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Salmon V Herbal Lib. I. 
is white, compatt of warty Strings, which pcrifh at 
■the fir'd approach of Winter. It is a Plant (Jays 
he) of fuel) a nature and tallr.efs , that in one Sum- 
mer, being Sown of a Seed in April, it roje up (in 
his Garden) to the height of 14 feet where one 
Flower was in weight three Pounds two Ounces and 
crofs over thwart, the Flower was by meafure 16 
Inches broad. The Stalks are upright and Jfraight, 
of tire bignefs of a firong Mans Arm, befet with 
large Leaves even to the top, like unto the Great 
Burdock. At the top of the Stalk comes forth for 
the moft part but one Flower, yet many tunes there 
fpring out fucking Buds, but they come to no per- 
fcflion. This great Flower is in Jhape like to a Ca- 
tnomil Flower, befet round about with a pale, or bor- 
der of goodly yellow Leaves, in fhapc like the 
Leaves of the Flowers of White Lillys. The mid- 
dle part of which, is made as it were of unfhorn 
Velvet , or forne curious Cloth wrought with a 
Needle : which brave Work if you do throughly 
view, it fcems to be an innumerable fort of fmall 
Flowers, refembling the nofe or nofle of a Candle- 
flick broken from the Foot thereof -, from \wl)ich 
fmall A ofle foe at s forth excellent fine ana'clcar 
Turpentine, in Sight, Subfiance, Savor and Tafle. 
The whole Flam in like manner ftnells of Turpen- 
tine being broken -, and when it grows to Maturity, 
and the Flowers fall away, in place thereof comes 
the Seed, which is black and large , much like the 
Seed of Gourds, fet as though a cunning Workman 
had of purpnfe placed them in that Excellent and 
Ex.juifite Order, not much unlike to an lioney- 
Comb. 
VI. The Culture. The fir ft or larger fort is 
produced from Seed in a well Dung’d Ground, 
after the manner of Cucumbers and Melons. It 
grows generally with us 5, 6, or 7 F«ethigh, ve- 
ry llraight without Branches, with Leaves jagged 
at the edges, pointed at their ends, and rough to 
the touch. This, as it has been very common, fo 
it is at prefentmu^h negle&ed, and is now Planted 
in the Obfoleet or almoft negle&ed parts of a Gar- 
den, or at the extremities of f<?me Borders. On 
the top of its Stem appears its Flower refembling 
the Sun-Beams, whofe Disk is commonly of a 
yellowith Glory or Radiency, made in the lhape 
of a Crown, in the middle of which, are a num- 
ber of other little Flourilhes retting on the Em- 
brio’s, feparated one from another by Leaves fol- 
ded Gutter wife, and contained in a fcaly Cup, 
which Embrio’s in time become Oblong Seed, each 
feparated from another in particular Cells. 
VII. The fecond or leffer kind, tho’ it may be 
raifed from the Seed, yet it is generally multiplyed 
from its Roots, whofe Tufts are to be divided to 
Plant other places with. This as it fhoots out in- 
to many Stems and a great many Branches, ought 
to be Planted in broad Aliys, and all along with 
Trees between them, at 3 Feet diftance one from 
another •, or it may be Planted in the fmall Cor- 
ners of Parterres, or in the middle of the fame, 
without any other Flowers near it, by which it 
will agreeably entertain the Eye. It agrees in any 
fort of F.3rth good or bad, and its Roots being 
fplir, mult be fet three Inches deep in the Giound ^ 
which when it has attained a confiderable height, 
is to be dipt andtrim’das before directed ('Se&.Vj 
putting it into what Figure will beft agree with it, 
which is generally that of a round Bulh. 
VIII. The Places. Their Native Place is Peru , 
from whence they have been brought to us, and 
now grow generally in molt of our Gardens, where 
they Flourilh admirably. 
IX. The Times. The Seed mult be let or fown 
in the beginning of April, if the Weather is tempe- 
rate, and if in good Earth fo much the better, and 
where the Sun has the molt power the whole’ day. 
The firlt Flowers in June , the fecond in Auguft 
and fometimes fo late, that the early Frolt taking’ 
it, the Flower comes not to ripenefs. 
X. The Vitalities, Specification, Preparations and 
Virtues of them are fcarcely known, fo that Au- 
thors have laid little or nothing of them. The 
Heads of the Flowers are boiled and dreficd as Ar- 
tichoaks, wjth Butter, Vinegar, Salt and Penper. 
They are faid to be in Quality hot and dryland 
vehemently to excite Lult. Gerard fays they are 
exceeding pleafant Food, and are by others ac- 
counted good Meat * but Parkinfon lays, they are 
too ftrong for his tafte. 
CHAP. DCLXXVIIJ. 
Of SUN-FLOWER Creefwg. 
!• T' U E Names. It is called in Greek; 'Ha/. 
X «**».■: inLatinealfo Helianthemum, Has 
CiJlus Fumtlus-, Ciflus repens = 
Was Solis repent-, in Englifh Sun- Flossier crepine ■ 
and Dwarf C iftus. * s s 
II. The Kinds. Authors give us about half a 
“Core forts of this Plant, we (hail trouble you on- 
ly with the five following, viz. 1. Helianthemum 
vulgare, Helianthemum Anglicum luteum ■ Our 
Englifh yellow creeping, or Dwarf Sun-Flower 
2. Ueliambemum vulgare vel Anglicum album 
Our white Creeping or Dwarf Sun-Flower. 3 He- 
hantbcmum ferpilh folio fore lutco , Chamncftut 
fecundus C/ufij ; Ciflus Uumilis ferpillifoliis Taber- 
ntmntam , Creeping Sun-Flower with Time-like 
Leaves. 4- Helianthemum Luteum Germanicum 
Yellow Creeping, or Dwarf Sun- Flower of Ger- 
many. y. Helianthemum album Germanicum - 
White Dwarf Sun-Flower of Germany. Clufttu 
fays he (hould rather refer thefe Plants to the Fa- 
mily of the F'emale Oftus, making them of his 
third Order of Ciftus, and fo calling them Cha- 
in x eft us ; becaufe fays he, they are like unto them 
both tn Face or Form, and Property. Some take 
this Creeping Sun-Flower to be the HelianlheFlmii 
which Cordus calls Helianthemum , or Flos Solis 
and fo do Label, Tabermcmontanus, Thalius and’ 
divers others. 
7. he Defcriptions. 
III. The (lift, or our Englifh Yellow Creeping 
Sun-Flower. It has a hard and woody Root, grow- 
tng inttmeto be fmething great, but not very lone, 
ana divided into fmall bt anches at its lower end 
I f ,s n r, J e ‘ft Jtveral fmall and weak , yet hard 
and almoft woody branches , lying for the moft part 
round about the head if the Root upon the Ground 
on which are Jet by couples, many fmall and fomc- 
what long Leaves a little foft or hairy, with other 
Jmall Leaves alfo growing between them : at the 
tops of which grow three or four fmall pale yellow 
and Jomctimcs Gold coloured yellow llowers, con- 
fiftnig each of five round pointed Leaves ’ with 
fame yellow threads in the middle, having in fame 
F laces or Soils, a pretty pleaftng Smell , but left or 
more fame other places : After which follow 
Jmall round Heads, containing fmall yellow Seed 
This 
