1 1 88 Salmon s Herbal. Lib. I. 
II. TULIPiE MEDIAE, 
Middle Flowering Tulips. 
Firft from Mr. P ARKINSO N. 
CXIV. Tulip* Media, the Middle flowering 
Tulips. Thefe begin to Flower about a Month 
alter the Early Tulips yet feme longer after, and 
fome fooner : And in the variety of the colors of 
the Media , fuch Mixtures and Varieties are to be 
obferved, which can never be feen in the Pracoces $ 
as there are fome in the Pracoces , which are 
not in the Aledia. But the Varieties in the 
Media are far greater, which chiefly happens from 
the Sowing of the Seed •, for which Reafoh, it is 
very difficult for any one to come to the Knowledge 
of all their Diftin&ions j but the moft remarkable 
are thefe following. 
Tulip £ Medije albce : 
The mean Flowering White Tulips. 
CXV. i. Nivea , j undo albo vel luteo. The 
Snow white Tulip , with a white or yellow bot- 
tom. 
CXVI. 2. Argent ea, qua ft alba cineracea fun- 
do lutefeente , purpureis Staminibus. Silver colo- 
red, which is a very pale or whitilh Afh color, 
with a yellowifh bottom, and purple Chives. 
CXVII. 3. Margaritina alba , cameo dilutijf- 
ma. Pearl colored with a diluted blufh. 
CXVIII. 4. Alba, f undo caruleo vel nigro. A 
white with a blew or black bottom. 
CXIX- 5. Albida. Cream colored, or light 
Straw colored. 
CXX. 6 . Alba oris Rubris. A white with Red 
edges. 
CXXI. 7. Alba oris Purpureis. A white with 
Purple edges. 
CXXI 1 . 8. Alba oris Coccincis. A white with 
Crimfon edges. Thefe three laft forts do hold 
their Edges conftant in fome, but well fpread in 
others. 
CXXIII. 9. Albida primum , deinde abidior , 
oris Purpureis , Elf venis intro refpicientibus : no- 
bis diTta Hackquenay. A pale or whitilh yellow, 
which after a few Days grows more white, with 
Furplifh red edges, and fome Streaks running in- 
wards from the edges, which we call an Hackney- 
Tulip. 
CXXIV. ro. Alba, colore Sanguinco variata , 
fun do albijfmo vel alio. White, mixed with a 
Blood-red color very variably •, the bottom either of 
a pure white, or fome other color. 
CXXV. IJL. Alba , radiatim difpofita Flammis, 
Elf Maculis Coccineis. A White ftreamed with 
Crimfon Flames and Spots, throughout the whole 
Flower. 
CXX VI. 12. Alba, Purpurea rubedine pluma- 
ta , diver/ arum fpecierum , qua cum fuperiore, 
vel albo, vel luteo , vel parvo caruleo conflant 
/undo, &c. A White plumed or fpeckled with a 
reddilh Purple, more or lefs, of divers forts, with 
white, yellow, or blew bottoms j ^11 which do hold 
their Marks conftant, and do not fpread their co- 
lors, but Ihew fairer after they have ftood Blown 
three or four Days. 
CXX VII. 13. Panni Argent ei color is, qua 
alba plum at a, punUata, friata, vel diver fimode 
variata, rubedine dilutiore , vel faturatiore purpu- 
rea, interius vel exterius, vel utrinque diverfa- 
rum fpecierum. Cloth of Silver color of divers 
forts, that is a white feathered, fpotted, ftriped, 
or otherwife marked with red or purple, in fome 
paler, in fome deeper, either on the infide, or on 
the outfide, or on both. 
CXXV III. 14. Tunica Morionis alba varia , 
qua ex albo Elf purpureo Jlriata diver fimode, fundo 
albo vel alio. A white Fools Coat of divers forts, 
that is of Purple, or pale Crimfon and White, as 
it were empaled together, either with a white 
bottom, or fome other color, of which there is 
great variety. 
CXXIX. iy. Holias alba vel albida, abfque 
fundo , vel fundo Purpureo caruleo , vel caruleo 
albo circundato, diverje fignata , vel variata intus 
ad medietatem foliorum, furfum in or bem at pluri- 
mum, vel ad oras pertingens amplas Elf alba 9. 
A white Holias, that is a fair white or paler 
white, either without a bottom, or with a blew- 
ifti purple bottom, or blew and white circling the 
bottom, and from the middle upwards fpeckled, 
and ftraked on the infide for the moft part with 
Blood-red. or purplifh Spots and Lines, unto the 
very edg«, which abide large and white. Of 
this Kind there- are found very great Varieties, not 
eafily to Le tffprelfed. 
Tulip# MediaVurpure a j Mean 
Flowering Purple Tulips. 
CXXX. 1 6 . Purpurea Satura. A fair deep 
Purple Tulip, 
CXXXI. 17. Purpurea dilution, diverfarum 
fpecierum, quorum Rofea una, Carnea fit altera. 
A paler Purple of many forts, of which a Rofe 
color is one, a Blufli color another. 
CXXXI I. 18. Perfici colons, duarum aut tri- 
um fpecierum. A Peach colored, which is of two 
or three forts. 
CXXXIII. 19. Chermefina, obfeura aut palli- 
da. A Crimfon colored, which is either deep, 
dull and obfeure, or pale colored. 
CXXXIV. 20. Stamela, inten/or aut remiff- 
or. A Stamel colored, which is either more dark 
or deep, or elfe more cheerful and light. 
CXXXV. 21. Xerampclina. A Murrey, which 
is a dark brown or Dun red color. 
CXXXVI. 22. Purpurea Striata. Purple co- 
lored, Striped and Spotted. 
CXXX VII. 23. Perfici Saturi, vel diluti co- 
lons , undulata, vel radiata. Peach colored, deep- 
er or paler, waved, and radiated or ftriped. 
CXXXV III. 24. Columbina, oris Elf radijs al- 
bis. Dove colored, edged and radiated, or ftraked 
with white. 
CXXXIX. 25. Purpurea rubra, oris albis, 
fimilis Pracoci, Princeps ditfa. A fair red Purple 
colored with white edges, like to the Early Tulip, 
called the Prince. 
CXL. 2 6 . Cbermefina , vel Hehola , Lineis 
albis in Medio , Elf verfus oras, fundo caruleo , 
vel albo, itemque albo or be. A fair Crimfon, or 
Claret-Wine color with white Lines, both in the 
middle and towards the edges •, moft: have a blew 
bottom, yet fome are white, or circled with 
white. 
CXLI. 27. Purpurea remiff or aut intenfior, 
oris albisy parvis aut magnis, ut in Principe Pra- 
coci j fundo vel caruleo , orbe alba, vel orbe alba 
caruleo aitiplo. Purpled light or deep, with whire 
edges, 
