L 1 B. I 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
$ 5 Pfeudonarciffus Moflore. 
White Ballard Daffodill. 
The yellow Englifh Daffodil! groweth alraoft eue- 
riewhcre through England. Theyellovv Spanifh Daf- 
fodill doth likevvife decke vp our London Gardens, 
where they increafe infinitely. 
II The time. 
The double Daffodill fendeth forth his leaues in 
the beginning of Februarie,and his floures in April!. 
The Names. 
The firft is called Pfeudonarciffus multiplex , and Nar- 
cijfus lutcus Polyanthos : in Englifh, the double yellow 
Daffodill, or Narciffus. 
The common fort are called in Dutch , d5peJ 
^pojcjtel bloemcntin Englifh, yellow Daffodill, 
Daffodilly, and Daffodowndilly. 
The Temperature. 
The temperature is referred vnto the kindcs of Nar- 
ciffus. 
ThcVertucs. 
Touching thevertues hereof, it is found our by ex- 
periment of l'ome-of the later Phyfitians, that the de- 
cod ion of the roots of this yellow Daffodill do purge 
by fiege tough and flegmaticke humors, and alfo wa- 
terifh, and is good for them that arc full of raw hu- 
mors, efpecially if there be added thereto a little anile 
feed and ginger, which will corred the, churlifh hard- 
nelfe of the working. 
The diftilled water of Daffodils doth cure the Pal- 
fie,ifthe Patient be bathed and rubbed with the fiiyd 
liquor by the fire. It hath beene proued by an efpeci- 
all and trufty Friend of myne, a man learned, and a di- 
ligent fearchcr of nature, Ni.Nichoias Belfonfotattimes 
ofKings Colledge in Cambridge. 
Chap. 8 6. Of diuers other ‘Daffodils or Ufarcffes. 
T Herearebefidestheforementioned forts of Daffodils, fundry others, fomeofwhich may be 
referred to them •, other fome not. I do not intend an exact enumeration of them, it being 
a thing not fo fitting for a hiftorie ofPlants,as.for aFlorilegie,_or bookeof floures. Now 
thofc that require all their figures, and more exaft deferiptions, may finde fatisfaition in the late 
Worke of my kinde friend M John Parkrnfen, which is intitled Paradifus terreftris ; for in other Flo- 
rilegies, as in thatof.De Bry,Sivertz,Sic. you haue barely the names and figures, but in this are 
both figures, and an exaft hiftorie or declaration of them. Therefore I in this place will but 
onely bric-fely deferibe and name fome of the rareft that are preferued in our choice gardens, and 
a few others whereof yet they are not poffeft. 
The Deferiptions. 
l The firft of thefe, which for the largenefle is called Nonpar eille , hath long broad leaues and 
roots like the other Daffodils. The flourc confifts of fix very large leaues of a pale yellow colour, 
with a very large cup, but not very long : this cup is yellower than the incompaffing leaues, narro- 
wer alfo at the bottome than at the top, and vneuenly cut about the edges. This is called Narcif- 
fus omnium maximm, or Non par eille • the figure well ex preffeth the floure, but that it is fomewhat 
too little. There is a varietie of this w ith the open leaues & cup both yellow, which makes the dif- 
ference. There is alfo another Non pareille, whoCe floures are all white,and the fix leaues thatftand 
fpred abroad arevfually a little folded, or turned in at their ends. 
2 Befides thefe former there are foure or fiue double yellow Daffodils, which I cannot pafle 
oner in filence - the firft is that, which is vulgarly amongft Florifts knowne by the name of Robines 
Narciffe 
