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Fhe (jar den of pie af ant Flowers. 
fomechiues withtliekyellowtips , difpcrfcd as it vVere among the leaues inrhe~mTd- 
dlc : it flowrcth in September , a little after the firft Ihov of the earlier Medowe Saf- 
frons arc paft. 
17. Colchicum ’vnriegttum plenuflere. 
The party coloured double MedowqSaffrom ,.L- 
. ravvoflsiifio rorjr.o! _rij 
We haue another of thefe double kinds (if it be not the very fame with the former, 
varying inthefloweras nature pleafeth oftentimes;for I haue this flower in my garden, 
as I here fet it forth, eueryyeare) whofe flowers are diuerfified in the partition of the 
colours, as is to be feenc in the (ingle party coloured Medowe Saffron beforedeferi- 
bed, hauing fotne leaueswhite, and others palepurple, and forae leaues halfe white 
and halfe purple, diuerfly let or placed in the double flower, which doth confift of as 
many leaues as the former, yet fometime this party coloured flower doth nor flietv it 
felfe double like the former, but hath two flowers, one riling out of another , making 
each of them to be almoft but Angle flowers, confifting of eight or ten leaues a peece : 
but this diuerfity is not conflant; for the fame rootethat thisyeare appeareth in that 
manner, the next y cate will returne to his former kinde of doubleflowers againe. 
iS. Colchicum V trnum. Medowe Saffron of the Spring. 
This Medowe Saffron rifeth Vp very early in the yeare, that is , in the end of Ianu- 
arie fometimes, or beginning, or at the furtheft the middle of February, prefently af- 
ter the deepe Frofts and Snowes are paft, with his flowers inclofed within thrcegrcene 
leaues, which opening themfelues as foone almoft as they are out of the ground, (hew 
their buds for flowers within theta very white oftentimes, before they open farrejand 
fometimes alfo purplifli at their firft appearing , which neuer fhew aboue two at the 
moft vpon one roote,and neuer rife aboue the leaues,nor the leaues much higher then 
they, while they laft : the flower confiftcth of fix leaues, long and narrow, euery leafe 
being diuided, both at the bottomeand toppe, each from other , and ioy ned together 
onely in the middle, hauing alfo fix chiues, tipt with yellow in the middle, euery chiue 
being ioyned to a leafe, of a pale red or deepe blufh colour, when it hath flood a while 
blowne, and is a fmaller flower then any Medowe Saffron, except the fmall Spanifh 
kindes onely, butcontinueth in hi? beauty a good while, if the extremity of fharpe 
Frofts and Windes doe not fpoile it : the leaues wherein thefe flowers are cnclofed, ac 
their firft commingvp,ar£?ofabrovviii(hgreenecolour, whichfo abide fora while, 
efpecially on the outfide, but on the infide they are hollow, and of a whitifh or grayifli 
grecne colour, which afterthe flowers are paft, growtobeeofrhelengthofamans 
longcft finger, and narrow withall ; there rifeth vp likewife ip the middle of them the 
head or feede velfell, which is fmaller and (horter, and hardefHien any of the former, 
wherein is contained fmall round browne feede : the roote is fmall, fornew hat like vn- 
totheroocesof theformer, butfhorter, and not hauing fb long an eminence on the 
one fide of the bottomc. 
19. Colchicum Vernam etropurpureum. Purple Medowe Saffron of the Spring. 
The flower of this Medowe Saffron, is in the rifing vp of his leaues and flowers to- 
gether, and in all things clfe,likc vnto the former, onely the flowers of this fort areat 
their firft appearing ofa deeper purple colour, and when they are blowne alfo arc 
much deeper then the former, diuided in like manner, both at the bottome and toppe 
astheother, fothat they feeme, like as iffixloofe leaues were ioyned in the middle 
part, to make one flower, and hath bis fmall chiues tipt with yellow , cleauing in like 
manner to euery leafe. 
The Place. 
All thefeMedoweSaffronSjorthemoft paft of them , haue their places 
exprefTed in their titles; fer forne grow in the fields andmedowesof the 
champion gtounds, others on the mountaines and hilly grounds. The 
Englifh kindes grow in the Weft parts, as about Bathe, Briftow, Warmi- 
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