C T be far den of plea) ant t lowers, 1 1 ~j 
Wchaue another, wbofe flowers are pure white, and fraaller then the other, the rlire *■««• 
leaues whereof are of a pale frefh greene, and fomewhat narrower. 
Hyacinth» s Stellatus flore rubente. The blufh coloured Starry Iacinth. 
The difference in this from the former, is onely in the flowers, which are of a faire 
'blufh colour, much more eminent then in the others, in all things elfe alike. 
Hyacinthtu St eU 'at us Martini, flue pracoxcarulesss. 
The early blew Starry Iacinth. 
This Iacinth hath his leaues a little broader, of a frefher greene , and not browne at 
all, as the firft blew Iacinth of Fuchfius laft remembred: the buds of the flowers, while 
they are enclofed within the leaues, and after, when theftalke isgownevp, doe re- 
laine more blew then the buds of the former • the flowers , when they are blowne o- 
ycn, arc like the former, but fomewhat larger , and of a more liuely blew colour : the 
rootealfois a little whiter ontheoutfide. This doth more feldomebeqrefeedc thed 
the former. 
Hyacinthus Stellatas pracox flore all». The white early Starry Iacinth. 
There is alfo one other of this kinde, that beareth pure white flowers, the green lcafe 
thereof being a little narrower then the former, and no other difference. 
Hyacinthus Stellatas pracox flore fluaue rubente. 
The early blufh coloured Starry Iacinth. 
This blufh Coloured Iacinth is very rare, but very pleafaot,his flowers being as large 
asthe firft ofthislaft kinde, andjfomewhat larger then the blufh of the other kinde : 
the leaues and rootes differ not from the laft recited Iacinth. 
The Place. 
Allthefelacinthshaue beene found in the Woods and Mountaines of 
Germany, Bohemia, and Auftria,as Fuchfius and Gefner doereport, and in 
Naples, as Imperatus andothersdoe teftifie. Wee cherifhthcm all with 
great care in our Gardens, but efpecially the white and the blufh of both 
kindes, for that they are more tender , and often perifh for want of due re- 
gard. . 
The Time. 
The common kindes, which are firft expreffed, flower about the middle 
of February, if the weather beemildc, and the other kindes fometimes a 
fortnight after, that is, in March, but ordinarily much about the fame time 
with the former. 
The Names. 
The firft is called in Latine Hyacinthm Stellatus vulgaris , and Hyacinthus 
Stellatus bifiolius , and Hyacinthus SteHaris Fuchfij , and of fome Hyacinthus 
Stellatus Germanicus 5 wee might very well call the other kinde, Hyacinthus 
Stellatus vulgaris alter , but diuers call it Pracex, and forne Martius , as it is in 
the title. In Er.glifh they may bee feuerally called : the firft, The commonj 
and the other, The early Starry Iacinth (notwitbftanding the firft flowreth 
before the other) for diftimftion fake. 
The Hyacinthus feemeth to be called Hacinium of Virgil in his Eclogues 5 
forhee alwayes reckonethit among the flowers that werevfed todecke 
Garlands,and neuer among fruits, as fome would haue it. But in that hce 
calleth it Hacmium nigrum, in feuerall places,that doth very fitly anfwer the 
common 
