n8o Salmon V Herbal. Lib. I. 
Thefe Plants when in Beds, have fometimes occa- I 
Con for Watering, efpecially when the Seafon hap- | 
pens to be ferene and dry, and therefore you mult 
be fure to do it, as oft as need requires it. 
IX. Obf. a. If you Sow the Seed in hot Beds, 
you mult wait till February , which is the time you 
ought to make them, obferving in Sowing the 
method before prefcribed -. When March is come, 
and you think the Plants have flrength enough to 
bear Tranfplanting, then take them out of the pla- 
ces where they are, and place them in thofe where 
they may bear Flowers. The Plants which are 
Sown in September , are not to be fooner Tranl'- 
planted than thofe Sown upon hot Beds ; and fo 
you referve places for other Flowers, much more 
valuable. 
X. Obf. 4. When you Tranfplant them, put 
them among Flowers of the large kind, and fill 
whole Beds with them, or at leaft adorn the mid- 
dle of the Borders, by which means they will be 
fet off, fo that being planted regularly, and inter- 
mixc with other Flowers in the fame Row, few 
things can be more pleafant to the Sight. As to 
any particular fort of Earth in which they (hould 
be Planted, nothing need be faid ; for being put 
into Beds of good Mould, they will certainly 
thrive. 
XI. Obf. 5. As foon as you have Planted them, 
you mult Water them, for that makes the Earth 
lye clofer to their Roots, whereby they will the 
more aptly receive their Pabulum, fo as to grow 
very lair : And as thefe Flowers are Enemies to 
Weeds, or Weeds Enemies to them, which are apt 
to choak them up, you mult therefore take care to 
free them therefrom, and to Water them as yon 
fee occafion. 
XII. Obf. 6. When after Sowing they firft begin 
to peep out of the Ground, Frolts many times 
happen, which would certainly much hurt them ; 
therefore defend them, by covering them with large 
dry Dung or Straw, and fo lec it lye over them 
all the Winter, if Sown in open Grounds : But if 
in hot Beds, then cover them with Straw-Bells, 
and they will then do well : But if there happen 
only white Frofts, you need not to cover them but 
only a Nights, and uncover them the next Morn- 
ing. 
XIII. T he Qualities, Specification , Preparations 
and Virtues, are the fame with our Common Mufi- 
ard, in Chap. yn. faring that this Plant is not fo 
vehemently acute, hot and (harp ■, and therefore 
may be ufed with the more pleafure. 
CHAP. DCCXIL 
Of the TUBEROSE. 
I. 'T"' H E Names. Tho’ it has no known Greek 
A Name, being an Indian Plant, yet being 
thought to be of the kindred of the Jacinths, it 
may properly enough be called : in 
Greek; andinLatine, Hyacmlhus Indicus, but our 
Modern Authors call it (imply, T uberofa quafi 
Rahx I uberofa, and Flos Indicia radice Tuberofa: 
in Englilh, T he Tuberofe, fo called becaufe its Root 
is Tuberous. 
II. The Kinds. It is the Opinion of almoft all 
Authors, that it is a Species of the Jacinths , but 
whether it is the American Jacinth, of which we 
have difcourfed before in dap. 391. is very much 
to be doubted ; becaufe of the difcrepancy which 
feems to be in the Flower, as alio in fome other 
particulars : Befides Authors defcribe two Species 
of that Plant, whereas this feems to be a lingular 
of its own kind. 
The Defcription. 
III. Its Root is thick and Tuberous , which gave 
occafion to its Name , with fome Fibres or Strings 
if uing from it : From this Root Jhoot forth fcvcral 
Leaves , about half a Foot long , fir ait , f moot If and 
pointed at the end ; in the middle of which rifes up 
a Stem , three or four Feet high, and about the 
thicknefs of ones little Finger. On the top of this 
Stem or Stalky the Flowers come forth like Lillys, 
Jingle Leav'd , and fhaped like a Pipe or Belt , 
pointed , or notch'd in fix places , and looking almoft 
like a Bell. At the bottom of the Flower rifes a 
Chive , which in time becomes aroundifh Fruity full 
of Seed of the fame color. 
IV. The Places. It is faid to be Originally an 
Indian Plant, but now almoft all Europe is ftored 
with it. It is brought to us in the Roots, gene- 
rally out of Italy, where they thrive and prolper 
exceedingly ^ which when we have them, we only 
Plant them in Pots, and fo place them in our Gar- 
dens, that they may be houfed in Winter, or when 
the Seafon grows cold. 
V. The Times. If the Seafon is warm and tem- 
perate, the Roots may be Planted in February or 
March , and then they will pofiibly Flower in 
June, July , or Auguft h but if you Plant them in 
May , they will then Flower in Autumn , viz. in 
Auguft or September. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
VI. Obf. i. The Tuberofe delights wonderful- 
ly in heat, for which reafon, it never bears fo large 
blowers in our cold Countries, as it does in its 
Native hotter Climates ^ wherefore we ought to 
repofe it in fuch places where the heat or Sun is 
more fenfibly felt. 
VII. Obf 2. Chufe fuch Roots as are hard and 
firm, which you may know by feeling them with 
your Thumb and Fore-finger, refufing fuch as are 
foft, and incline to be rotten, which is difeerned 
by running your Nail into the fide of the Root * 
if the Subltance is not white, reject it, and chufe 
others. 
VIII. Obf 3. Then chufe middle fiz’d Pots, 
which fill (within 2 Inches of the tops) with Earth 
made of two thirds of Mould, and one third of 
Kitchen Garden Earth well mixt together 5 in 
which fet the Tuberofe Roots an Inch deep, lea- 
ving the other part, which cover with pure Mould, 
to receive the heat of the Sun, which will by this 
means the more eafily penetrate to the Roots. 
IX. Obf. 4. If you would have early Flowers, 
plant them in the latter end of February , or be- 
ginning of March , and place their Pots in hot Beds 
up to their Rim, and cover them with Glalfes^ 
letting them enjoy (if the Weather is mild) the 
Beams of the Sun thro’ the dalles- but if Frofty 
or Cold, then cover the Glalfes with Mats : And 
if it Freezes hard, cover the Mats alfc with Straw ^ 
for the leall Cold imaginable hinders their Growth, 
and may make them to fail, how well fo'ever they 
are difpofed to bear Flowers. 
X. Obf. 5. Thus managed, their Shoots will 
(how what they will be, fince Heat almoft alone, 
it 
