, i S The (jar den of pleafant Flowers. 
tics. The third is called ot forne onely Hyacinthus msiar, and of others Hya- 
cinthus tamefus maiar: We call it in Englilh,The purple faire haired Iacinth, 
becaufe of his tuft of purple threeds, like haires at the toppe, and (as I faid) 
of diuers Gentlewomen, purple tafleis. The fourth is called by fome as it 
is in the title, Hyacinthus comofus ramofus, and of others Hyacinthus Calami- 
Jlratus. And thdaft or fifth is diuerfiy called by diuers, Fabius Columna in 
his Phytobafanas the fecond part, calleth it Hyacinthus Sanneflus, becaufe hee 
firft faw it in chat Cardinals Garden at Rome. Robin of Paris fent to vs the 
former of the two laft,by the name of Hyacinthus Pennatus, and Hyacinthus 
Calamiflr at us, when as others fent thelaft by the name Pennatus , and the o- 
ther by the name of Calamiftratus ; but I thinke the name Cincinnatus is more 
fit and proper for it, in that the curled threeds which feeme like haires, are 
better exprelfed by the word Cincinnus, then Calamiilrum , this fignifying 
but the bodkin or inftrument wherewith they vfe to frifle or curie the haire, 
and that the bufh of haire it felfe being curled. Some alfo haue giuen to both 
thefelaftthenamesof Hyacinthus Camofus Parnafsi , the one fairer then the 
other. Of all thefe names you may vfe which you pleafe 5 but for thelaft 
kinde, the name Cincinnatus, as I laid, is the more proper , but Pennatus is 
the more common, and Calamijlratus for the former of the two laft. 
I . Hyacinthus Orientalis Brumalis, (sue praeax flare alba. 
The white Winter Orientali Iacinth. 
This early Iacinth rifethvp with his greeneleaues (which are in all refpeifts like to 
the ordinary Orientali Iacinths, but foraewhat narrower) before Winter , and fome- 
times it is in flower alfo before Winter, and is in forme and colour a plaine white Ori- 
entali Iacinth, but fomewhat lefler, differing or.ely in no other thing, then the time of 
his flowring, which is alwayes ccrtainc to be long before the other forts. 
1 . Hyacinthus Orientalis 'B r umalis, flue prae ax flare purpureo. 
The purple Winter Orientali Iacinth. 
The difference of colour in this flower caufeth it to bee diftinguilhed,for elfc it is of 
the kindred of the Orientali Iacinths , and is, as the former , more early then the reft 
that follow : V nderftand then, that this is the fame with the former , but hauing fine 
blcwifh purple flowers. 
5, Hyacinthus Orientalis malar praeax, diclus Zumbul Inii. 
The greateft Orientali Iacinth, or Zumbul Indi. 
The roote of this Orientali Iacinth , is vfually greater then any other of his kinde, 
and moft commonly white on the outfide, from whence rife vp oncor two great 
round ftalkes, fpotted f rom within the ground , with the lower part of the leauesalfo 
vpward to the middle of the ftalkes, or rather higher, like vnto the ftalkes of Dragons, 
but darker ; being fet among a number of broad, long , and fome what hollow greene 
leaues,almoft as large as the leaucs of the white Lilly: at the toppe of the ftalkes ft an 4 
more ftore of flowers, then in any other of this kinde, euery flower being as great as 
the greateft fort of Orientali Iacinths, ending in fix leaues , which turne at the points^ 
of a fiiirc blewifh purple colour, and all Handing many times on one fide of she 
ftalkes, and many times on both fides. 
4 .Hyacinthus Orient alie vulgaris diuerjarum calorum. 
The ordinary Orientali Iacinth. 
The common Orientali Iacinth (I call it common , becaufe it is now fo plenti- 
ful! in all Gardens, thatitisalmoft not efteemed) hath many greene leaucs, long, 
fomewhat broad and hollow, among which rifeth vp a long greene round ftalke, 
befetfrom the middlcthercof almoft, with diuers flowers , Sanding on both fides 
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