The Time.
The Names.
Chap. VI.
Lilium Album. The White Lilly.
NOw remaineth onely the White Lilly, of all the whole family or ſtocke of the Lillies, to bee ſpoken of, which is of two ſorts. The one is our common or vulgar White Lilly; and the other, that which was brought from Conſtantinople.
Lilium Album vulgare. The ordinary White Lilly.
The ordinary White Lilly ſcarce needeth any deſcription, it is ſo well knowne, and ſo frequent in euery Garden; but to ſay ſomewhat thereof, as I vſe to doe of euery thing, be it neuer ſo common and knowne; it hath a cloued or ſcaly roote, yellower and bigger then any of the red Lillies: the ſtalke is of a blackiſh greene colour, and riſeth as high as moſt of the Lillies, hauing many faire, broad, and long greene leaues thereon, larger and longer beneath, and ſmaller vpon the ſtalke vpwards; the flowers are many or few, according to the age of the plant, fertility of the ſoile, and time of ſtanding where it groweth: and ſtand vpon long greene footſtalkes, of a faire white colour, with a long pointell in the middle, and white chiues tipt with yellow pendents about it; the ſmell is ſomewhat heady and ſtrong.
Lilium Album Byzantinum. The White Lilly of Constantinople.
The other White Lilly, differeth but little from the former White Lilly, either in roote, leafe, or flower, but only that this vſually groweth with more number of flowers, then euer we ſaw in our ordinary White Lilly: for I haue ſeene the ſtalke of this Lilly turne flat, of the breadth of an hand, bearing neere two hundred flowers vpon a head, yet moſt commonly it beareth not aboue a dozen, or twenty flowers, but ſmaller then the ordinary, as the greene leaues are likewiſe.
The Place.
The Time.
