Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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The Names. 
The later Hcrbarifts by a Turkifh and ftrange name call ltTuhpa, of the Dalmatian Cap cal- 
led Tulipa, the forme whereof, the floure when it is open feemeth to reprefent 
It is called in Enaliih after the Turkifh name Tulipa, or it may be called Dalmatian Cap , or 
the Tnrkes Cap VV'hat name the antient Writers g'aue it is not certainly knowne A man 
nriaht fiifpeft it to be if it were a Bulbe that might be eaten, and were of force to make milke 
— lddv for Theovhraflas reckoneth it among thofe Bulbes that may be eaten : and it is an hei be, 
Hchcbius faithiwherewith milke is entdded. Conradu, Gefmras and dmers others haue taken 
to be that Saftrutm which is fyrnamed Etfhnnmm, becanfe one kinde hath a red floure 5 or 
altogether a certaine kinde of Satyr, urn : with which it doth agree reasonable well, if in Diofcondes 
his cfefcription we may in {lead of reade s for fuch miftakes aie frequent 
in antient and moderne Authors, both in writing and printing. In the Turky Tongue it « called 
Cafe Lie, Caudle Lie, and likewife Turban and Turf an, oftheTurks Cap fo called, asbeforelaid of 
Lobelius. 
as 
T ultf, 
t 29 Tulipa Hoii/u alba jlrijs&f tmetis 
finguimis . 
The white Holias with fangtiine 
fpots andftreakes. 
jo T tdi fa media fat are purpurea fund) 
fubcarulee. 
A middle Tulip of a deepe Purple 
colour with a blewillr bottome. 
The reafons that induce me to thinke thus are thefe. F , P ’ vw ;ide in the fields. Se- 
Lillies,and in thefe places whereasour Sau.our was conuerfant they ' growwi ^ of 
condly, the infinite varietie of colour , which is to bc f °“ n ’ Th; is my opinion, and 
floure : and thirdly, the wondrous bcautie and mixtures of theie ttoures. i nis is n y I 
thefe my reafons, which any may either approue of or gainfay as e 1 8 
There hath not beene any thingftt downeof the antient or later 
rure or Vertuesof the Tulipa's, but they are efteemedefpecially forth Y fjjg 
