Flowers, there grows a Tuft of green Leaves, like 
thole upon the Stalk, but imaller, After the Flow- 
ers are faded, there follow Cods or Seed-Veflels, 
fix-lqujre, wherein is contained Hat Seeds, tough 
and limber, of the Color of Mace. The whole 
Plant, as well Roots as Flowers, do fmell very like 
a Fox. As the Plant grows old, fo does it wax 
rich, bringing forth a Crown of Flowers among the 
uppermoft green Leaves, which fome make a lecond 
Kind, alrho’ in Truth they are but one and the felf 
lame, which in time is thought to grow to a triple 
Crown, which comes to pals from the Age of the 
Root, and Fertility of the Soil. The Figure we 
have thought good to fubjoin here. 
Single Crown Imperial. 
TV. Mr. Em, in his Flora, Cap. 7. gives this fol- 
lowing Ihort Defcription thereof. It has a great 
round Fcx-fcentcd Root , from whence f fringe up a 
tall and Jirong Stalk , garnijhed from the Ground un- 
to the middle thereof with many long fhining green 
Leaves , from whence it is naked upwards , bearing 
at the lop a Tujt of [mail green Leaves, and under 
them eight or ten Flowers, according to the Age of 
the Plant, hanging down round about the Stalk, in 
Falhion like unto a Lilly , confifting of fix Leaves of 
an Orange Color, yvich many Veins of a deeper Co- 
lor on the back fides of the Flowers. Next the 
Stalks every Leaf thereof has a Bunch or Eminence 
of a fadder Orange Color than tfie reft of the Flow- 
ers, and on the infide thofe Bunches, are filled with 
fweet- tailed clear Drops of Water, like unto Pearls ; 
each Flower having in the middle a Stile, compaf- 
fed with fix white Chives, tipt with yellow Pen- 
dents. 
V. The fecond , or Double Crown Imperial. This 
is of a late Dijcovcry, and in much more Efleem 
jban the former *, and it is indeed a gallant Plant , 
and deferving EJicem , zdhicb in, fome meafure makes 
■the other to be the lej's ' regarded . It chiefly differs 
from it in the Flowers, which in this are conltantly 
double, each Flower containing fifteen or fixteen 
Leaves, whereas thofe of the other Common Kind 
have but fix. The Leaves of thofe double Flowers 
are narrower, with a Drop or Pearl at the Head of 
each of them, of the fame Color withjhofe of the 
Lommon Kind , and as many Flowers on one Stalk. 
The Plant at firft coming up, is redder, and conti- 
nues longer fo than the Ordinary •, the green Leaves 
are of a darker Color, and the Tuft on the top a- 
bove the Flowers, bigger, and confifting commonly 
of more Leaves. 
VI. The third, or Yellow Crown Imperial. It 
in its Root , Stalk, Leaves, Flowers , Seed, and man - 
ner of Growing, differs not from the firfi Commorf 
Kind, but only in this, that the Flowers are of a fair 
yellow Color. This is more rare than that with the 
double Flowers. 
VII. The fourth , or Narrow-leaved Crown Im- 
perial with a reddifh Flower. This likewife in its 
Root, Stalk , and manner of Growing, differs not 
'from ike other Single Kinds ; but in this the Leaves 
are much narrower, and the Flowers of a light Red, 
or of a pale Ro/e Color. 
Imperial Mart agon. 
VIIIv The fifth , or Imperial Martagon. This 
Imperial Lilly has a fcaly Root , like unto all the reft 
of the Lillies, but of a paler yellow Color , clofely 
compatt or Jet together , being fhort and Jmall often- 
times in re/peH of the Great nefs of the Stem grow- 
ing from it. This Root is very apt to increafe or 
fet oft . , as it is called , whereby the Riant feldom 
comes to fo great a Head of Rlowers , but nfes up 
with many Stalks , and fo then bears the fewer 
llowers. The Stalk is brownifh, and round at the 
bottom, and fometimes flat from the middle up- 
wards, three Feet high or more, befet at certain 
diftances with Rundles or Circles of many broad 
Leaves, larger and broader for the molt part than 
any other of this Kind, and of a dark green Color : 
it has two or three, and fometimes four, of thefe 
Rundles or Circles of Leaves, and bare, without a- 
ny Leaf between : but above, towards the tops of 
the Stalks, it has here and there fome Leaves upon 
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