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T be garden of plea/ant t lowers. 
Iniicru luberoja radtec, that is in Engli(h,Thc Indian Iacinth wich a tuberous 
roote : Some would call tbefe Hyacinthus Eriophorus Indicus , that is, The In- 
dian woolly Iacinth, becaufe they haue much wooll in them when they are 
broken; yet fome doe doubt that they are not two plants feuerall, as of 
grater and Idler, but that the greatneife is caufed by the fertility of the 
foy^e wherein it grew. 
I . Hyacinthus Botroides maior Mofchatus,fue Mufcari flore flauo. 
The great yellow Muske Grape- flower, or yellow Mufcari. 
This Muske Iacinth or Grape-flower, hath flue or fix leaues fpread vpon the ground 
in two or three heads, which at the firft budding or (hooting forth out of the ground, 
are of a reddilh purple colour, and after become long, thicke, hollow , or guttered on 
the vpperfide, of a whitilh greene colour, and roundand darke coloured vnderneath : 
in the middle ofthefe heads of leaues, rife vp one or two hollow weake brownifh 
ftalkes, fometimes lying on the ground with the weight of the flowers, (but efpecially 
of the feede) yet for the mod pare (landing vprigbt , when they are laden towards the 
toppe, with many bottle-like flowers, which at their firft appearing, andvntill the 
flowers begin to blow open, are of a browne red colour, and when they areblowne, 
of a faireyellow colour, flowring firft below, and fo vpwards by degrees, euery one of 
thefe flowers is made like vnto a little pitcher or bottle, being bigge in the belly, and 
final! at the mouth, which is round, and a little turned vp, very fweetein fmell, like 
vnto Muske, whereof it tooke the name Mufcari ; after the flowers arc paft, there come 
three fquare thicke heads, puffed vp as if it were bladders , made of afpongiefub- 
ftance, wherein are here and there placed blacke round feed : the roote is long, round, 
and very thicke, and white on the outfide,with a little woollincfle on them,being bro- 
ken, and full of a flimie iuice , whereunto are annexed thicke, fat, and long fibres, 
which perifh not as moft of the other Iacinths • and therefore defireth not to bee often 
remoued, as the other forts may.- 
*. Hyacinthus Botr aides maior Mofchatusfeu Mufcari flore ci ner itio. 
The Afhcoloured Muske Grape-flower, or Mufcari. 
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This Mufcari differeth not in rootes, or forme of leaues or flowers from the former*’ 
the chiefe differences are thefe: the leaues hereof do not appeare fo red at the firft bud- 
ding out of the ground, nor are fo darke when they are fully growne ; theftalfcealfo 
moft vfually hath more (lore of flowers thereon , the colour whereof at rhefirft bud- 
ding is a little duskie, and when they are full blowne , are of a bieake, yet bright afh- 
colour, with a little (hew of purple in them, and by long (landing chahge a little more 
gray ; being as fweete, or as fomechinke, more fweete then the former : the roote (as I 
(aid) is like the former, yetyeeldeth more cncreafe, and will better endure our cold 
cly mate, although it doth more feldome giue ripe feede. : oo ' 
( - oil- feiv: iy i ; i : shomf'.l to CjCtih • 
3 . Hyacinthus Botroides maior Mefcbatus , fine Mufcari flore rubro. 
The red Muske Grape-flower. 
Thiskinde(iftherebe any fuch,for lam in feme doubt thereof) doth chiefly differ 
in the colour of the flower from the firft , in that this (hould beare flowersvvhcn they 
areblowne, of a red colour tending to yellownelTe. ’jinb -r 
4. Hyacinthus Botroides maior Mbphatusfiue Mufcari flore albo. 
The white Muske Grape-flower. 
This alfo is faid to haue (if there bee fuch an one) his leaues like vnto the fecond 
kinde, but of a little whiter greene, and the (lowers pale, tending to a white : the roots 
ofthefe two lad are faid vfually not to grow to be fo great as of the, former two. 
The Place! 1 
The rootes of the two firft forts,haue been often fent from Conftaatino- 
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