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Rh ome of thee Daffodils Narcies, when as all know that know any Latine, that Narcius is the Latine name, and Daffodill the Englih of one and the ame thing; and therefore alone without any other Epithite cannot properly diinguih euerall things. I would willingly therefore that all would grow iudicious, and call euery thing by his proper Englih name in peaking Englih, or ele by uch Latine name as euery thing hath that hath not a proper Englih name, that thereby they may ditinguih the euerall varieties of things and not confound them, as alo to take away all excues of mitaking; as for example: The ingle Englih batard Daffodill (which groweth wilde in many Woods, Groues, and Orchards in England.) The double Englih batard Daffodill. The French ingle white Daffodill many vpon a talke. The French double yellow Daffodill. The great, or the little, or the leat Spanih yellow batard Daffodill, or the great or little Spanih white Daffodill. The Turkie ingle white Daffodill, or, The Turkie ingle or double white Daffodill many vpon a talke, &c. Of Fritillaria, or the checkerd Daffodill, there are halfe a core eucrall orts, both white and red, both yellow and blacke, which are a wonderfull grace and ornament to a Garden in regard of the Checker like pots are in the flowers. Of Iacinthes there are aboue halfe an hundred orts, as they are pecified hereafter; ome like vnto little bells or tarres, others like vnto little bottles or pearles, both white and blew, sky-coloured and bluh, and ome tarlike of many pretty various formes, and all to giue delight to them that will be curious to oberue them. Of Crocus or Saffron flowers, there are alo twenty orts; ome of the Spring time, others flowring onely in the Autume or Fall, earlier or later than another, ome whereof abide but a while, others indure aboue a moneth in their glorious beauty. The Colchicum or Medowe Saffron, which ome call the onne before the father, but not properly, is of many orts alo; ome flowring in the Spring of the yeare, but the mot in Autume, whereof ome haue faire double flowers very delightfull to behold, and ome partly coloured both fingle and double o variable, that it would make any one admire the worke of the Creatour in the various pots and tripes of thee flowers. Then haue wee of Lillies twenty euerall orts and colours, among whom I mut reckon the Crowne Imperiall, that for his tately forme deerueth ome peciall place in this Garden, as alo the Martagons, both white and red, both bluh and yellow, that require to be et by themelues apart, as it were in a mall round or quare of a knot, without many other, or tall flowers growing neare them. But to tell you of all the orts of Tulipas (which are the pride of delight) they are o many, and as I may ay, almot infinite, doth both pae my ability, and as I beleeue the skill of any other. They are of two epeciall orts, ome flowring earlier, and others later than their fellowes, and that naturally in all grounds, wherein there is uch a wonderfull variety and mixture of colours, that it is almot impoible for the wit of man to decipher them thoroughly, and to giue names that may be true & euerall ditinctions to euery flower, threecore euerall orts of colours imple and mixed of each kind I can reckon vp that I haue, and of epeciall note, and yet I doubt not, but for euery one of them there are ten others differing from them, which may be een at euerall times, and in euerall places: & beides this glory of variety in colors that thee flowers haue, they carry o tately & delightfull a forme, & do abide o long in their brauery (enduring aboue three whole moneths from the firt vnto the lat) that there is no Lady or Gentlewoman of any worth that is not caught with this delight, or not delighted with thee flowers. The Anemones likewie or Windeflowers are o full of variety and o dainty, o pleaant and o delightome flowers, that the ight of them doth enforce an earnet longing deire in the minde of any one to be a poeeur of {ls}}ome of them at the leat: For without all doubt, this one kinde of flower, o variable in colours, o differing in forme (being almot as many orts of them double as ingle) o plentifull in bearing flowers, and o durable in lating, and alo o eaie both to preerue and to encreae, is of it elfe alone almot ufficient to furnih a garden with their flowers for almot halfe the yeare, as I hall hew you in a fit and conuenient place. The Beares eares or French Cowlips mut not want their deerued commendations, eeing that their flowers, being many et together vpon a talke, doe eeme euery one of them to bee a Noegay alone of it elfe: and beides the many differing colours that are to be eene in them, as white, yellow, bluh, purple, red, tawney, murrey, haire colour, &c. which encreae much delight in all orts of the Gentry of the Land, they are not vnfurnihed with a pretty weete ent, Rh