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The Place. 
Medow Saffron, or Colchictim, groweth in Meflinia, and in the Ifle of Colchis, vvhereofit tooke 
his name. The titles of the reft do fet forth their natiue countries ; notvvith (landing our London 
gardens are poifefled with the raoft part of them. 
The two firft do grow in England in great aboundance,in fat and fertile medowes,as about V il- 
ford and Bathe, as alfo in the medowes neere to a fmall village in the Weft part of England, called 
Shepton Mallet, in the medowes about Briftoll, in Kingftroppe medow neere vnto a Water-mill 
as you go from Northampton to Holmeby Houfe, vpon the right hand of the way, and likewife in 
great plenty in Nobottle wood two miles from the faid towne of Northampton,and many other 
places. X The reft for the moft part may be found in the gardens of the Florifts among vs. X 
9 Colchicim lattf ilium . Broad leaned Mede Saffron. 
TheTime. 
TbeleauesofallthekindesofMede-Saffron do begin to (hew themfelues inFebruarie ; The 
feed is ripe in Iune. The leaues,ftalkes,and feed do perifh in Inly, and their pleafant floures doe 
come forth of the ground in September. 
The Names. 
Diofcoridcs calleth Medow Saffron ku xk s, . fome, - E ? / w «: notwithftanding there is another Ephe- 
meral which is not deadly. Diners name it in Latine Bulbus agreJlis,oxvti\A Bulbe : in high Dutch 
it is called fiSctt'.OOfetl t in low Dutch, ^tlttlOOfttt tin French, Mart auChieit. Some haue taken 
it to be the true Hcrmoda&yl,yet falfely. Other fome call it Films ante Pattern, although there is 
akindeofij’/?iw<if/wTorLoofe-ftrifefocalled,becaufe it firft bringeth forth his long cods with 
feed, and then the floure after, oratthe fame timeatthe end of the faid cod. Butin this Mede- 
Saffron it is fir otherwife,becaufe'it bringeth forth leaues in Februarie,feed in May,and floures in 
September, which is a thing cleane contrarie to all other plants whatfoeuer, for that they do firft: 
floure, and after feed ; but this Saffron feedeth firft, and foure moneths after brings forth floures : 
and therefore fome haue thought this a fit name for ir ,Filius ante Pattern-, and we accordingly may 
call 
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