980 
Salmon s Herbal . Lib. L 
r emov’d for three or four Years, that it bears nei- 
ther Stalk, nor Flower, nor Seed. And Clufius in 
his Annotations on Bellonius , Lib. 2. Chap. 40. 
gives a Figure without Flowers, as if itbears none$ 
but certainly both Pona and Clufius (if he thought 
fo) might be both as much deceived in this matter, 
as they that affirmed the Colocafis , 01 Arum JEgyp- 
tium , which is the Carolina Eddo , in Chap. 241. 
aforegoing, never bore Flower, which Columna has 
difprov'd. But Matthiolus , C&falptnus , Lobe l. Do- 
donaus , and Columna , do all fay, that this Cyperus 
or J uncus efculentus , has both Stalk, Flowers and 
Seed, and do give the Figure thereof, in all their 
Works. 
VI. The Places. It is faid to grow Naturally 
no where but at Verona in Italy: But Amatus Lu- 
jitanus fays, that they are brought out of /Ethiopia 
and S. Thomas If and ■, and it is faid that they grow 
in Sicilia , and other hot Countries where they are 
Planted as being a pleafant kind of Food. They 
would grow no doubt naturally and plealantly in 
our Weft-Indies , if they were once Planted there : but 
with us in England they grow in Gardens , being 
nurlt up with care, but come not up to that abfo- 
lute perfeCbion which they do in hotter Climates, 
becaufe they will not abide the extremities of our 
Winters ■ for as Canter anus fays, the Roots will Rot, 
if they be not taken up before Winter , and new 
Planted again in the Spring after that they have 
been for fome time before hand laid in Water. 
VII. The Times. As to the Seafons of its Flow- 
ering or Seeding, Authors have obferved nothing: 
but the Roots are taken up for eating, a little be- 
fore Winter , at which time they are then iaid 
to be come to their perfe&ion. 
VIII. The Qualities . They are Temperate in 
refpett to heat or coldnefs, drynefs or moifture, 
Ablterfive, Aperitive, Pe&oral, Analeptick, and 
Spermatogenetick. 
IX. The Specification. It is profitable again ft 
Obfirucf ions of the Lungs •, and to flop Fluxes of 
the Bowels, as Diarrhea, Dyfentery, v c. 
X. The Preparations. You have, 1. The Raw , 
or Resiled. , or Boiled Roots or Nuts. 2. An Emul- j 
/ion. Cream or Milk. 3. A Decotfion made in Beef 
cr Mutton Broth. 
* The Virtues . 
XI. The Raw , or Rofled , or Boiled Roots. They 
are eaten as you eat Cbeflnuts * and fo eaten with a 
Glals or two of Canary , Malaga , or fome other 
choife Wine , they nourifh and reftore much, are 
good againft Confumptions ^ and is faid by fome 
Ac .ors to incite to Venery, being eaten for fome 
considerable time. They abforb Acidities, and 
allay the fharpnefs of Humors in the Bowels , 
cool the heat of Urine, and (top Fluxes of the 
Belly, as Diarrhaca’s, Dyfenterias and Lienteria’s. 
XII. The Emulfton, Cream, or Milk. Itnourilhes 
much and reftores in Confumptions, more efpecial- 
ly if it is made with the ftrong Broth of Flefti •, 
and fo made and taken with fome Generous Wine, 
it more powerf ully excites to Venerial' aCbions: In 
a word, it has all the Virtues of the Simple Roots , 
but ftrengthens more fpeedily and with greater vi- 
gor : It eafes a violent Cough , and expectorates 
Flegm out of the Lungs. 
XIII. The DecoSion in Beef or Mutton Broth. 
It is made of the Roots fliced or bruifed , and fo 
boiled ill to a Pap , or Pulp . It has all the Virtues 
of the Simple Root , and Emulfion or Cream , and may 
be taken from half a Pint to a Pint, (according to 
Age, t ffc.) Morning and Evening, as ordinary Food. 
It is an excellent thing, and reltores Confumptive 
Perfons admirably. 
CHAP. DCX. 
Of SAFFRON Carden. 
I- ' I ' HE Karnes. Ir is called iitArabick, Za- 
X bafaran and Zajfaran: in Greek , ! 
in Latine, Crocus : and in Englffh, Saffron. 
II. The Kinds. Authors make many Species of 
this Plant : but we fhall give you the Hiltory only 
of the four following forts, viz. i. Crocus Hor- 
ten (is verus , The true or Garden Saffron, of 
which in this Chapter. 2. Crocus Sy/veffrv , The 
Wild Saffron , commonly called Crocus, of which 
in Chap. & 11. 3. Crocus Pratcnffs Colchictim, Me- 
dow Saffron, of which in Chap. 612. 4. Crocus 
nothus, Carthamns , Baftard Saffron , of which in 
Chap. 615. following. 
III. The Garden Kind. This is the True Saffron, 
and is fimply called Crocus : That which grows in 
England exceeds all others, growing in what part 
of the World foever : It is a fingular Plant of the 
Kind, and is called Crocus verm , Crocus Hortcn- 
ffs , and Croats Sativus Aul umnc.lv. , The True 
Saffron. 
T be Defcription. 
IV. Its Root grows often to be as great or greater 
than a Green Wallnur , with its outward Shell or 
Green on ir, covered with a groyifh or Alh colored 
Saffron Garden F lowering. 
