99 6 
Salmon ' s Herbal. Lib. I. 
againft it^ ns firft, That the Plant being a hardy 
a'ud Itrong Plant, will endure to be fowed much 
fooner without any prejudice, fo that the Flower 
will come to be ripe before Wheat Harveft, when 
plenty of hands may be had to get it in. I 
Sowed fome in February , and fome about the 
middle of March , both thrived very well. Flow- 
ered, and was ripe, to be gathered in July , be- 
fore the 2orh day. That which was Sowed in 
February was not fo well colored, as the other 
Sowed in March ■, but that I impute more to the 
negleft of my Gardner than to any premature 
Sowing of the Seed. That which is Sowed in 
an open place, and conftantly expofed to the 
Sun and Air, produces a larger Flower, much 
better colored , and more upon a Stalk than 
that which is Sowed in the (hade. 
XXXVII. Not a 4. Secondly, It is Objected, 
that our Engiijh Seed is not fo good as the Ger- 
man, and will hardly ferve one year, and then 
double the quantity mult be Sowed, fo that the 
procuring of more Seed every fecond year out 
of Germany , would be too great a charge to an- 
fvver expectation. To which I anfwer, that I 
think this may be a great miltake; for the ga- 
thering of. the Flower does without doubt im- 
pair the ripening of the Seed. For having left 
lome Flowers Itanding purpofely, that naturemight 
do her own work, I gathered the Seed when ripe, 
which proved brighter, larger, and much heavier 
than any of the other, whole Flower was forced 
from it: therefore am confident, that if fome part 
be left to Hand, to have its full time of ripen- 
ing, without gathering the Flower, and the Seed 
preferved ro a fecond Sowing * that that Seed 
will be full as good as what is brought from 
Germany. 
XXXVIII. Kota y. Thirdly, It is Objeaed 
that it is a great impoveriflier of Land, for af- 
ter a Crop of Saff Flower, it will hardly bear 
any thing. I believe it impoverifhes the ground, 
but not fo as to difable it ro bear another Crop: 
The piece of ground afore mentioned which was 
Sowed with S.ff-Y lower, did the year following, 
bear a good Crop of Oats ^ and had it been the 
third year, followed and well drelfed, would 
have been fit for Wheat or Saff-Ylower again. 
XXXIX. Not a 6. This I alfo obferved, that 
very much of the Seed where the Flower was 
gathered from the Stalk, was not only light, 
but hollow and black within for which reafon, 
I am of Opinion, that if fome part of a piece 
of Ground was left Itanding to ripen of it felf, 
the goodnefs of the Seed would fully compen- 
fate in its product, the lofs of the Flower, and 
the remaining Seed might be very profitable for 
other ufes, lor the Faming of Turkeys, Geefe, 
and other Creatures, being well fed therewith, 
for that it caufes them to grow Fat much fooner 
than when they are Fed with other Grains. 
XL. A ota. 7. The Novelty of this Flower, 
as it drew fever^Ji Spectators in the Country, to 
fee it in the field ^ fo it likewife begot an Opi- 
nion in fome of the more Ignorant, that it was 
Saffron, in which they were confirmed from the 
Name, and the TinCture of it : fo that they pri- 
vately Hole confjderable quantities, when it was 
ripe, and ufed it in their Puddings, Cakes, yea 
even in their Bread it felf ^ till they were con- 
vinced by its purgative quality, which to fome 
was very Troublefome. 
XLI. Plot in his Natural Hijlory of Oxford- 
shire, Chap. 6. Parag. ?y. page, iyy. fays, that 
Cnicus, five Carthamus Sativus, Manured Baftard 
Safiron or Saft-Flower, ufed. for dying of Scarlets, 
and therefore by fome called Sea: let Flower ^ was 
once Sown at North A ft on, by Collonel Vernon ; 
the Seeds being planted in Rows, about a Foot 
diltance, for the more convenient howing, and 
keeping it clean from Weeds. In thefe Rows it 
rifes with a ftrong round ftalk, three or four 
Feet high, branching it felf to the Top : where 
it bears a great Scaly Head , out of which it 
thrufts forth many Gold yellow Threads, of a 
molt Orient andfhining color * which they gather 
e,ery day as .faft as they ripen, and dry them 
well i which done, it is fit for Sale, and dvin? 
of Scarlet. 
CHAP. DCXIV. 
Of SAGE GARDEN. 
I. "T'tf E Names. It is called, by the Arabians 
JElif sees , and Aelisfacos : In Greek ’Ea!- 
(derived I fuppofe from the Arabick Name :) 
in Latine Salvia (quia Salvos homines & incolumes 
efficiat :) and in Englilh, Sage. 
II. The Kinds. There are two principal fpecies 
of Sage, viz. i. Salviahortenjis , Garden Sage, of 
which in this Chapter. 2. Salvia agrejiis vcl fyl- 
vejlris. Wild or Wood Sage, of which in the 
Chapter following. 
III. T he Kinds of the Garden Sage. There are 
many fpecies of this fort, fome of which grow 
not with us ; the chief of them which we have in 
our Gardens are thefe following, viz. r. Salvia 
major alba Vulgaris , Salvia alba latifolia, our com- 
mon greater white or Green Leav’d Sage. 2. Salvia 
major rubra vulgaris , Salvia rubra anguftior , our 
common red Sage. 3. Salvia maxima latifolia. Sal- 
via latifolia J, 'errata , great white Sage. 4. Salvia 
Virtutis , Salvia minor Matthio/i , Salvia pinnata , 
Salvia nobi/is Gefncri , Salvia anguftifolia , & tenu- 
i folia •, Salvia aurita , Salvia aurtculata , Sage of 
Virtue. 5. Salvia aurita minor odoratiffima , Sal- 
via aurita Hfpanica , the moll odoriferous fmall 
Sage, ot Spanilh Sage. 6. Salvia abfinthites , Sal- 
via minor altera C/ij/ij , Wormwood Sage, Roman 
Sage. 7. Salvia Vanegata, Party-colored Sage. 8. 
SalviaVariegata altera, fpeckled Sage, of all which 
in order. 
The Defcripticms. 
IV. The firft or our common greater white or 
Green Leav d Sage. It has a long and pretty thick 
Woody Root, with many Strings adjoining to it, 
which fends forth four fquare Woody Stalks in fome 
green, and in others of a whitifh green, as are alfo 
the Leaves, which ftand by pairs or couples at the 
joints, being fomewhat long and broad Rough and, 
Wrinckled, of a ftrong but plea font aromatick feent 
at the tops of the Stalks come forth the flowers 
fet at certain fpaces, one above another, which are 
long and gaping, like unto the flowers of Clary, or 
Archangel, but of a blewifb purple color : after 
which come [mall round Seed in the bottom of the 
husk which contained the flower. This Plant is 
more ufually propagated by Slips, thruft into the 
Ground in the Spring time , than by the Seed. 
V. The 
