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SalmonV Herbal ■, Lib, I 
?n the Garden in thofe Months-, urilefs it be under 
a Houfe-fide , cr where they way be fheltred from 
the Winters cold: ) bccaufe -many times the Tear not 
filling out to be moderate or kindly , the Plants give 
no ripe Seed and [owe Jhould be to feek both for 
Seed to Sow, and Roots to Set or Plant again. The 
Stalk of this Marvelous Plant is great and thick , 
thicker than any Mans Thumb , bunched out , or 
Swelling with a Kind of Knee at every Joint in 
fome Plants the Stalks will be of a fair green color , 
and thofe will bring white , or white and red Flowers : 
and in fome a dark green color , which will give 
yellow Flowers. The Stalks and Joints of thofe , 
which will give red and yellow Flowers Spotted, arc 
fomewhat brownifh , but not fo red as thofe which 
give wholly red Flowers. Upon thefe Stalks which 
fpread into many Branches , there grow at their 
Joints upon J 'ever al foot Stalks, fair green Leaves , 
broad at the Stalky and pointed at the end. At the 
Joints likewfc , towards the upper part of the 
Branches , at the foot of the Leaves , come forth 
fever al ' f mall Flowers , upon fhort foot Stalks , every 
one being fmall, long and hollow , from the bottom 
to the brim , which is broad , fpread open , and 
round, and confifls but of one Leaf without divi- 
fion , like unto a Bell-flower, but not corntred at 
all. Thefe Flowers arc of divers colors , and di- 
ver fly marked and f pot ted, fome being wholly white, 
without any fpot in them for the mofl part , thro 5 ail 
the Flowers of the Plant. So like wife fome being 
yellow, and fome wholly red. Some Plants again are 
mixed and fpotted fo variably, either white and red , 
or purple ( except here and there , fome may chance to 
be wholly white, or red, or purple, among the refl-,) or 
red and ye How thro 5 the whole Plant ( except at before, 
fome may chance in this kind, to be either wholly red, or 
wholly yellow ) that you fhall fcarcely finde 2 or o, 
Flowers in a Hundred, zvhich will be alike fpotted 
and marked, without fome diver flty and [olikezvije 
every Day , as long as they blow, zvhich will be until 
the Winters or rather Autumns Cold puts a flop to 
their prone nefs of Flowering. It has alfo been often 
obferved, that one fide of a Plant will give fairer 
varieties of Flowers than another, which is mojl com- 
monly the Eaftern , as the more temperate and 
Jhadowy fide. All thofe Flowers do open for the mofl 
part, in the Evening or in the Night time, and fo 
(land blown open, untill the next Mornings Sun be- 
gins to grow warm upon them, which then clofe them- 
felves together, all the brims of the Flowers jhr'ink- 
ing into the middle of the long Neck, much like un- 
to the Blew Bind-weed^ which in a manner docs fo 
clofe uf) at the Suns warm heat. Or elfc, if the Day 
is temperate and mild, without any Sunjhine upon 
them, the Flowers will not then clofe up for the mofl 
part of that Day, or until it is towards Night. 
After the Flowers are pafl -, come feveral Heads of 
Seed, that is, but one at a Place , as the Flowers 
flood before -, of the bignefs fometimes of a fmall 
Pea, but not fo round, funding within the green 
Husks,' in zvhich the Flowers grew before -, zvhich 
Seed is a little flat at top, like a Crown or Head, 
and round below where it is fajlened in the Cup -, 
of a black color zvhen it is ripe -, but elfe green all 
the while it grows on the Stalk : and being ripe, is foon 
fhaken down zvith the Wind, or any other light blow. 
