The (jar dm of pleajant blowers. 
The Time. 
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Thefe flower in Aprili, butthefirftis theearlieftof the reft, and is in 
flower prefently after the early Starry Iacinth, before defcribed. 
lign! The^amps. . 
The former haue their names in their titles , and are not knowne vnto vs 
by any other names that I know ; but as I faid before, the laft is called by 
forne. Hyacinthos Bor aginis flore. The firft was fent out of Ttirkie , bythe 
name ofSufamgiul , by which name.Iikewifc diuers other things haue beene 
fent, fobarren and barbarous is the Turkilh tongue. 
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Hyacinthus StilUtu; ^SjUvsee maior. The greater Summer Starry Iacinth. 
Thislate Iacinth hath diuers narrow greene leaues, lying vpon theground , fome- 
what like the leaues of the Englifn.Iacinth , but differ and ftrongcr 5 among which ri- 
feth vp around ftiffe 'ftalke, bearing many flowers at the toppe thereof, andateuery 
footc-ftalkeof the flowers a Email ftiort leafe , of a pufplifh colour: the flowers are 
ftarre like, of a fine delayed purplifli colour, tending to a pale blew or afh colour ftri- 
pedonthebacke of eucryleafe, and hauing a pointed vmboneinthe middle, with 
fomcwhitilh purple threeds about it, tipt with blew : thefeedeis blacke, round , and 
fliining, like vnto the feede of the Englifli Iacinth, but not fobigge : the roote is round 
and white, hauing fame long thickerootesvnder it, befides the fibres, as isvfuallia 
many other Iacinths. I 
fliftmi K3 t;vv ?i t ' • 'iii • >y > ' , i .• 
Byacwthua Stellatas JSfiivtu miner. The Ieffer Summer Starry Iacinth. 
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This leffer Iacinth hath diuers very long, narrow, and (Lining greene leaues, fpread 
vponthe ground round aboutthc roote, among which rifethyp a very fliort round 
ftalke, not aboue two inches high, carrying fix or feuen fmall flowers thereon, on each 
fide of the ftalke, like both in forme and colour vnto the greater before defcribed, but 
lefler by farre ••the feede is blacke, contained in three fquare heads: the roote is fmall 
i and white, couered with a browne coate , and hauing fome fuch thicke rootes among 
| the fibres, as are among the other. 
The Place. 
Both thefc Iacinths grow naturally in Portugall, and from thence haue 
been brought, by fuch as fecke out for rare plants, to make a gaine and pro*, 
fit by them. 
The Time. 
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They both flower in May, and not before : and their feed is ripe in Iulyi 
The Names. 
Some doc call thefe Hyacinthus Lufitanicus, The Portugall Iacinth. Cfu- 
fiuSjWho firft fet out the deferiptions of them, called them as is exprelledin 
their titles ; and therefore we haue after the Latine name giuen their Englifh, 
according as is fet downe. Or if you plcafe, you may call them, Thegrea- 
ter and the lelfer Portugall Iacinth. 
Hyacinthus SteBaris flore ciner eo. The a!h coloured Starry Iacinth. 
This afh coloured Iacinth, hath his leaues very like vnto the leaues of the Englifh 
Iacinth, and fpreading vpon the ground in the fame manner, among which rife vp one 
«I' two ftalkes, fet at the toppe with a number of fmall ftarre- like flowers, bufhing big* 
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