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* The (garden of pie a , / ant Flowers. 
It. Crocus Vernus Jlristus Turcicus. The T utkie ftript Crocus. 
There is another of this kindc, whofe flower is a little larger, and of a deeper purple 
colour, both on the infide and outfide 5 thegreene leafe alfo is bigger, and of a more 
whitiih colour. 
ia. Crocus ventus CsfiSsri/olio si bus. The white Crocus with frnall leaues. 
This white Crocus is in all things like vnto the purple of the fame kinde, butthat 
the flower of this is Wholly white: the full defeription therefore hereof, you (hall haue 
in that purple with fmall leaues, of this kinde hereafter fet downe, whereunto I referre 
you. 
13. Crocus vernus furfureus minor. The fmaller purple Crocus. 
The fmaller purple Saffron flower of the Spring, hath his greene leaues fo like vnto 
the firft white flowred Saffron, that they can hardly be diftinguilhed, onely they feem 
to bee- a little narrower : the flower is alfo much about the fame bigneffe , or a littk 
bigger, and feldome beareth aboue one flower from a roote, euen as the firft doth, of a 
deepe purple Violet colour, thebottomeof the flower, with thevpper part of the 
ftalke next thereunto, being of a deeper or blacker purple j in the middle of the flower 
are fome pale chiues tipt with yellow pendents, and a longer pointell, diuided or for- 
ked at the toppe : the roote of this is in all things fo like vnto the firft white , tha it is 
impoffible for the moil cunning and conuerfant in them , to know the one from the o- 
thcr. This beareth feede very fparingly, as the white doth, and is reddifh like vnto ir, 
but recorapenfeth that defeat with a plentiful! encreafe by the route : it likewife flow- 
reth at the very fame time with the white, and endureth as fmall a time. 
r 4 .Crocus vernus furfurem moximus. The greateft purple Crocus. 
This great purple Crocus is of the fame kinde with the next deferibed, as well ia 
roote as leafe, but greater ; for the greene leaues hereof are the greateft and broadeft of 
all other Crocus , with a large white line in the middle of euery one : it Tpringeth vp 
much later then the former, and doth not fhew his flower vntill the other bee paft* 
good while : theflowers alfo arc the largeft of all thefe Crocus of the Spring time, and 
equalling, if not furpaflingthat purple kindethatflowreth in Autumne, hereafterfet 
forth, ora very faire and deepe Violet colour, almoft as deepe as the former : the feed 
vefTels arc large alfo and white, wherein is contained pale reddifh feede, like vnto the 
next blew kinde , but fomewhat greater : the roote is(aslfaid before) like vnto the 
nexr,that is, flat and round, with a duskic coloured outfide, whofe head for fpringing 
in it is as hardly difeerned. 
AUtr A/siHut Wchauconeof this kinde, the toppes onely of whofcpurple flower are whitilh, 
for the breadth of halfe the naile of a mans hand, which abideth conftant euery yeare 
in that manner, and therefore is a difference fit to be remembred. 
I •) . Crocus vernus Nespotitsnm fsuc euruleus motor. 
The greater blew Crocus of Naples. •' 
This great blew Crocus rifeth vp with diuers greene Ieatles , broader then any of 
theformer(except the laft) with a white line running downe the infide of euery leafe, 
as in she former, among which rifeth vp, out of diuers great long white skinnes, diuers 
large flowers, but not fully fo great as the former, confiding of fix leaues, of a paler 
blew or Violet colour then in the former, hauing in the middle of the flowers a few 
pale threeds, tipt with yellow, andalongcr pointell ofa gold yellow colour, forked 
or diuided at the toppe, fmelling fweeter then in the former,and abiding a great while 
longer, being in flower vfually euen with the ft ript y eHow Crocus , or before the for- 
mer purple, and yeelding more plenty of feede : the roote hereof is not very great,buc 
a little darke on the outfide, being round and flat withall, that one can hardlyknow 
which is the vpperfide thereof This 
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