The Cjarden of pie af ant Flowers, 
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The Time. 
ThefeflovverinIune,andfometimes abide vnto Iuly, but vfually not To 
early as the former broad leafed kindes , and are foene fpoiled with wet in 
their flowring. 
The Names. 
Thefeyerall names, both in Latine and Englifh,arefufficient for them as 
they arc fet downe ; for we know no better. 
ThcVertues. 
Thereis not any thing extant orto be heard, thatanyof thefc kindes of 
Flowerdeluces hath been vfed to any Phyficallpurpofes, and feruc onely 
to decke vp the Gardens of the curious. 
And thus much for thefe forts of bulbous Flowerdeluces, and yet I doubt not, but 
that there are many differences, which hauc rifen by the fowing of the feede, as many 
may obferue from their o wne labours , for that euery yeare doth fhew forth fome va- 
riety that is not feenc before. And now I will conuert my difeourfe a while likewife, 
to paffc through the feuerall rankes of the other kindes of tuberous rooted Flowerde- 
luces, called Flagges. 
Chap. XX. 
Iris Uti/olU t dir of a. The Flagge or Flowerdeluce. 
T Here are two principali kindes of tuberous or knobby rooted FIowerdeluces 4 
that is, the tall and the dwarfe, or the greater and the leffer; the former called 
Iris miior or UtifolU, and the other Iris minor, or rather Chamsiris; and each of 
thefe hauc their ielfer or narrow leafed kindes to bee comprehended vnderthem: Of 
all which in their order. And firft of that Flowerdeluce,which for his excellent beau- 
tie and raritie, deferueth the firft place. 
Iris Chttlccdonici [use Sufism msier. The great Turkie Flowerdeluce. 
The great Turkie Flowerdeluce, hath diuers heads of long and broad frefh greene 
leaues, yet not fo broad as many other of thofe that follow, one folded within ano- 
ther at the bottome, as all other of thefe Flowerdeluces are : from the middle of fome 
one of thofe heads (for euery head of leaues beareth not a flower) rifeth vp a round 
ftiffe ftalke, t wo foote high, at the toppe whereof ftandeth one flower (for I neuer ob- 
feruedittobearctwo)thelargeftalmoft,but rareftof all the reft, confifting of nine 
leaues, like the others that follow, but of the colour almoft of a Snakes skinne, it is fo 
diuerfly fpotted ; for the three lower falling leaues are very large , of a deepe or darke 
purple colour, almoft blacke, full of grayifh fpots,ftrakes,and lines through the whole 
leaues, with a blacke thrume or freezein the middle of each of them: the three arched 
leaues that couer them , are of the fame darke purple colour , yet a little paler at the 
fides, the three vpper leaues are very large alfo, and of the fame colour with the lower 
leaues, but a little more liuely and frefh, being fpeckled and ftraked with whiter fpots 
and linesj which leaues being laid in water, will colour the water into a Violet colour, 
but if a little Allome be put therein, and th en wrung or preffed, and the iuice of thefe 
leaues dryed in the (hadow, will giue a colour almoft as deepe as Indico, and may 
ferue for fhadowes in Iimming excellent well : the flower hath no fent that can be per- 
ceiued,but is onely commendable for the beauty and rarity thereof : it feldome bea- 
reth feedes in thefe cold CountrieSjbutwhenitdoth, it is contained in great heads. 
