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of the ftalkes, one abouc another vnto the toppe, each whereof next vnto the footc- 
ftalke is Jong, hollow, round, and clofe, ending in fix fmall leaues laid open, 
and a little turning at the points, of a very fweete finell : the colours of thefe 
flowers are diuers, for fome are pure white, without any fhew of other colour in 
them : another is aimed white, but hauing a (hew of blewne(Te,efpeciaIly at the brims 
andbottomes of the flowers. Ochersagaineareofa very faint blufli, tending towards 
a white : Some are of as deepe a purple as a Violet ; others of a purple tending to red- 
nefle, and fome ofa paler purple. Some againe are ofafaire blew, others more wat- 
cher, andfome fopaleablew, as if it weremore whitethenblew : after the flowers 
arc part, there rife vp great three fquare heads, bearing round blacke feede , great and 
fhini ng : the roote is great, and white on the outfide, and oftentimes purphfh alfo, flat 
at the bottome, and fmall at the head. 
There is a kindc of thefe Iacinths, whofe flowers are of a deepe purplifh Violet co- rt, n purpur, 
lour, hauing whitifh lines downe the backe ofeuery leafeof the flower, which turne 
themfcluesalittlebackwardsatthepoints. ddrl”"’ ’* 
There is another, whole flowers (land all opening one way, and not on all fides,bur 
are herein like thegrear Zumbul Indi,beforefet out. /»mr t /puie«ti. 
There is againe another kinde which flowreth later then all the reft , and the flow- stroth^ tri- 
ers are fmaller, (landing more vprighr, which are either white or blew , or mixt with Tflfum «- 
whiteand purple. 
5 . Hyacinthus Orientalis folio/» caule. "the bu(hy ftalked Orientali Iacinth. 
This ftrange Iacinth hath his rootes, leaues. and flowers, like vnto the former O ri- 
entall Iacinths : the onely difference in this is, thac his ftalke is not bare or naked , but 
hath very narrow long leaues, growing difpcrfedly,and without order, with the flow- 
ers thereon, which are blew, and hauing for the moft part one leafe, and fometimes 
two at the foote, or fetting on of euery flower, yet fometimes it happeneth,fome flow- 
ers to be without any leafe at the bottome, as nature, that is very variable in this plant, 
lifteth to play : the heads and feede are blacke and round, like the other alfo. 
6. Hyacinthus Orientalis flore duplici. The bleake Orientali Iacinth once double. 
This double Iacinth hath diuers long leaues, like vnto the other Orientali Iacinths, 
almoft (landing vpright, among which rifeth vp a ftalke, brownifhat thefirft, but 
growing greene afterwards, bearing many flowers at the toppe, made like the flowers 
of the former Iacinths, and ending in fix leaues, greene at the firft, andofablewifii 
white when they areopen, yet retaining fome (hew of greenneffe in them , the brims 
of the leaues being white; from the middle of each flower ftandeth forth another 
fmall flower, confiding of three leaues, of the fame colour with the other flower , but 
with a greene line on thebacke of each of thefe inner leaues: in the middle of this lit- 
tle flower, there (land fome threeds ti pt with blacke : the fmell of this flower is not fa 
fweete as of the forme ; the heads, feede, and rootes arc like the former. 
7 . Hjacinthtu Orientalis flore pleno caruleo , vet purpuro violaceo. 
The faire double blew, or purple Orientali Iacinth. 
The leaues of thefe Iacinths are fmaller, then the leaues of moft of the other for- 
mer forts ; the ftalkes are (horter, and fmaller, bearing but three or foure flowers on 
the headsofthem for the moft part, which are not compofed like thelaft,but are more 
faire, full, and double of leaues, where they (hew out their full beauties, and of a faire 
blew colour in fome , and purple in others , duelling pretty fweete ; but thefe doe fel- 
dome beare out their flowers faire; and befides, haue diuers other flowers that will be 
either fingle, or very little double vpon the fame ftalke. 
8. Hyacinthus Orientalis candidifsimtis flore pleno. 
The pure whitedoublc Orientali Iacinth. 
[_ This double white Iacinth hath his leaues like vnto the fingle white Orientali la* 
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