CHAP. 66.—PLANTS IN WHICH THE BLOSSOM MAKES ITS APPEAR-
ANCE BEFORE THE STEM. PLANTS IN WHICH THE STEM APPEARS
BEFORE THE BLOSSOM. PLANTS WHICH BLOSSOM THREE TIMES
IN THE YEAR.
The peculiarities also of the squill and saffron deserve remark; for while all other plants put forth their leaves first,
and then a round stem, these show the stem before the leaf
makes its appearance: in the saffron, however, the blossom is
protruded by the stem, but in the squill it is the stem that
first makes its appearance, and then the flower emerges from
it. This plant blossoms three times in the year, indicating
thereby, as previously stated, [Note] the three seasons for ploughing.