IV. Gerard has another Defcription, which be- 
ing compared with the former, will more lively 
fet forth this admirable Plant : and it is in thele 
following Words. Its Root is thick, and like unto 
a great Radifh, outzvardly black-, and within white , 
and Sharp in Tafle , zvherewitb is mingled a Super- 
ficial Sweet nefs : it brings forth new Flowers from 
July to Oftober in Infinite Number, yea even until 
the Frojl does caufe the whole Plant to penfh-, not- 
withjlanding it may be preferved in Pots , and fet 
in Chambers or Cellars that are warm, and fo de- 
fended from the injury of our cold Clime, provided 
always that there be no Water cafl upon it, or pi, , 
forth into the Air, to take any moiflure in there , 
untill the March following : at zvhich time it mu ', 
be taken forth out of the Pot, and planted again r: 
the Garden : by this means many Plants have been 
preferved , as zvell as by Saving of Seeds , zvhich 
Sown Plats will bear Flowers in as ample manner, 
and in as good time, as thofe referved Plants. 1 /:.•> 
admirable Flower, called the Marvel of Peru, or the 
Marvel of the World, fprings forth of the Ground, 
like unto Bafil in Leaves: among zvhich it fends out 
a Stalk two Cubits and a half high ('viz. about four . 
Feet and half ) of the thicknefs of a Finger , full of 
Juice, very firm, and of a yellowifh green color . 
knotted or kneed zvith Joints, fomewhat bunching 
forth, of a purplifh color , as in the Female Balia - 
mina : which Stalk divides it fe/f into fun dry 
Branches or Boughs, and thofe si jo knotted, like the 
Stalk. Its Branches are decked zvith Leaves grow- 
ing by couples at the Joints, like the Leaves of Wild 
Peafecods , green, flefhy , and full of Joints 5 
zvhich being rubbed do yield the like unpleafant 
Smell as Wild Peafecods do , and are in Tafle 
alfo very unfivory, yet in the latter end they leave 
a Tafle, and fharp fmack of Tobacco. The Stalks 
tozvards the Top, are garnifhed zvith long hollow 
Jingle Flowers, folded as it zvere into five parts , 
before they be opened but being fully blozvn, do 
refemble the Flowers of Tobacco, glittering 5 oft- 
times with a fine purple or crimfon color, many 
times of an Horfe F'lefh color, fometimes yellow , 
fometimes pale , and fometimes reft mb ling an old 
red or yellozv color fometimes whitifh , and mofl 
commonly of two colors, zvhich occupy half the 
Flozver, or inter courfing the whole Flower zvith freaks , 
or orderly fir earns, now yellozv, nozv purple, divided 
thro ’ the whole 5 having fometimes great , and fome- 
times little fpots of a purple color , Jprinkled and 
fcattered, in a mofl variable order , and admirable 
mixture. The Ground or Field of the whole Flower , 
is either pale, red, yellow, or white, containing in 
the middle of the hollowncfs a Prick or Point al fet 
round about zvith fix fmall Strings or Chives. The 
Flozvers are very fzveet and pie af ant, refembling the 
Narcilfus or White Daffodil, and are very fudden- 
ly fading. For at Night the Flozvers are wide open, 
and fo continue till 8 of the Clock the next Morn- 
ing, at which time they begin to clofe ( after the 
manner of Bind-weed) efpecially if the Weather 
is very hot: hut the Air being temperate , they will 
fometimes remain open the whole Day, and clofe 
them/ elves only at Night, and fo perijh } one Flower 
lafling but only one Day, like the True Ephcmerum 
or Hemerocallis. This wonderful variety does ( not 
without caufe ) bring admiration to all zvho obferve 
it. For if the Flowers be gathered , and referved in 
feveral Papers , and compared zvith thofe Flowers, 
which will Spring and Flourijh the next Day , you 
fhall eaft/y perceive , that not one Flower is like 
another in color, tho* you Jhould compare an hundred 
zvhich Flozver one Day, zvith another hundred which 
you may gather the next Day and fo front Day to 
Day, during the time of their Flowering. The 
Cups and Husks which contain and embrace the 
Flowers, are divided into five pointed SeHiont, zvhich 
are green , and as it zvere conflfting of Skins; where- 
in is contained one Seed and no more , covered zvith 
a blackifh Skin , having a blunt point on which the 
Flozver grows -, but on the other end next the Cup 
or Husk, it is adorned with a little fine cornered 
Crown. The Seed is as large as a Pepper Corn, 
zvhich of it felf fades zvith any light motion. With- 
