in iome Leaves where the red or yellow is, there 
will be green, and lb varving, that it becomes plea- 
fant to behold-, the Seed hereof is black and fhining, 
and not to be dillinguifhed Irom the former. 
Vi. Gerarl laid that it far exceeded his Skill 
to defcribe the Beauty and Excellency of this 
Plant, and that a Painter would be at a Itay to de- 
pidl it in its lively Colors * in few Words (fays he) 
every Leaf refembles in color the moft fair and beau- 
tiful Feathers of a Parrot, having a ltripe of Red, 
a line of Yellow, a dalh of White, and a Rib of 
green color, not eafily in Words to be fer forth, the 
leveral mixtures of the Colors , which Nature has 
bellowed hereon, being fo excellent and admirable. 
Johnfon fays the Leaves are commonly of three co- 
lors, the lower part next the Stalk is green , the 
middle red , and the end yellow ^ or elfe, the bot- 
tom being green, the middle part is yellow, and the 
end red. 
VII. T be fourth , or Carnation Flower Gentle, 
( which is more rare than all the reft ) has a Root con- 
fifing of a great many bibres or Strings , from which 
rife up very thick fat Stalks , crefted and freaked, 
exceeding fmooth , and of a Jhining red color , which 
begin at the Ground to divide themf elves into Branch- 
es ■, upon which do grow many great large Leaves, 
of a dark green color , tending to rednefs , in Ihew 
like to thofe of the Red Beet , ftreaked and dalht 
here and there with red, mixed with greeny the 
Flowers grow along the Stalks, from the midft there- 
of, even to the top, in form like Fannie u?n, that is, 
a great number of Chaffie confufed Ears thruft hard 
together, of a deep purple, or rather of a deep blulh, 
tending to a Carnation color : the form or lhape of 
this cannot be fo fitly compared to any thing as to ' 
the Velvet Head of a Stag, compafl of fuch like 
foft feeling fubftance, in which is contained the Seed, 
which is white, round, and bored thro’ the mid- 
dle. 
VIII. The F laces. All thefe Plants are Natives 
of the Ealtern Countries , as Ferfia , Arabia, Syria, 
Turky, &c. from whence they have been brought to 
us, and. here are only nurfl up in Gardens. 
IX. The Times. They Flower, or bear their gal- 
lant Tufts or Spikes in Auguft, and continue Flow- 
ering until September, keeping in fome meafure their 
vigor, till Froft overtakes them, at what time they 
perifh. As for the third, or Variable blower gentle, 
it ought to be Sown in a hot Bed of Horfe Dung, 
with fome Earth ftrewed thereon , in the end of 
March , and fo ordered as you do Musk Melons, 
and the like. 
X. The Qualities, Specification, Preparations and 
Virtues, are the fame with thofe in the former Chap- 
ter, to which you are referred. 
CHAP. CCLXXX. 
Of FLOWER ^ Conftantinople, 
0 R, 
FLOWER of Briftol. 
L ' l v H E Names. It is called in Greek Avj&k Bu* 
X («U77«an, K) 7n« Kwramrounitoeg, x) A X^axh* 
JbviM* in Latin Lychnis Chalcedonica, Lychnis By- 
zantina , vel Conftantinopolitana , in Eng lift? blower 
af Conftantinople , or Briftol blower. 
II. The Kinds'. It is . one of che Kinds of Lycb- 
nide. r, or Campions, and is twofold, viz. i . Lychnis 
Chalcedonica Flore fimplici miniato , Single Nonefuch, 
or Flower of Conftantinople , or Brijioi Flower. 2. 
Lychnis Chalcedonica Flore plena miniato , Double 
Nonefuch, or Double Flower of Conftantinople 
or Briftol Flower. 
III. The Defcriptions. Ttefirft,or Single None- 
fuch, has a Root which is very Fibrous or Stringy , 
faftning it felf Very ftrcng’y in the Ground , whereby 
it much increafes it felj , from whence fpring up ma- 
ny broad and long green Leaves , among which rife 
up feveral ft iff, round , hairy, jointed tialks, three 
Feet high, with two Leaves at every Joint ■, the Flow- 
ers Hand at the tops of them, very many together, 
in a large Tuft or Umble, confuting of five finall 
long Leaves, broad pointed, and notched in the mid- 
dle, of a bright red Orange color ; which being palt, 
there come in their places fmall hard whitilh 
Heads, or Seed Veffels, containing black Seed, like 
to rhe Seed of Sweet Williams , and having bur a 
fmall fmell. 
IV. Of this Single Species there are three Other 
forts , which differ chiefly in the Colors of the Flow- 
ers, viz. I. Lychnis Chalcedonica Flore fimplici albo. 
Single Briftol Flower with a White Flower. 2. Lych- 
nis Chalcedonica Flore fimplici Cameo , Single None- 
fuch with a Blufh orFlefh Color, without variabili- 
ty. 3. Lychnis Chalcedonica Flore fimplici Verftco- 
lor. Single Nonefuch Variable. This at firlt is of a 
pale Red, after a while it grows paler, and at laft 
it becomes wholly white; and all tliefe diverfities 
of Flowers it will have to be feen at one and the 
fame time upon the Stalks. 
V. The fecond, or Double Nonefuch, has a Root 
Fibrous, like the former, and increafes in like man- 
ner , the Leaves and Stalks being hairy and high , and 
the Flowers growing in Tufts , altogether like the fitji 
Single Kind ; but in this confifts the chief difference, 
that this bearsa larger Umble or Tuft of Flowers's J 
top of the Stalk, each Flower conlifting 0/ three or 
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