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SalmonV Herbal. 



TiKl. 



S'wkh \ll°' 



Tenebns. It is a large ftrong 

 deep red color, like that called 



*" CCCLXIX°'^io. 



CGCLXX. The Places. The T^np is an .1/^- 

 //Vy^ or Turktfl^ Flower, firft (ent to us from Dal- 

 matia, Conftaminople, and other parts of Turky 



"^CCCLXXI.'m Sw"' The Fr^/ofw Flower 



W'/^S-- 'The ^Mfrf/rf Flower all ^/pnV, andfome 

 part of the beginning of May. The Serourue Flow- 



they are an Ornament to our Gardens for more than 



» C U L T U R E. 



if the White has any mixture of Red or Purple 



next thereto is the Purple with white edges ; and 

 fo likewife the Red with yellow edges 5 each of 

 them will bring moft of their own colors. 



CCCLXXUI. The Seed of the belt Mcdi^ is to 

 be taken from thofe which are light colored, ra- 

 ther White than Yellow ^ and rather Purple than 

 Red ; yea White not Yellow ; and Purple not Red : 

 But of thele again, the Spotted are the belt, and 

 the more Spotted the better. But withal, and in 

 all thefe, refpeft the ground or bottom of the 



leldom have any other ground than yellow ; which 



Tulip, or their divers Mixtures, are not worth 

 CCCLXXIV. TheSeed o?thtSemlm, (which 



CCCLXXV. Therefore to have Tulip Seed, 



°"cCCLXXV^L ^lT%ecds, be ftrc to m-k 

 choice of fuch Flowersas have the ftrongeft Stalks' 

 as are m It ^effel three cornered, of fuch kinds 



pie, (which is rarely to be found rn'theTw"^ 

 whole bottoms are commonly either white or yei'. 

 Omen, defcribed in Se^. XCVI. aforegoing, whidi 



llcrlfon'Tarngon, General Bolfon, JeronParaeon 

 Tudart-RoyalfTurgtana Prlneefs, Virgin Oril7t%ll 



°CCCLXXVIII.' But tho' wem.ke choice of 

 the befl Flowers for Seed, yet often u-rts vte ul 



FlowCT. ^'"" ^°° "^^ ^^ ' '""^ ^ "'° ^"^ 



ing of the Seed Veflels, which gather, (and take 

 up the Roots,) letting the Seed remain in the Pods, 



tSen ou^wbi'^ch S dea^fed ftom the'chafK 

 and Sowed in Beds of fine Sifted Earth, efpecially 

 the more ordinary forts. 



CCCLXXX. The time and manner of Sowing 

 the Seed is next to be confidered. Sow them not 

 in the Spring, if you hope for any good Flowers, 

 but in the Autumn, or prefently after they be 

 through ripe and dry -, yet if you Sow them not 

 till the end oiOaober, they will come forward ne- 



that our early Sowing caufes them to fpiiiig out 

 of the Ground too early, fo that if a (harp cold 



fpoiling, if not of aU, yet of moft part of the 



phich we commonly Sow, but if the Seed is two 

 fears old, and that it was at firft good Seed, a^d 

 rell enough,^ efpecially if it was perfeffly ripe 



