Chap. 198. < EngUJh Herbs. 281 
or Vulgar Daffodils in Chap. 189. aforegoing, to 
which you are referred. 
CHAP. CXCVIII. 
Of DAFFODIL Baftard, broad- 
leav’d double-flowred. 
L'-JfH E Names. It is called in Greek , ¥«/■ /W?- 
_L kiojQ- 7TcAAet7rAo©- s _ in Latin , 
PJeudonarciffus latifolius flore multiplici -, and in 
Englifh , Baftard Daffodil broad-leav'd , with double 
flowers. 
II. The Kinds. Of this fort there are five kinds, 
viz. 1. PJeudonarciffus Anglicus flore pleno , The 
Englifh double Baftard Daffodil, or Gerard's dou- 
ble Daffodil. 2. PJeudonarciffus aureus tnaximus 
Anglicus flore pleno , five Rofe us Tradefcanti , The 
greateft Englifh yellow double Baftard Daffodil, or 
Trade ficant his great Rofe Daffodil. 3. Pfieudonar - 
ci (Jus aureus major Anglicus , The Englifh great yel- 
low double Baftard Daffodil, or W timer's great yel- 
low double Baftard Daffodil. 4. PJeudonarciffus 
aureus Hifipanicus flore pleno , The great double 
yellow Spanifh Baftard Daffodil, or Parkinfon ' s 
Baftard Daffodil. 5. PJeudonarciffus Gallicus ma- 
jor flore pleno , The greater double French Baftard 
Daffodil. 
III. The Defcriptions. The fir ft , or Englifh 
double Baftard, has a Root which is f mall, very like 
unto the French double kinds, ejpecially the Lefler, 
to which it is Jo like , that it is hard to know the one 
from the other, from this Root arije Leaves very 
like unto the Single kinds, being of a whitifh green 
color , and Jome thing broad , a little fhorter and nar- 
rower , yet fliffer than the following French kind. 
The Stalk rifes up about a foot high , bearing at top 
one very double flower , the outermoft Leaves being 
of the fame pale color which is to be Jeen in the 
Wings of the Single kind } thofe which ft and next 
them are Jome of as deep a yellow as the Trunk of 
the Single, and other Jome of the fame pale color , 
with Jome green Stripes on the back of divers of the 
Leaves. Thus is the whole flower variably mixt 
with pale and deep yellow, and Jome green Stripes a- 
mong them , when it is fully open , and the Leaves 
difperfed and broken. Sometimes the flower fhews 
a clofe and round yellow Trunk in the middle , Je pa- 
rate from the pale outward Wings •, which Trunk is 
very double , Jhewing Jome pale Leaves within it, 
difperfed among the yellow ; and fometimes the Trunk 
is more open , or in part broken , Jhewing forth the 
fame colors intermixt within it. At length the 
flower paffes away , and without giving any Seed , as 
all other bulbous Roots do , which bear double flow- 
ers. 
IV. The fecond , or Greateft Englifh yellow dou- 
ble, ( called by Parkinfon, The Prince of Daffodils) 
has a great round Root , like unto other Daffodils, 
covered with a brownifh Skin ■, from whence rife up 
four or five fomewhat large and broad Leaves , of a 
greyifh green color , yet not fully Jo long and large as 
the next following : from the midli of which rifes up 
a Stalk , almoft as high and as great as it , bearing at 
its top , out of a skinny Husk , one fair, large , dou- 
ble flower , ( the Bud , before it breaks open , being 
ftwrter and thicker in the middle , and ending in a 
longer andfharper Point than any of the other Daf- 
fodils ) very much fpread open , confifting of fmaller 
and Jhorter Leaves than the next following, but more 
in number , and thicker and rounder Jet together , 
making it to feem as great and double as any Pro- 
vince Rofe, dnd intermixt with divers yellow and 
pale Leaves, as it were in Rows, one tinder another. 
It continues long in flower, and fprcads by J 1 an ding 
long, to be the broadeft in Compafs of any of the Daf- 
fodils ; but it fades away at laft without giving any 
Seed, as^ll double Daffodils do. 
V. The third, or Englifh great yellow double 
Baftard, has a thick great bulbous Root , which en- 
creafes as well as any other Daffodil ^ from which 
fpring three or four large , long and broad Leaves , 
fomewhat longer and broader than the former, and of 
a whitifh green color. The Stalk rifes to be about 
two feet high, if it grows in a fat and fruitful Saif 
and is ftrong and fomething round , bearing at the 
top , out of a thin Husk or Skin, one large and fair 
double flower, each Leaf of which is twice as large 
and broad as the laft defer i bed, varioufly intermixt 
with a Row of paler , and a Row of deeper yellow 
Leaves, wholly difperfed throughout the flower, the 
pale color as well as the deeper yellow, in this as 
well as in the Small Englifh kind, growing deeper 
by ftanding : fometimes the Leaves thereof are Jcat* 
tered and fpread wholly, making it fhew a fair, broad, 
open flower -, and fometimes the outer Leaves Jhind 
feparate from the middle Trunk, which is whole and 
unbroken, and very thick of Leaves ■, and fometimes 
the middle Trunk will be half broken, neither ex- 
pr eJJing a full open double flower, nor a c/ofe double 
Trunk, as it is alfo feen in the Small Englifh kind : 
at length the flower paffes off without bearing any 
Seed. This Great double Baftard Daffodil does fo 
near refemble our Common double Englifh kind, 
that there is little other Difference found between 
them, but in the Largenefs of the Leaves and flow- 
ers , and in its Statelinefs, and magnificent way of 
Growing. 
VI. The fourth , or Great double yellow Spanifh, 
has a great bulbous Root, covered with a dark- colored 
Skin, and whitifh on the infide : from this Root di- 
vers Leaves rife up, fliffer, narrower, and not of 
fo whitifh a green color as the former, but more dull 
or greyifh, plainly refembling the Leaves of the Sin- 
gle great kind •, from whence ’ tis fiid this took its 
Original: The Stalk hereof alfo rifes almoft as high 
as it, and near the height of the laft defer ibed, bear- 
ing one double flower at top, always fpread open, 
and never forming a double Trunk, like the former, 
yet not fo fair and large as it ■, the outermoji Leaves 
whereof, being of a greenifh color at firft, are after- 
wards more yellow, and do a little turn themfelves 
back again to the Stalk : the other Leaves are Jome 
of a pale yellow, others of a more Gold yellow color : 
thofe which ft and in the middle are fmaller, and Jome 
of them fhew as if they were hollow-trunked -, fo that 
they feem to be greenifh, whitifh, yellow and Gold- 
yellow, all mixed one among another. Parkinfon 
thinks himfelf to be the firft that ever had this flow - 
er in England , his being of his own raifing , and 
flowering firft in his Garden . 
VII. The fifth, or Greater double French, has a 
Root very like unto the Lefler kind, but a little big- 
ger and longer -, from which fpring whitifh green 
Leaves, longer and broader than the Smaller French 
kind, hereafter to be deferibed, and broader and lon- 
ger, and more limber than the Double Englifh kind 
at left. 3. above. The Stalk rifes up net much high- 
er than the Smaller French kind, but a little bigger, 
bearing at its top one great double flower , which 
when it is perfectly blown open , ( which is but fel- 
dom, by reafon of the Leaves cleaving very faft one 
to another) becomes a fair and goodly flower, larger 
by half than the Smaller kind, and fuller of Leaves, 
of the fame pale whitifh yellow or Limon color with 
O 0 the 
