high ſometimes, bearing one flower thereon, compoſed of ſixe long and pointed leaues of the forme of other ſmall Tulipas, and not ſhewing much bigger then the yellow Italian Tulipa, and is wholly white, both inſide and outſide of all the leaues, except the three outtermoſt, which haue on the backe of them, from the middle toward the edges, a ſhew of a browniſh bluſh or pale red colour, yet deeper in the midſt, and the edges remaining wholly white: the bottomes of all theſe leaues are of a darke or dun tawnie colour, and the chiues and tippes of a darkiſh purple or tawnie alſo. This doth beare ſeed but ſeldome in our country, that euer I could vnderſtand, but when it doth, it is ſmall like vnto the Bolonia or dwarfe yellow Tulipas, being not ſo plentifull alſo in parting, or ſetting of by the roote as they, and neuer groweth nor abideth ſo great as it is brought vnto vs, and ſeldome likewiſe flowreth after the firſt yeare: for the rootes for the moſt part with euery one grow leſſe and leſſe, decaying euery yeare, and ſo periſh for the moſt part by reaſon of the froſts and cold, and yet they haue been ſet deepe to defend them, although of their owne nature they will runne downe deep into the ground.
Tulipa Byzantina duobus floribus Cluſij. The ſmall Tulipa of Conſtantinople.
The ſmall Tulipa of Conſtantinople, beareth for the moſt part but two leaues on the ſtalke, which are faire and broad, almoſt like vnto the Candy Tulipa, next hereunto to be deſcribed: the ſtalke it ſelfe riſeth not aboue a foote high, bearing ſometimes but one flower, but moſt commonly two thereon, one below another, and are no bigger then the flowers of the yellow Bolonia Tulipa, but differing in colour; for this is on the outſide of a purpliſh colour, mixed with white and greene, and on the inſide of a faire bluſh colour, the bottome and chiues being yellow, and the tippes or pendents blackiſh: the roote is very like the yellow Bolonia Tulipa.
Tulipa Cretica. The Tulipa of Candie.
This Tulipa is of later knowledge with vs then the Perſian, but doth more hardly thriue, in regard of our cold climate; the deſcription whereof, for ſo much as wee haue knowledge, by the ſight of the roote and leafe, and relation from others of the flower, (for I haue not yet heard that it hath very often flowred in our Country) is as followeth. It beareth faire broad leaues, reſembling the leaues of a Lilly, of a greeniſh colour, and not very whitiſh: the ſtalke beareth thereon one flower, larger and more open then many other, which is either wholly white, or of a deepe red colour, or elſe is variably mixed, white with a fine reddiſh purple, the bottomes being yellow, with purpliſh chiues tipt with blackiſh pendents: the roote is ſmall, and ſomewhat like the dwarfe yellow Tulipa, but ſomewhat bigger.
Tulipa Armeniaca. The Tulipa of Armenia.
This ſmall Tulipa is much differing from all the former (except the ſmall or dwarfe white Tulipas remembred by Lobel and Cluſius, as is before ſet downe) in that it beareth three orfoure ſmall, long, and ſomewhat narrow greene leaues, altogether at one ioynt or place; the ſtalke being not high, and naked or without leaues from them to the toppe, where it beareth one ſmall flower like vnto an ordinary red Tulipa, but ſomewhat more yellow, tending to an Orenge colour with a blacke bottome : the roote is not much bigger then the ordinary yellow Bolonia Tulipa, before ſet downe.
And theſe are the ſorts of this firſt Claſsis of early Tulipas.
Tulipa Media. The meaner or middle flowring Tulipa.
For any other, or further deſcription of this kinde of Tulipa, it ſhall not neede, hauing giuen it ſufficiently in the former early Tulipa, the maine difference conſiſting firſt in the time of flowring, which is about a moneth after the early Tulipas, yet ſome more ſome leſſe: for euen in the Præcoces, or early ones, ſome flower a little earlier, and later then others, and then in the colours of the flowers; for wee haue obſerued many
