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beyond the feas for the fpace of twenty yeates, not being yet able to attaine to the end of his tra- 
iled, for that each new yeare bringeth forth new plants of fundry colours, not before feene : all 
which to defcribe particularly were to roll Siftphm done, or number the fands.So that it fhall fuf 
fice to fpeake of and defcribe a few, referring the reft to fome that meane to write of T ulipti a par- 
ticular volume. 
$ $ Tulipa purpurea. 
The purple Tulip. 
£ to Tulifttriibrnttmctlrijlinii, 
The bright red Tulip. 
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1 r~Y~''i\e.T<ilip,i ofBolonia hath fat,thicke,andgrolTe leaues, hollow, furrowed orehanel- 
led, bending a little backward, andas it were folded together : which at their firft 
conimingvp feemetobeofa reddilh colour, and being throughly growne turne into 
awhitifhgteene. In the middeft of thofe leaues rifeth vp a naked fat ftalke a foot high, or fome- 
thing more, on the top whereof ftandeth one or two yellow floures,fometimes three or more, con- 
fiding of fix fmall leaues, after a fort like to a deepe wide open cup,narrow aboue,and wide in the 
bottome. After it hath beene fome few dayes floured, the points and brims of the floure turne 
backward, like a Dalmatian or Turkifh cap, called TulipanpT ' olcpan^T'urbanfi.vA Turfan, whereof it 
tooke his name. Thechiues or threads in the middle of the flouresbe fometimes yelIow,other- 
vvhiles blackifh or purplifli, but commonly ofoneouer-worne colour or other , Nature feeming 
to play more with this floure thanwith any other that I do know. This floure is of a reafonable 
pleafant fmell, and the other of his kindehaue little or no fmell at all. The feed is flat, fmooth, 
fhining,and ofa griftly fubftance.Therootis bulbous, and very like toa common onionofSaint 
Omers. 
2 TheFrench Tulipaagreethwith the former, except in the blacke bottome which this hath 
in the middle of the floure, and is not fofweet of fmell,vvhich fetteth forth the difference. 
5 The yellow Tulipa that floureth timely hath thicke and groffe leaues full of ittyce, long, 
hollow, or gutter fafhion, fet about a tender ftalke, at the top whereof doth grow a faire and plea- 
fantfhining yellow floure, confiding of fix fmall leaues without fmell. The root is bulbous or 
likean onion. 
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