Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris, or, A garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed vp: a kitchen garden of all manner of herbes, rootes & fruites for meate or sauce vsed with vs, and, an orchard of all sorte of fruitbearing trees and shrubbes fit for our land, together with the right orderinge, planting & preseruing of them and their vses & vertuesParkinson, John
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Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris, or, A garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed vp: a kitchen garden of all manner of herbes, rootes & fruites for meate or sauce vsed with vs, and, an orchard of all sorte of fruitbearing trees and shrubbes fit for our land, together with the right orderinge, planting & preseruing of them and their vses & vertues
Parkinson, John
Gardening -- Early works to 1800; Gardening -- England -- Early works to 1800
This Daffodill hath three or foure leaues, as large and long almost, as
the great double Daffodill of Constantinople next following hath: the
stalke likewise is very neere as great, but as high altogether, bearing
at the toppe foure or fiue flowers, the leaues whereof are as large,
as of the first or second kinde of French Daffodils, before described,
but not altogether of so pure a white colour; and being six in number,
stand like the former single French Daffodils, but that the yellow cup
in the middle of this is thicke and double, or as it were crumpled
together, not standing very high to be conspicuous, but abiding lowe
and short, so that it is not presently marked, vnlesse one looke vpon
it precisely; yet is exceeding sweete. The roote is like vnto the roote
of the purple ringed Daffodill, or somewhat bigger.
4. _Narcissus Chalcedonicus flore pleno albo polyanthos._
The double white Daffodill of Constantinople.
This beautifull and goodly Daffodill (wherewith all Florists greatly
desire to bee acquainted, as well for the beauty of his double flowers,
as also for his superabounding sweete smell, one stalke with flowers
being instead of a nosegay) hath many very broad, and very long leaues,
somewhat greener then gray, among which riseth vp a strong round
stalke, being sometimes almost flat, and ribbed, bearing foure or
fiue, or more white flowers at the toppe, euery one being very great,
large, and double, the leaues being confusedly set together, hauing
little peeces of a yellow cup running among them, without any shew of
that purple ring that is in the former, and fall away without bearing
seed, euen as all, or most other double flowers doe: the smell is so
exceeding sweet and strong, that it will soone offend the senses of
any, that shall smell much vnto it: the roote is great and thicke,
couered with a blackish coate.
5. _Narcissus Chalcedonicus fimbriatus multiplex polyanthos._
The great double purple ringed Daffodill of Constantinople.
This Daffodill differeth very little or nothing in leafe from the
former, the onely difference is in the flowers, which although they bee
double, and beare many vpon a stalke, like vnto them, yet this hath the
peeces of the yellow cuppes tipt with purple, as if they were shred
or scattered among the white leaues, whereas the other hath only the
yellow, without any shew of purple tips vpon them: the smell of this is
as strong as of the other.
[Illustration:
1 _Narcissus albus multiplex._ The double white Daffodill.
2 _Narcissus medioluteus corona duplici._ The Turkie Daffodill with a
double crowne.
3 _Narcissus mediopurpureus multiplex._ The double purple ringed
Daffodill.
4 _Narcissus Chalcedonicus flore pleno albo polyanthos._ The double
white Daffodill of Constantinople.
]
6. _Narcissus Cyprius flore pleno lutes polyanthos._
The double yellow Daffodill of Cyprus.
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