Lib. i. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
M7 
The Place. 
Ail rhefewilde Saffrons we haue growing in onr London Gardens. Thofe which doe ffonm in 
Autnmne do grow vpon ccrtaine craggy rockes in Portugal!, not far from the fea fide The other 
haue been Cent oner vnto vs, ferae our of Italy, and fome out of Spainc,by the labour and dili™ 
of that notable learned Herbanft Carolus Cluj! us ■ out of whofe Obferuations, and partly bf fee 
ing them in our ovvne gardens, we haue fet downe their deferiptions . f s y c- 
That pleafant plant that bringeth forth yellow floures was fent vnto me from Rtbimu of Paris 
that painfull and rnoft curious fearcher of Simples. ' 5 
«([ The T ime. 
flourethin'sepKmber m ° ft ^ “ IanUarie “ d Februarie 5 that ofthc mountain excepted, which 
f Tfo Names. 
All rhefe Saffrons are u nprofitable, and therefore they be truly faid to be Croc, fjlue fires or wild 
Saffrons : m Enghfh, Spring Saffrons, and vernall Saffrons . " J 5 
. ThcTcmpcrature and Fertucs . 
them inPli'yfick'r We Ilaue nocIlin S t0 ^t downe, for thap p yet there is no knowne vft of 
Chap. pi. Of eSMfedo\\> Sajfron. ' 
The Kinder. 
T flourS Sfo ‘n r ft ° fMed ° w Saffrons differing very notably as well in the colour of their 
Ckred ’ ftature and CoL!n trey, from whence they had their being, as frail be dc- 
I Colchicum Anglicum Purpureum. 
Purple Englifh Medow Saffron: 
Co ajexA ay \ 
I Colchicum i^ingliium album, 
_ White Englifh Medow Saffron. 
