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foul rows of Leaves, of a deeper Orange Color than 
it, which adds the more Grace to it, but paffes a- 
way without bearing Seed, as moft other double 
Flowers do ; it is a Glorious Flower, being as Mag- 
nificent as it is Beautiful. 
VI. T be Places. They were firft brought to us 
out of Turky, and are now Planted in our Gardens, 
almoft every where. 
VII. The Times. They Flower all June and Ju- 
ly but not till the fecond Year after Planted, and 
continue Flowering for many Years, having a Root 
full of Lite, and endures long, being able to lultain 
the cold of our Country. 
VIII. The Vitalities , Specific aiion , Preparations 
and Virtues of thefe Flowers have never been men- 
tioned by any Author, and therefore we have the 
lels to lay of them; but doubtlefs being Kinds of 
the Lychnis, or Campion, they may have the lame 
Virtues, and therefore to Chap. 90. aforegoing we 
refer you tor the fame. 
CHAP. CCLXXXI. 
FLOW 
Bulbous 
ERDELU 
Unmatchable. 
C E 
I.cj’ff E Names. 
The general Name of all the 
Plants of this kind is in Ar, thick Afmeni 
juni , Aierfd , in Greek in Latin Iris, and in 
EngUJh Flowerdeluce. 
II. The Kinds. Of this Plant there are two prin- 
cipal Kinds, viz. 1. ~ L r i ConCuF os, Iris bulbofa, The 
bulbous or Onion like Flowerdeluce. 2. TwwANf, 
Iris tuberofa , The tuberous or bunchy Flowerde- 
luce. 
III. Of the Bulbous Kind there are feveral Species, 
as t. Iris bulbofa impar , five incomparabilis , The 
unmatchable bulbous Flowerdeluce, of which in this 
Chapter. 2. Iris bulbofa Anglica , The EngUJh bul- 
bous Flowerdeluce, of which in Chap. 282. 2- Iris 
bulbofa latifolia, The broad Leaved bulbous Flower- 
deluce, of which in Chap. 283. 4. Iris bulbofa an- 
gifiifolia major , The greater narrow Leav'd bulbous 
Flowerdeluce, of which in Chap. 284. 5. Insbul- 
bofa anguftijo/ia minor , The. lefler narrow Leav’d 
bulbous Flowerdeluce, of which in Chap. 285. 
IV. Of the Tuberous Kind there are thefe follow- 
ing Species, viz. 1 . Iris tuberofa Chalcedonia , The 
Turkey tuberous Orrice or Flowerdeluce, of which 
in Chap- 286. 2. Iris tuberofa alba Florentine , The 
Florentine white tuberous Orrice or Flowerdeluce, 
of which in Chap. 287. 3. Iris tuberofa latifolia. 
The broad Leav’d tuberous Orrice or Flowerdeluce, 
of which in Chap. 288. 4. Iris tuberofa anguftifo- 
iia , The narrow Leav’d tuberous Orrice or Flower- 
deluce, of which in Chap. 289. 290. y. Iris tube- 
rofa pttmila major , Chanueiris ’major , The greater 
Dwarf Orrice or Flowerdeluce, of which in Chap. 
291. 6. Iris tuberofa pumila minor, Chanueiris mi- 
nor, , The lefler Dwarf Orrice or Flowerdeluce, of 
which in Chap. 292. 7. Iris Graminea , The Grafs 
Flowerdeluce, of which in Chap. 293. 8. Iris a- 
gria , Xyris, Wild Flowerdeluce, or Stinking Glad- 
don, of which in Chap. 294. 9. Iris Pa/ujiris, 
Water Flowerdeluce, or Water Flag, of which we 
have already Treated in Chap. 266. aforegoing. 
V. Of the unmatchable Species there are two kinds, 
viz. 1. Iris bulbofa prime latifolia Clufij , Clufius 
his firft great bulbous Flowerdeluce. 2. Iris bulbo- 
fa Perjica, The Perfian bulbous Flowerdeluce. 
VI. The Defcriptions. The fiiji , or Great bul- 
bous Flowerdeluce, hoi a reafonable great , round , or 
Onion like Root, black on its outward Coats , and 
white within, having many long, thick, white Roots 
indeed of Fibres, which make them look like Afpho- 
del Roots. From this Root fpring feveral long and 
broad Leaves, not ftiff, like as all the other, but 
foft, and greenifh on the upper fide and whitifh un- 
derneath ; from among which rife up fometimes feve- 
ral fmall, fhort, {lender Stalks, and fometimes but 
one, about half a Foot high, bearing at the top one 
Flower apiece, fomething like unto a Flowerdeluce , 
confifting of nine Leaves, of which, thofe three 
which Hand upright ate fhorter , and more clofed 
together than in the other kinds of Flowcrdeluces , 
the other three which fall down turn up their ends a 
little, and thofe three which in other Flowcrdeluces 
do cover them at the bottom, Hand like the upright 
Leaves of the other kinds , but are parted into two 
ends, like unto two fmall Ears -, the whole Flower 
is of a fair Blew, or pale Sky Color in moft, with 
a long ftripe in the middle of each of the falling 
Leaves, and in fome white, but more feldom ; thele 
Flowers are very fweet of finell. 
VII. The fecond , or Perfian Flowerdeluce, has a 
bulbous, or round Onion like Root, with Leaves fome- 
what like to the former , but that they are fhorter, 
and a little narrower ; the Flower is much of the 
fame fafhion with the other, and is of a pale blew 
ruffetifh Color,each of the three lower falling Leaves 
are almoft wholly of a brown Purple, with a yel- 
low fpot in the midft of them ; this is a rare Plant, 
and does not often beat Flowers with us, unlefs 
planted in a good Soil, and in a warm place, where 
it may have much of the prefence of the Sun, and 
be fhelter’d from Storms and cold Winds, which al- 
ways keep it back. 
VIII. The Places. The firft is a Native of Spain 
and Portugal , the fecond of Perfia, but with us they 
are only nurft up in Gardens, and being very tender 
Plants, ought to be Houfed in Winter. 
IX. The Times. The firft Flowers with us in 
May, and fometimes fooner, but in Spain and Por- 
tugal it Flowers, as Clufius fays, in January and 
February -, the fecind when it Flowers with us. Flow- 
ers alio in April or May. 
X. As to the Vitalities, Specification, Preparati- 
ons and Virtues of thefe, and all the feveral Kinds 
of Bulbous Flowerdeluces, Authors have faid nothing, 
nor is any thing extant concerning the fame; and 
therefore in the four next Chapters we (hall take no 
further notice of them, this being faid here cnce for 
all; their cheif ufe has been, and yetis, to deck up 
and adorn the Gardens of the Curious. 
CHAP. CCLXXXII. 
Of FLOWERDELUCE 
Bulbous Englifii. 
I.c-p H E Names. It may be called in Greek ’lea 
I GorGuJ'ns BeiTjtmxor, in Latin Ins bulbofa 
glica . , Ins bulbofa major , Iris bulbofa Anglica cent - 
lea. , in Eiigli/h Blue Enghjh bulbous Llowerdeluce. 
II. The Kinds. It is one of the greater Kinds of 
the broad Leav’d bulbous Rooted Plants. 
III. The Defcription. The Root of this Kind is 
greater and longer than any of the fmaller Kinds 
which 
