Salmon’ j 1 “Herbal ■ 
Lib. I. 
II. The Kinds. This is the firit of the Tuberous 
fen s, of which there are two fpecial Kinds, viz. i. 
Iris Chalcedonies five Sufiana major , The great Tur- 
ky Flowerdeluce. 2. Iris Cha/ccdoniea , fve Sitfi- 
a'na minor, The lefler Turky Flowerdeluce. This 
Fitter, tho’ it is called®/™/-, or lefler, yet it is on- 
ly To in refpea to the firft great Kind, but it is mag- 
nus or major, in refpea of the little Kinds, which 
hereafter follow. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft, or Great Turky 
Flowerdeluce, ha* a Root which h brown on the out- 
fide and is very thick and tuberous , a* all others of 
this'' fort of Garden Kinds are. From this Root 
fprine forth feveral Heads of long and broad trelh 
green Leaves, yet not fo broad as many others ot 
thole which follow, one folded within another at 
the bottom, as all others of thefe Flowerdeluces are ; 
from the middle of fome one of thefe Heads, (for 
every Head of Leaves bears not a Flower) rifes up a 
round ftiff Stalk, about two Feet high, at the top 
whereof Hands one Flower, (it has not yet been ob- 
jerved to bear two) the largeft almoft, but the molt 
excellent of all the reft, confifting of nine Leaves, 
like the others which follow, but of the color almoft 
of a Snakes Skin, it is fo varioufly fpotted ■, the three 
lower Killing Leaves are very large, of a deep or 
dark purple color, almolt black, full of greyilh Ipots, 
ftrakes and lines thro 1 the whole Leaves, with a 
black Thrum or Freez in the midlt of each of them ; 
the three arched Leaves which cover them ate of the 
fame daik purple color, yet a little paler at the haes ; 
the three upper Leaves are very large, and ot the 
fame color with the lower Leaves, but a little more 
lively and frelh, being lpeckled and'ftraked with 
whiter fpots and lines, which Leaves being laid in 
Water will tinge the Water of a Violet color, and 
it a little Alum be put therein, and then they be 
wrung or preffed out, and the Juice of thefe Leaves 
is dryed in the (hade, it will become a color almolt 
as deep as Indico, and may lerve for Shadows in the 
Ai t of Limning •, the Flower has no fmell which can 
be perceived, but is only commendable for its beau- 
ty and the rarity thereof-, it leldom bears Seed in 
our Climate, but when it does, it is contained in 
great Heads or Cods, being brownifh and round, but 
not fo fiat as in the other Kinds which follow. 
IV. The fecond, or Leffer Turky Kind, differs lit- 
tle from the former, the Leaf is of a more yellowifh 
green color, ’the Flowers are neither fo large nor fo 
fair, nor the ipots and marks fo perfpicuous, nor the 
Color of that lively luftre. 
V. The Places. By fome part of the Name, it 
feems that they might firft come from Sufis in Per- 
into T i//Ty,but from Turky they were firft: brought 
to us ; they grow and thrive very well in out Gar- 
1 Vf. The Times. They Flower moll commonly 
in May, before any of the other Species. 
VII. As to their Qualities, Specification , Prepa- 
rations and Virtues, fee them declared at large in 
Chap. 28S. following : And here is to be noted 
that all the Tuherofe Flowerdeluces (except the 
il creatine, commonly called Florentine Orrice) more 
efpecially thole which have the Blew or Purple Flow- 
er, have one and the fame Virtues ; and that our 
hnglijh Bleu Flowerdeluce exceeds them all. 
CHAP. CCLXXXVII. 
Of FLOWER DELUCE 
White Florentine, 
0 R, 
FLORENTINE ORRICE. 
I. 'T 'HE Names. It is called in Greek "hot te- 
X xewtii : in Latin Iris Tuberofia alba , 
Iris tuberofia Florentine , Iris alba Florentine : in 
EngliflWhite flowerdeluce, Florentine flowerdeluce , 
Florentine White flowerdeluce. White Orrice, and 
Florentine Orrice. 
II. The Kinds. It is threefold, viz. 1. Iris alba 
Florentine , The White Flowerdeluce, or Florentine 
Orrice, which is the principal kind, and that of 
which the fweet Orrice Pouder is made. 2. Iris 
Flore Pallido Florentine , The yellowilh White, or 
Straw colored Florentine Orrice. 3. has alba major 
Verficolor, The White party colored Flowerdeluce. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft, or Great White 
Florentine Flowerdeluce, has a Root which is Tube- 
rous or Knobby , thick, irregular, and floating out 
from every fide fuch like Tuberous Heads, lying for 
the moft part upon , or above the Ground, andfajl- 
ned within the Ground with long white Fibres or 
Strings. From this Root rife up many Heads of 
very broad, and flat long Leaves, enclofing or fold- 
ing one within another at the bottom, and after a 
little fpace divided one from another towards the 
top, thin edged on both lides, like a two edged 
Sword, and thicker in the middle. From the mid- 
dle of fome of thefe Heads of Leaves, rifes up a 
round Iliff Stalk, two or three Feet high, bearing 
at the top one, two, or three large Flowers, which 
break out of feveral Husks or Skins, confifting of 
nine Leaves apiece, as all the other Flowerdeluces 
do, and of a lair white color ; having in the mid- 
dle of each of the three falling Leaves a fmall long 
yellow Freez or Thrum, as is molt ufual in all the 
kinds of the following Flowerdeluces , both 0 f the 
greater and fmaller forts. After the Flowers are 
paft, thick Ihort Cods or Pods come forth filled 
full with the Seed, which is red, roundilh, and flat. 
IV. The fecond, or yellowilh White, is in its 
Roots, Leaves , Stalks, Flowers, Seed , and manner 
of growing very like unto The former, or true Flo- 
rentine Orrice ; and differs in nothing from it, but 
in the color of the Flowers, this being indeed of a 
more yellowilh White, commonly called a Straw 
color. 
V, , The third, or White party colored, has a 
Root not fo great as the former White Florentine, 
but a little [tenderer and browner. The Leaves are 
not fo large and broad but the Flower hereof is 
nearly as large, and as White as the firft Florentine-, 
yet it has a fair Lift or Line, of a blewilh purple, 
down the back of every one of the three upright 
Leaves, and likewife round about the edges, both 
of the upper and lower Leaves -, and alio a little 
more purplifh upon the ridge of the arched Leaves, 
which cover the falling Leaves. In all other re- 
fpe&s this variable Flowerdeluce is like to the for- 
mer. 
VI. The Places. The Name (hews the Original 
place from whence it came to us, but the bell 
comes 
