Salmon j 'Herbal. 
Lib. 1 
the Letter, or rather a little whiter , and not Jet in 
the fame Order of Rows , as that is , but more confu- 
fedly together , and turning back the ends of the 
outer mo ft Leaves to the Stalk again , neither of which 
is found in the Letter kind. 
VIII. The Places. The firft is natural of our own 
Country for Gerard found it in an old. Womans 
Garden in the Weft of England, where it .grew be- 
fore the Woman came to dwell there : and Parkin' 
Jon fays, That he heard that it was a Native of 
the Jfte of Wight. The fecond is unknown as to its 
Original, but it feems to be a Native in John Tra- 
defcant his Garden. The third, as far as we can 
learn, is an Englifh Plant, growing in the Garden 
of Vincent Sion , (a Fleming ) dwelling on the Bank 
fide of the River Thames , from whom Mr. W timer 
of Stratford Bow had it ^ after which it went by 
Wilmer’s Name. The fourth, Parkinfon fays, was 
of his own raifing : he fays it was alfuredly ratted 
from the Seed of the Great Spanifh fingle kind , 
which he* Lowed in his own Garden , and cherifhed 
it, till it gave fuch a Flower as is deferibed. The 
Lift, its Origin is not certainly known •, Lome think 
ic came from France , others from Germany. 
IX. The Times. They all flower much about 
onetime, viz. from the middle of March, as the 
Year is in forwardnefs, unto the middle of A- 
pril. 
X. The Qualities , Specification , Preparations and 
Virtues, are much the Lame with thoLe of Common 
Daffodil in Chap. 189. aforegoing, which Lee in the 
place cited. 
CHAP. CXC1X. 
Of DAFFODIL Ballard, narrow- 
leav’d fingle-flowred. 
I.'T' HE Names. It is called in Greeks 
JL x/ar©- nvofvrK©- c i-xtdif : in Latin, Pfeudonar- 
cijf/fs anguftifolius flore fimplici : in Englifh , Bafiard 
Daffodil narrow-leav'd with fingle Flowers. 
II. The Kinds. Of this there are three feveral 
forts, viz. 1. Pfeudonarciffus anguftifolius flore fla- 
vefeente Tubo quafi abfeiffo , Baftard Daffodil narrow- 
leav’d, with a dipt Trunk. 2. Pfeudonarciffus Hi- 
fpanict/s medius Cf minor luteus , Spanifh yellow 
Baftard Daffodils, the two letter kinds. 3. Pfeu- 
donarciffus Hifpanicus luteus minimus , The leaft 
Spanifh yellow Baftard Daffodil. 
III. The DeLcriptions. The firft , or Narrow- 
leav’d Baftard, with a dipt Trunk, has a bulbous 
Root , from which Spring long and narrow greyifh 
green Leaves , bearing one fingle Flower at the top of 
its Stalk , like unto the former Single Baftard kinds, 
having its outer Leaves of a pale yellow color , and 
its Trunk of a deeper yellow. The chief Differences 
of this from the Englilh double Baftard in the former 
Chapter , is in the Leaves , being narrow , and then 
in the Trunk of the Flower, which is not crumpled 
or turned up, as moft of the others are and that 
the brims or edges of the Flower, are as if they had 
been dipt off or cut even. 
IV. The fecond, or Spanifh yellow Baftard letter 
kinds, have a Root which is but fmall, and covered 
with a darkifh Skin. Thefe two Letter kinds do dif- 
fer but in Grealnefs the one from the other, and not 
in any thing elfe •, Jo that in deferibing the one, you 
may underftand the other. The Letter then has three 
or four narrow, fhort , whitifh green Leaves from 
among which comes forth a fhort Stalk, not above an 
Hand Breadth or half a foot high, bearing one. fingle 
Flower, not fully ftanding out right, but a little 
bending down, confifting of fix fmall Leaves, ftand- 
ing as Wings about a fmall but long Trunk, a little 
crumpled at the brims. The whole Flower, as well 
Leaves as Trunk, ark of one deep yellow color like 
unto the Great Spanifh kind. 
V. The third, or Leaft Spanifh yellow Baftard, 
has a Root f mailer than either of the former the 
Leaves of this Small kind are fmaller and fhorter 
than the laft, feldom exceeding the length of three 
inches, and very narrow withal, but of the fame 
greyifh green color with the former every Flower 
ftands upon a fmall and fhort Foot-Jialk, fcarce rifing 
above the Ground -, fo that its Nofe, for the moft 
part, does lye on or touch the Earth, and is formed 
after the fame Fafhion, and of the fame color with 
thofe immediately going before, but much l offer . 
VI. The Places. The firft is a Native of the 
Pyrenaan Mountains. The fecond are Natives of 
Spain : and the third was alfo brought from thence 
to us : and are all now nurs’d up in our Gardens. 
VII. The Times. The firft flowers at the end of 
March. The fecond and third about the beginning 
of March : but with us they flower Lomething later, 
becaufe of the Coldnefs of our Clime. 
VIII. The Qtalities, Specification, Preparations 
and Virtues, differ not much from the Common Daf- 
fodils in Chap. 189. aforegoing ^ but thefe are Lup- 
pofed to be Lomething weaker. 
CHAP. CC. 
Of DAFFODIL Ballard, narrow- 
leav’d double-flowred. 
I. / "Tp H E Names. It is called in Greek, ’invJbvd, ?- 
J- x/aj©- s-ivo<t>vr.\®- 7reAAe«TAo©- ■- in Latin, Pfeu- 
donarciffus anguftifolius fiore multiplici, vel pleno -, 
and in Englifh, Bajiard Daffodil narrow-leav'd, with 
a double Flower. 
II. The Kinds. It is fingularis fui generis, with- 
out any fub-ordinate Species ; and is vulgarly cal- 
led, Pfeudonarciffus Gallicus minor flore pleno. The 
letter French double Baftard Daffodil. 
III. The Defcription. The Roots of this Letter 
French kind, are like unto the Double Englifh kind, 
as alfo to the former Double greater French kind - 
and the Leaves are of the fame whitifh green color 
alfo, but narrower, and not longer : the Stalk rifes a 
little higher than the Englifh, and not fully fo high 
as the Greater French, bearing one fair double Flow- 
er on its top, of a pale yellow or Limon color, con- 
fifting of Jix Rows of Leaves, every Row growing 
J mailer than other unto the middle, and fo fet and 
placed, that every Leaf of the Flower does ftand di- 
rcfily almoft in all, one upon or before another, unto 
the middle, where the Leaves are fmalleft, the out er- 
moft being the great eft, which makes the Flower feem 
the more beautiful. Tim and the Greater kind has 
no Trunk, or fhew of any other thing in the middle, 
as all or moft of the other former Double Baftard 
Daffodils have, but are Flowers wholly compofed of 
Leaves, ftanding double even to the middle. Par- 
kinfon doubts whether this or the Greater French Ba- 
ftard, ought to be called Baftard Daffodils or not, 
becaufe the Flower in neither of them is made after 
the Faftnon of other Baftard Daffodils, but rather 
refembles the Form of the Double white Daffodil. 
