greeneleaues, like haircs in 
Autumne, and before Winter, which abidegreene vntill Aprill,and then wither away 
quite and about May there arifeth vp a naked {lender ftalke, at the toppe whereof 
breake fot th two final! white flowers, made of fix leaues a peece, hanging downe their 
heads, the three inner leaues being a little larger then the three out ward, a little reddifh 
neare the ftalke, and very fweet : the rootis fmall and round, and couercd with a darke 
coate» 
i.Leuccium bnlbtfnm Autumnale.Thc fmall Autumne bulbous Violet. 
As the former fmall Lenceitsm fprangvp with his leaues without flowers in Au- 
tumne fo this contrariwife , rifeth vp with his {lender brownilh ftalke of flowers in 
Autumne, before any greene leaues appeare, whereon (land two or three very fmall 
f n0 w white pendulous flowers, confiding of fix leaues a peece , and a littlereddifh at 
the bottome of the flower next vnto the ftalke, fo like vnto the former, that one would 
take them to be both one: after which, there grow fmall browne heads, containing 
fmall blacke, round feed ; after the flower is paft, and the feede is ripening, and fome- 
times’after the heads are ripe, the leaues begin to fpring vp , which when they are full 
growne are long,greene, and as fmall, or fmaller then the leaues of the Autumne Hy- 
acinth, which abide all the Winter, and Spring following, and wither away in the be- 
ginning of Summer : therooteisfmall, long, and white. 
g. Leuctkm maius bulbofum ftretinum. 
Thegreat late flowring bulbous Violet. 
A) ■ 
The late bulbous Violpt Ji^tlvthree or foure broad flat greene leaues, very like vnto 
the firft, but longer, among which rifeth vp a flattiih ftalke , being thicker in the mid- 
dlemen at both edges, on'tjie toppe whereof ftand three or foure flowers, hanging 
downe their heads, confiding of fix leaues a peece, all of an equall length and bignefle, 
wholly white, except that each leafe hath a greene tippe at the end of them : the feede 
hereof is blacke and round j.thc roote is reafonablc great and white. 
The Place. 
The two former fmall ones were firft found in Spaine,ahd Portugall,and 
fenttomeby Guillaume Boel; but the firft was fo tender, that fcarce one 
of a fcore fprang with me, or would abide. Thegreateft haue beene found 
wildein Germany and Auftria. 
The Time. 
The fmall ones haue their times exprefled in their titles and deferipti- 
ons, the laft flowreth not vntill May. 
•OSOtlsiO flvi m ■ hjW-dt: i 0 ; r l t-Jr.Ur-' ~ - .>.t-0 • 
The Names. 
Thefc names that arc fet downe in theirtitles, doepaffe wit hall Herba- 
- rifts.in thefc daies. 
The Vermes', 
Wee haue not knowne thefe plants vfed Phyfically , either inwardly or 
outwardly, to any purpofes in thefe day es. 
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