The Cjarden of pleafant Flowers. 
forwards for the moft part, parted ac thebiimtrics into fix parts, turning vp their 
points alittleagaine, of a fweetilh, but heady fent , fomewhat like vnto the Grape- 
flower : the heads for feedeare long and fquarc, wherein is much blacke feede : the 
colour of the flowers are in (omc of a deeper blew, finding to a purple; in others of a 
paler blew, or ofableake blew, tending to an alh colour: Some are pure white, and 
fome are party coloured, blew and white } and fome are ofa fine delayed purplifh red 
or blu(h colour, which fome call a peach colour. The rootes of all forts agree, and are 
alike.bcing white and very flimie 5 fome whereof will be great and round, others long 
and flender, and thofethat lye neare the toppe of the earth bare, will be greenc. 
Upuinthus HifptuicM Ptaitr fltre ctmptuuU inHtri 
Thegrcater Spanilh bcll-flowrcd Iacinth; 
This Spanilh bell-flowredlacinth , Is very like the former Englilh or Spanilhla- 
cinth. But greater in all parts, as well of leaues as flowers , many growing together at 
the toppe ofthe ftalke, with many Ihort greene leaues among them, hanging downe 
theirheadSjWithlarger, greater, and wider open mouths, likevntobcls, of a darke 
blew colour; and no good fent. 
the Place. 
The firftgroweth in many places of England, the Lowe-Countries, as 
we call them, and Spaine, but the laft chiefly in Spainc. 
the Time. 
They flower in April! for the moft part, and fometimes in May. 
The Names’. 
Becaufe the firft is tn®re frequent in England, then in Spain, or the Lowe- 
Countries, it is called with vs Hytdnthm ingtieus , The Englifh Iacinth ; 
but it is alfo called as Well 'Belgicus, as Hifptnicus : yet Dodonatus calleth it 
Hytcinthm non feriptus , bccaufeit was not written of by any Authour be- 
fore himfelfe. It is generally knownc in England by thenameof Harc- 
bels. The other Spanilh Iacinth bearcth his name in his title.- 
Hjscinthus Eriophtrus. The Woolly Iacinth. 
This Woolly Iacinth hath many broad, long, and faire greene leaues, very like vn- 
to fome of the Iacinths,but differ, or Handing more vprighr, which being broken, doe 
yeeldmanythrecds, as if a little fine cotton wooll were drawneout: among thefe 
leaues rifeth Vp a long greene round ftalke, a footc and a halfe high or more, whereon, 
is fet a great long bufh of flowers, which blowing open by degrees , firft below , and 
fovpwards, are very long in flowring :thetoppe of the ftalke, with the flowers, and 
their little footftalkes, are all blew, euery flower Handing outright with his ftalke, and 
fpreading like *ftarre,diuided into fix leaues, hauing many fmall blew threeds , Han- 
ding about the middle head, which neuer gauc ripe feede , as farre as I can heare of: 
the root is white, fomewhat like the root of a Mufcari, but as full of wooll or threeds, 
or rather more, then the leaues, or any other part of it. 
The Place. 
This hath been fent diuers times out of Turkie into England , where it 
continued a long time as well in my Garden as in others, but fome hard 
frofty Winters caufed it to perilh with me, and diuers others, yet I haue had 
it againe from a friend , and doth abide frelh and greenc euery yearc in my 
Garden, 
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