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VII. The Delcripcions. Tbeji/j l, Incomparable, 
Nompareille, or None-fuch Daffodil, ha* a great 
bulbous Root , cut large cut other Daffodils, which bear 
large blowers , which is covered over with a brownifh 
Coat or Skin •, from whence comes three or four long 
and broad Leaves , of a greyifh green color -, among 
which rifes up a Stalk two feet or more high , at top 
whereof , out of a thin skinny Husk , which all Daf- 
fodils have, comes forth one large fingle Flower , 
( commonly no more ) confifting of fix very pale , yel- 
low , large Leaves, the bottom whereof , next unto the 
Stalk, is narrow and round, rifing wider to the 
Mout h , which is very large and open, and unevenly 
cut in or dented about the edges. The Cali ce or Cup 
much refembles one of our old Silver Beakers, with a 
narrow bottom, and a wide Mouth. The Flower be- 
ing paft, there comes fometimes (tho not often) a 
round green Head, and a black round Seed therein, 
like to other Daff odils, but greater. This Riant does 
fometimes bring forth a Flower with ten or twelve 
Leaves, and a Cup much larger, as if it was two, 
and as the Flower feems to be. 
VIII. The fecond, or Incomparable great yellow 
Daffodil, differs nothing in Form, Magnitude or 
manner of Growing, but only in the Color of the cir- 
cling Leaves of the Flower, which are of the fame 
yellow color with the Cup. This fometimes degene- 
rates, and alfo grows Luxurious, bringing forth two 
blowers upon a Stalk, each diftinff from other, and 
fometimes two Flowers thrujl together, as if they 
i were but one, but this is very rare. This Riant is a 
peculiar Riant, not conftant to its kind, nor abiding 
yearly in the fame Form. 
IX. The third, or Grey peerlefs Daffodil, is 
wholly like to the two former in Root , Leaf, Stalk 
and blower , five that the Leaves are fomewhat 
greater, and the fix outward Leaves of the Flower 
are of a glittering whit if) grey color, and the Cup 
yellow as the former, but larger. 
X. The fourth, or Leffer yellow Nompareil, has, 
from a bulbous Root, Leaves rifing fomewhat like to 
thofe of the firf kind, but not altogether fo long or 
broad : the Stalk rifes not all out Jo high, and bears 
but one blower, like the former, which Is leffer -, and 
both Cup and Leaves are of one color, of a pale yellow, 
yet more yellow than the other : the Cup is alfo a 
little leffer, and a little differing , neither fully fG 
fmall in the bottom, nor fo large at the edges, nor fo 
crumpled at the brims, fo that thefe Differences 
fhew, that it is man if eft ly of a quite differing kind 
from the others. 
XI. The fifth, or Weft Indian Daffodil, bat a 
round large bulbed Root, of a brownifh color on the 
out fide, and white within, which fends forth feveral 
broad Leaves, fomewhat like to the Common white 
Daffodil, of a greyifh green color • from the fides of 
which, as from the middle of them, r ife up fometimes 
two Stalks together, but moff ufually one after ano- 
ther, ( for it oftentimes flowers twice in a Summer ) 
and often alfo but one Stalk alone, which is of a faint 
reddifh color, about a foot high or more •, at the top 
whereof, out of a deep red Skin or Husk, comes forth 
one blower, bending downwards, confijhng of fix long 
Leaves, without any Cup in the middle, of an excel- 
lent red color, tending to a crimfon : three of thefe 
Leaves, which turn upwards, are fomewhat larger 
than the three which hang downwards , having fix 
Threads or Chives in the middle, tipt with yellow 
Rendents, and a three-forked Stile longer than the 
reft, and turning the end thereof again. This Al- 
dinus, Cardinal Farnefius bis Rhyfician , fays, that 
at Rome it rofe up with Stalks of blowers before any 
Leaves appeared. 
