6^0 Salmons 'Herbal. Lib. L 
Fomfoman Lilly. 
IV. Mr. Rta> in his flora. Cap. 6. thus defcribes 
the former Plant. T be Martagon of Pompony has 
a great yellowifh , brown , fca/y Root , from whence 
fprings up a green Stalk , two or three Feet high , 
promifcuoujly thick Jet, with many /mail , ' long , green 
Leaves , j/W? to the top , where ttand many Flow- 
ers, in number according to the Age of the Plant : 
for in fome which have hood long unremoved, I 
have had fourfcore or an hundred Flowers upon one 
Stalk, which are of a yellowifh Orange Color, with 
fmali black Specks on the infide thereof, in fafhion 
like to the Red Martagon of Confiantinople, but 
final ler. 
V. The frond, or Other narrow-leaved Early Red 
Lilly, or Red Martagon Pompony. This differs 
from the former only in two things, viz. i. That the 
narrow Leaves are not fo thick fet upon the Stalk. 
2. That when it flowers, it is a Fortnight later. 
In other Particulars it differs not. 
VI. The third , or Broad-leaved Early Red Lilly, 
or Broad-leaved Red Pomponean or Macedonian 
Martagon. This is Jo like to the former in Root , 
Stalk, flower , Seed, and manner of Growing, that 
the Difference is fcarcely to be difeerned - but it 
confifts chiefly in thefe two things : i. That the 
Leaves of this are a little broader, and fhorter than 
the former. 2. That it bears its Flowers a Fort- 
night earlier than the firft. In the Color or Form 
* of the Flower, there is no Difference to be difeern- 
ed, nor yet in any other thing elfe. 
V II. The fourth , or Lilly or Martagon of Mace- 
donia, with Golden-red Flowers. This has come to 
our Knowledge later than the former Kinds : its 
Leaves are broader and fhorter than the laft, and 
the Flowers of a paler red, tending to yellow, of 
fome called a Golden-red Color. 
VIII. The Places. The Knowledge of thefe Ear- 
ly Martagons came firft to us from Italy, from 
whence they were fent into the Low-Countries , and 
into England but it feems by their Name, that 
their original or native place lhould be upon the 
Mountains in Macedonia : with us they grow only 
mi Gardens. 
IX. The Times. All thefe Lillies do fpring ve- 
ry late out of the Ground, even as the fellow Mar - 
t agon's do ^ but are fooner in Flower than any orhef. 
They flower in the end of May, or beginning of 
June, and that is a Mouth at leaft before thole of 
Turky or Conftantinople, in Cap. 43 6. Seel 3. and 4. 
aforegoing. 
X. OJ t l:e Qual/t ics, A attires and Virtues of thefe. 
Authors have alfo faid nothing • but doubtlefs they 
are much of the Properties of our Common Lillies. 
CHAP. CCCCXXXIX. 
Of the LILLY Imperial. 
I- Names. It is called in Greek, K dm 
J- CturdMHtti ; in Latins, Lilium Imperial? : in 
Englifh , 'The Imperial Lilly. 
II. The Kinds. There are feveral Species of this 
Plant, as, I. Corona Imperialis, called alfo Lilium- 
Byzantinism-, the Turks call it Caua/e la/e, andT«- 
fai, Toujai, Tuyfchiacbi, Turf, mi, and Turfinda 
and Cluflus judges it to he the Uemerocallis Oiofco- 
ridis, The Crown Imperial : of which we have 
difeourfed at large in Chap. 177. aforegoing; but in 
this Chapter we (hall give you another Defcripdon 
thereof from Gerard. 2. Corona 1m per ui he flora 
multiplici. The double Crown Imperial. 3. Corona 
Imperialis flore luteo , The yellow Crown Imperial. 
4. Corona Imperialis angufhfplia flore rubente. The 
narrow-leaved Crown Imperial, with a reddilh 
Flower. ;. Lilium Imperials , Martagon lmperiale 
Lilium Montamm majus, ( becaufe it is the greateft 
Mountain Lilly) and by fome, Lilium Sarajcnicum, 
but not very fitly ; The Imperial Martagon. 6 . Li - 
Hum lmperiale non Maculatum , Martagon Lmperiale 
flore non punttato. The Imperial fdartagon nor 
fpotted. 
The Defcriptions. 
III. The firft, or Single Crown Imperial, has for 
its Root a thick, firm and folid Bulb, covered with 
a yellowifh f ilm or Skin ; from the which rifes up a 
great, thick, fat Stalk, two Cubits high, in the bare 
and naked part, of a dark, over-worn, dusky purple 
Color. The Leaves grow confufedly about the Stalk, 
encompaffing it round, in form of an Imperial 
Crown, (from whence it took its Name) hanging 
their Heads downwards, as ir were Bells : in Co- 
lor, it is yellowifh • or to give you the true Color, 
which by Words cannot otherwile be exprefled, if 
you lay Sap-Berries in deep in fair Water, for the 
fpace of two Hours, and mix a little Saffron in that 
Infufion, and lay it upon Paper, it (hews the per- 
feQ Color to Limn or Illuminate the Flower withal. 
The back fide of the faid Flower is ftreaked with 
purplifli Lines, whichdo greatly fet forth the Beau- 
ty thereof. In the bottom of each of thefe Bells, 
there is placed fix' Drops of mod clear, fhining’ 
fweet Water, "in Tafte like Sugar, refembling in 
(hew, dear Orient Pearls ; the which Drops, if 
you take away, there do immediately appear the 
iike Drops ggain. Notwirhlfanding, ' if they mar 
be buffered to Hand ftill in the Flower, according 
to theit own Pofition, they will never fall away ; 
no, if you ftrike the Plant till it is broken. Among 
thefe Drops there Hands forth a Peltel, as alfo fun- 
dry fmali Chives, tipt with fmali Pendents, like 
thofe of yhe Lilly. Above the whole Rundle of 
Flowers, 
