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The (garden of plea! ant Flowers. 
Varietas. 
~^^^^^^^7doe(hootc forth, haue purple veinesin them, and lo haue the tai- 
ling purplifh leaues,and the three vprightleauesare not fo fmoakie, yet of a dun pur- 
pie colour. 
i r is cxrulu verftcolor. The blew party coloured Flowerdeluce. 
This party coloured FloWerdeluce hath his leaues of the fame largeneffe, with the 
iefTr variable purple Flowerdeluce Iaft delcribed , and his flowers diuerfly marked : 
for fome haue the fals blew at the edges, and whitiihatthebottome the arched leaues 
of a vello wilh white, and the vpright leaues of awhinfh blew, with yellowilh edges. 
Some asaine are of a darker blew, with brow mill (pots in them. And fomeare fo pale 
a blew, chat we may well callit an alh-colour: And laftly,there is another of this fort, 
whofe vpright leaues are ofafaire pale blew, with yellowilh edges and the falling 
leaues parted into two colours, fomcrimes equally in the halfe, each fide futable to the 
other in colour : And fomecimes hauing the one leafe in that manner : And fome- 
times but with a diuers coloured lift iiuhem ; in the other parts both of flower and 
leafe, like vnto the other. , . t -. . - 
hii lutu vxriegxU. The yellow variable Flowerdeluce. 
This yellow variable Flowerdeluce lofeth his leaues in Winter, contrary to all the 
Former Flowerdeluces, fo that his rooteremaineth vndergroundwithoutany fliewof 
leafe vpon it: but in the beginning of the Spring it fhooteth out faire broad leaues, 
falling downwards at the points or ends , but fhorter many times then any of the for- 
mer and fo is the ftalke likewife, not riling much aboue a foote high , whereon are fee 
two or three large flowers, whofe falling leaues are of a reddifh purple colour, the three 
that ftand vpright of a fmoakie yellow, the arched leaues hauing their ridges of a 
bleake colour tending to purple, the fidcs being of the former fmoakie yellow colour, 
with fome purplifh veincs at the foote or bottome of all the leaues : the roote grovyeth 
fomewhat more (lender and long vnder ground, and of a darker colour then mame of 
Another fort hath the vpright leaues of a reafonable faire yellow, and ftand more 
vpright not bowing downe as mod of the other, and the purple fals haue pale edges. 
Some haue their greene leaues party coloured, white and greene, more or leffe, and fo 
are the huskes of the flowers, the arched leaues yellow, as the vpright leaues are, with 
purplifh veines at the bottome. And fome haue both thearched and vpright leaues o», 
fo pale a yellow, that we may almoft call it a ftraw colour, but yellower at the bot- 
tome, with purple veines,and the falling leaues purple,with two purple fpotsmthem. 
And thefe are the forts ofthe greater tuberous or Flaggc Flowerdeluces that haue. 
come to our knowledge : the next hereunto are the lefler or narrow leafed kindes to be 
deferibed ; and firft ofthe greateft of them. 
i .lru AKguftifolU Triptlitd nx auru . The yellow Flowerdeluce of T ripoly. 
This Flowerdeluce I place in the forefront of the narrow leafed Flowerdeluces,’ 
for the length ofthe leaues, compared with thebreadth of them ; it may fitly bee cal- 
led a narrow leafed Flowerdeluce, although they be an inch broad, which is broader 
then any of them that follow, or fome of thofeare fetdownebefore, butaslfaid, the 
length make them feem narrow, and therfore let it take vp his roomc in this place, with 
the defeription that followeth* It bearcth leaues ayard long, or not much Icfle, and 
an inchbroad,as is faid before, or more , of a fad greene colour , but not mining : the 
ftalke rifeth vp to be foure or fiue foote high , being ftrong and round , but not very 
great bearing at the toppe twoorthree long and narrow gold yellow flowers, of the 
fafhion of thebulbous Flowerdeluces, asthenext to bee deferibed is, without any 
mixture or variation therein : the heads for feede arerhrcefquare, containing within 
them many flat cornered feedes : the roote is long and blackifh, like vnto the reft that 
follow, but greater and fuller. 
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