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The (j Arden of pleafant Flowers. 
vpoB the fame (hort foote-ftalkc, which then rifeth vp a little higher, fliewing the ma- 
ner of the (landing of the flowers, which in their flowring time could not fo eafily bee 
difeerned : the roore is very fmall and round , hauing one fide at the bottorne lower 
then the other, very like the rootc of a Cetcbicum or Medowc S*ffron, and fomewhar 
nearc refemblingalfo thehoofe of an horfe foote , couered with a very thicke skinne, 
ofadarkeorblackiftibrownecolour: this flowreth thelaftof all the former forts of 
Saffron flowers, cucn when they are all pad. 
a I. Cucus verum purpurem flriitus CnpiBtrifolii. 
The ftript purple Crocus with fmall leaues. 
This fmall ftript purple Saffron flower hath fuch like leaues, as the lad deferibed 
hathjbetwcene which rifeth the flower vpon as (hort a foote-ftalkc, confiding of fix 
leaues like the former, ofa faire purple colour on the outfide of the three outer leaues, 
with three lines or drakes downe euety leafe, of a deeper purple colour, and on the in- 
fide of a paler purple, as the other three leaues arc alfo,with fome chiues tipt with yel- 
low pendents, and a forked pointell in the middle: the rooteof this is fomewhat 
bigger then the former, and rounder, but couered with as thicke and as brownea 
skinne : it flowreth about the fame time with the former. 
a .Cncm vernus luteus ftue Mxfttcm. The yellow Crocus. 
The yellow Crocus or Saffron flower, rifeth vp with three or foure leaues out of 
the ground, being fomewhat neare the breadth of the great purple kindes, with a white 
line in them, as in mod of the red : the flowers dand in the middle of thefe leaues, and 
are very large, of a gold yellow colour, with fome chiues , and a forked point in the 
middle : the feedc hereof is of a brighter colour then in any of the other : theroote is 
great and round, as great or greater then a Wall Nut fometimes,and couered with red- 
didi skinnes or coates, y eeloing more dore of flowers then mod of the former, and be- 
ginning to blowe with the fird forts, or prcfcntly after, but outlaft many of them, and 
arc ofa plcafant good Tent. 
TUrt mts. Of this kinde we haue fome, whofe flowersarc of a deeper gold yellow colour then 
dthers, fo that they appea're reddidi withall. 
FiurcpiUitti. And we haue alfoariother fort, whofe flowers are very pale,betwcene a white and a 
yellow, not differing in any thing elfe. 
FincwirUau And another fmaller , whofe flower hath a (hew of greenneffe in the yellow, and 
*“**' mare greene at the bottorne. 
2 3 . Creent verans flnvnt Jlridtns. The yellow dript Crocus. 
This kinde ofy ellow dript Crocus or Saffron flower , rifeth vp with more (lore of 
narrower and greener leaues then the former, and after the leaues are fpread, there rife 
rp many yellow flowers from among them, which are not of fo faire and bright a yel- 
low colour, but more dead and fullen, hauing on the backfide of each of the three out- 
termofl leaues, three fmall dripes,of an ouer- worne or dull purple colour, with fome 
chiues and a pointell in the middle: the rooteof this kinde, is very like the rooteof 
the former yellow,butfomcwhat fmaller and (horter , and couered with the like red- 
didi skinnes, but a little (adder: it flowreth not fo early as t he former yellow, but abi- 
deth almoft as long as it. 
i^.Cucut vernns Intern verjict/or primus. The beft cloth of gold Crocus. 
The faired cloth ofgold Crocus or Saffron flower, rifeth vp very early , cuen with 
thefirft, orthefirftof all other Crocus, withthreeor foure very narrow and (hort 
leaues, ofawhiter colour then any of the former, which by and by after doe (hew 
forth the flowers, rifingfrom among them out ofthe fame white skinne, whichin- 
cludeth the leaues, but are not foplcntifull as the former yellow, being but two or 
three at the mod, ofa faire gold yellow colour, yet fomewhat paler then the firft, ha- 
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