XII. The fixth , or Early Daffodil of Trebizond, 
has a bulbous Root , but not very great, blackifh on 
the outftde, and yellow under that blackifh or out - 
wardmoft Coat, fo very like to the Autumn Daffodil, 
( excepting for that Tellownefs ) that they may eafily 
be miftaken one for another : it has three or four ve- 
ry fhort green Leaves, very like to the Leaves of the 
Autumn Daffodil, excepting that thefe are not fo 
broad or fo long, nor fpring up in Autumn. In the 
midft of thefe Leaves rifes up a fhort green Stalk, 
four, five or fix inches high, bearing at the lop, out 
of a whit ifh thin Skin, ftriped with green, one Flower 
a little bending downwards, confifting of fix Leaves, 
laid open almoft in the fame manner with the former 
Weft Indian Daffodil, of which fome do a little turn 
up their Points , of a fair pale yellow color, having 
fix white Chives within , tipt with yellow Rendents, 
and a longer Rointel. 
XIII. The f eventh, or Small early white Daffodil, 
has a bulbous Root of a moderate largenefs, yet leffer 
than the Roots of the later kinds -, from whence 
fpring Leaves broad, very green, and not whit ifh, 
as others, three or four Jlanding together , about a 
foot long or better 5 among which rifes up a green 
Stalk, not full fo high as the Leaves, bearing one 
blower at top thereof, of an indifferent bignefs, but 
not fo great as the later kinds , which follow after, 
confifting of fix whit ifh Leaves, but not perfctl white, 
rather of a Cream color, and of a good fweet Smell. 
In the middle is a long yellow Cup, half an inch long 
or better. 
XIV. The eighth , or Early St raw- color'd Daffo- 
dil, from a bulbous Root has green Leaves, as the for- 
mer, but much narrower ■, the Leaves of the blowers 
are more enclining to yellow, but yet very pale , as if 
of a light Straw color , feeming to be a little more 
narrow, and pointed, as the former : the Cup is long 
and yellow, and the Smell fweet, like the la ft. 
XV. The ninth, or Great late- flowring white 
Daffodil, has a moderately large bulbous Root, co- 
vered rather with a pale than blackifh Skin -, from 
whence come greyifh or whit ifh green-color' d Leaves, 
fomewhat narrow and long -, among which fprings up 
a Stalk half' a yard high , bearing one blower at top, 
made of fix white Leaves, having the Cup in toe 
middle , as long as the former, and of a deep yellow. 
The edges of the Cup are fometimes plain , fometimes 
a little crumpled, and often circled at the brims with 
a Saffron color, and often alfo without it, the Smell 
of which is very pleafant. This Flower fometimes 
alters its Form into eight Leaves, which being nar- 
row and long, feem like a white Star, comparing a 
yellow Trunk. 
XVI. TI)e tenth, or Late Straw- color’d Daffodil, 
has a bulbous Root , with Leaves and Stalk like the 
laft, but the chief difference is in the color of the top 
of the Flower, for that this is of a more yellow color, 
and a little larger than it, and the brims or edges of 
the Cup are of a deeper yellow or Saffron color -, the 
Smell of this being no lefts fweet than the former. 
XVII. The eleventh, or Late white Daffodil, two 
Flowers on a Stalk, alt ho' it is very like to the fo/'- 
mer , yet is certainly a kind of it felf. It is conflant 
in its manner and form of Flowering, commonly bear- 
ing, without miffing, two Flowers upon a Stalk, very 
like unto the former great kind, fo that no difference 
feems to be between them, but in the Duality of the 
blowers on one Stalk -, the Cups of which have J e Ido m 
any touch of a Saffron color on their edges, as fome 
of the former have. 
XVIII. The twelfth, or Common Englifh white 
Daffodil, ( called alfo Primrofe Peerlefs) has a mo- 
derate large bulbed Root, cncreafing more than a bet- 
ter Riant, from whence fpring long limber broad 
Leaves, of a greyifh green color -, among which rifes 
up a Stalk, bearing at its top, out of a skinny Husk, 
fometimes but one blower, but mo ft commonly two, 
Jeldom 
