1258 Salmon s Herlal. Lib. I. 
The Defcriptions. 
III. The firll or fingle white Sweet Williams. 
From a fmall Fibrous Root , ffpring up many lone, 
trailing or weak Stalks , with Leaves lying on the 
Ground , broader than thofe of the Sweet Johns , 
of a frejh green color , the Leaves not being Brown 
at all j at the tops of the Stalks or Branches , are 
tufts of ftngle white Flowers , growing pretty thick 
and clofe together , <z/zi in good numbers , having ma- 
ny fmall pointed Leaves among them. 
IV. The fecond, or fingle red Sweet Williams. 
They all of them fpread into many trailing Branches , 
t :itb long broad Leaves lying upon the Ground , in 
the fame manner that the Sweet Johns following do. 
The chief differences between them are , that thefe 
Williams Sweet Red. 
have broader and darker green Leaves , fomewhat 
brownijh , efpecially towards the points j and that 
the i lowers (land thicker and cl offer, and a great 
many more in number together in the Head or Tuft , 
having fmall pointed Leaves among them , £0/ tw/ib 
prickles unhurtful. The color of the Flower is of a 
deep red , without any mixture or fpot at all. 
V. The third, or fingle fpeckled Sweet Wil- 
liams, or London Pride. The Roots are ffome long , 
and ffome fmall and thready , running under the up- 
permofi cruft off the Earth. Thefe fpotted Williams 
are very like the former red Williams, in their form 
and manner off growing , having Leaves as broad, and 
brown , ffometimes a* they : The Flowers ffand as 
thick or thicker , cluff ering together , but of very 
variable colors • for ffome Flowers will be of a fine 
delayed Red , with a few marks or fpots upon them • 
others will be full fpeckled or ffprinkled , with white 
or Silver fpots , circle wife about the middle of the 
flowers : And fame will have many /pecks or fpots 
difperfed upon them. All thefe blowers do not 
blow at one time , but fomc will be flowering , when 
others are decaying : fo that abiding long in their 
bride, they become blowers of Jome value and re- 
fpelf. The Seed is black , as is all the reft, and not 
to be diftinguifhed one kind from another. 
VI. The fourth, or fingle deep red, or Murry 
color’d Sweet Williams, or Velvet William. The 
Leaves of this feem to be a little larger, and the 
Joints a little redder than the former ; but in the 
blower conftfts the chief difference, which is of a 
deep red, or Murry Turple color , like unto Velvet 
of that color, without any fpots, but fmooth anifoft 
at Velvet in handling , having an Eye or Circle in 
the middle at the bottom of the Leaves. 
VII. The fifth, or double red Sweet Williams. 
This double kind differs nothing from the jingle 
kind, of the fame color farSeft. IV. aforegoing) but 
in the duplicity, or doublencfs of the blowers, which 
are with two rows of Leaves in every blower. 
VIII. The fixth, or fingle red Sweet Johns, or 
fingle red narrow Leav’d Sweet Williams. Its 
Root is difperfed fevcral ways, with many fmall 
fibres adjoining to it. Its Leaves are broader 
Shorter and greener, than any of the G iUiflowers 
but narrower than the Sweet Williams afore defer't- 
bed, fet by pairs at the Joints of the Stalks, which 
are Jhorter than moft of the Gilhflowers, or Pinks, 
and not above a foot and a half high. At the tops 
whereof grow many fmall flowers , like unto fmall 
Pinks, but Handing clofer together, and in Jhorter 
hofe or husks, conjifting of 5 Leaves, fmaller than 
moft of the Pinks, and more deeply jagged than the 
William ; of a red color in the middle, and white 
Johns White and Red Double. 
Belonging to Sefl. 10. 
