The Vince. 
Thefe Plants came from beyond the Thra- 
cian Bofphorns, out of Afia, andfromabout 
Conftantinople, and by the meanes of Friends 
haue been brought into thefe parts of Europe , 
whereof our London gardens are poffelfed. 
The T ime. 
They floure in March and Aprill,and fome- 
times after. 
The Names . 
They are called generally t jMufcari : In the 
Turky Tongue, Mufehoromi, MufctirimifTipcadi, 
and Dipcadi, of their pleafant fweet fmell: Of 
Malthiolus, Bttlbus Vomitoritts.Thek plants may 
be referred vnto the Iacinths, whereofvndoub- 
tedly they be kindes. 
The Nature and Venues. 
There hath not as yet any thing beene tou- 
ched concerning the nature orvertues oi thefe 
Plants, onely they are kept and maintained in 
G ardens for the pleafant fmell of their floures, 
ut not for their beauty, for that many (linking 
field floures do in beautiefarre furpafle them. 
But it fhould leem that Matthiolus called them 
yomiterius, in that he fuppoied they procure vo- 
miting ; which of other Authors hath not bin 
remembred. 
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