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Show 1406 Cwar.13. Theatrum Botanicum. {cribeth it but makethit like to Fraxinus which isan errotiin him,when he fhotild rather have fer Fagus, for it fio wayrefeinbleth the Afh, but very much the Beeche, “Tre 16; Ferawib, ofeys five Eegachnapienl. The Hornebeametree. The Theater ofPlants. 1, Tiliamas, The male Line tree, Cra rit3, 2. Tilia farmna major, The great female Line cree, Tragus taketh ittobe Ornus,and faith he cannot agree to Reelliw, who faid thar Ornus wasa pecies of Fraxinus, Mearthiolus calleth it Carpinus when as Pliny {heweth that Carpinus isa kinde of Acer, yet Dodoneut Lobel, and others, call it foafterhim. Dodoxews alfoin making this to be Carpinss he calleth it Curie quafi conjugalis of Pliny, and Gerard doththe like verbatim, his Cortigider letting himfo paffe as if it were no fault or errourin him, when as the true Carpinus or Zygia isnot knowne ‘what tree Pliny meantbyit, for the other Maples that are knowne, are in leavesone like another, yet Dedoweus inhis Durch Booke makethit his third kindeof Elme, and doubteth ifit be not the Plmus (ylveffris of Pliny, Lugdnnenfis givethuathe figure of ic for Vlasus Attinia. but Cordas or Dalechampiz,as {aid before, as I takeir, Irlt tooke itro be Offrya anid fo Gefner after him, and Belloniss,Thalivs, Clufiys and Camerariut, doe all hold it to bee che right, and fo callit, yet Ge/ner in bartas calleth it Fags fepiaria, Lobel Betulus, and Clufius Fagulus berbariornm. The Jtalians call it Capino according to AMdatthiolws, and the French in eking it to be Carpinus call it Charme and Char= pene, but Clufius faich that his Country mien ofArras cal- ledit Heftre, the Germares Hanbuchta, and Hagenbuchen ot Hainbuchen,and we in Englifo Hornbeame,and Hardbeametree, The Vertaes. We have not learned that any Author hath knowne this tree ro be applyed toany Phyficall ufe, but asa wood for many néceflary imployments, both for Milles and other {mallerworkes in good account for the hardneffe, ftrength,and durability. Cuap. XIII Tilia} The Line or Lindentree. Say ie Line tree is accounted to be of twoforts,the male and thé female : that which wecallthe female By) is in great requeft both for the large growth and goodly verdure and greenefhade thar it maketh, as #5\; alfo for the fweete fentit yeeldeth,e{pecially in the blooming time, when as itis much pleafure toreft Aekes under it,belides the Phyficall vertues, but the male asitis more ftrange and leffe feene, fo likewife of leffe refpect and ufe,befides that many doe fufpeét irnotto be a fpecées thereof,but rather a kinde of Elme,it is fo differing in forme and {ubftance. 1. Tilia mas. The male Line tree. The male Line tree,growethto be a greattree,and fpreadeth the boughes largely,yet not 0 muchas the Female, covered with a thicker barke, nothing foflexible andfit to binde things withall, becau(eit is harder and morecafietobreake; the leaves are fomewhat like unto Elme leaves. but,fomewhat {maller and longer;hard in handling and on every one for the moft part grow {mall bladders or blifters, full of {mall wormes or Ayes, whichbeing ripe doe flye away,(but Dodoneus cenyethittohave any bladders on the Jeaves,and that they are deceived which fo piftureir, buthe might be deccivedcherein, for although tran{planted it bore none, yet naturally it might) this very feldome beareth either floweror fruice, and therefore it is held to be barren, not bearing any thing : yet when it doth beare, ic carryeth round and flat buskes, many growing clofetogether, each whereof hangeth on a {mali long footeftalke byit felfe,with a notchor cleft at the head or end = the woodortimberhereofis har- der, more knotty alfo and yellower.then the female,and comming neereruntotheElme, wherenpon manyhave judgedit to be rathera kind of Elme, .Bawhinws maketh anotherforthereof with larger leaves whichhe taketh tobe that which Thaliwsfecceth downcin his Harcynia (ylva,tohave found there wilde, and calleth Tilia filveStra five montana, but farely I thinkeic differeth not from Tragus his Tilia filveftris, which borh he and Baubinus Feckon afpectes of the femalekinde, and therefore cannot fitly be referred tothe male, becaufehe never faw it Deare fruite.. ‘ 2. Tiliafemina major, The greater femaleline tree. This greater Line tree groweth greater then the former (efpecially if ir light in good ground, forI fawat Cob4,Lb, jam in Kent, atrec whofe branches; wereled intotwo.feverall arbours one aboveanother, befides that on the ground under the branches, which wasa goodly fpectacle, and'a large (hadow that it yeelded ) covered with a darke coloured barke, the next thereunto being very obfequious, and pliant tobendand binde, having fomeo- ther thin rindes withinit,, whereofare oftentimes made baskets, and as Bellomins faith, the Greekes doe bottles, which being pitched or lined with melredroflin, ferve to catry Wine: or waterin from placeto place, a8 alfoto make cords,ropes or the like: the leaves are faire and broad,greener, fmoother, gentler and rounder then Elme leaves, but with a longer end,dented alfo about the edges and ofateafonable good fent: at the ends ofthe bran- ches oftentimes,and fromthe foote of the leaves alfo comeforth long and narrow whitith leaves,alongft the mid- dle, ribbe whereof {pringéth. ontaflender long flalké;. with divers. white flowers thereon, -{melling very {weete after which follow {mall berries wherein is contained blacke round feede : Gerrard faith it beareth cornered fhatpe pointed ntits ofthe bigneffe of Hatell nuts, (but fuch I never faw) and faith that the male kinde doth beare round pellets cluftring togetherlike Ivy berries, wherein isblacke feede, wherein hee transferreth that to the niale Kinde, whichis proper to the female ; the woodis whitifh {mooth and liht, the coales. whereof is fitte(t to make Gunpouther withall.. Acthe rootes and under theold trees of this Linden, Tragus faith he fome- ee times obferved to gtow acertaine Excreffence like unto the Oke grape, whereofhe knewno ule. Bie 3. Tiliafeminamixor. The {maller female Linetree. te This leffer Line tree agreeth with thelaftin all things, faving thatit growerh{maller both in body,leaves and flowers,tHe leaves being of a darker greene colour, and beareth no fruiteafter the flowers,becanfe they appeare later ther the former, The Place and Time, Theyall grow on the hills and high grounds, yet for the molt part in the moifterplaces, and are often found alfo in vallies : with us the greater female Kinde is planted in many places of our Land,chiefly for che large {weete {hadow it makethjand fowreth ufually in 44¢7,the other are very great ftrangers in this Land, {carce tobe feene any where, The Names, Tris called in Greeke inves Philyra, but not o:rvezaas Pliny, that confoundeth Dio/corides his Philyrea, with Theophaftrus his Philyra,fo called becauteit is brought into tenwes affulas five philyras {mall chin fheetes or leaves, fuch as inthe elder times they ufed to writeon: inLatine Zilia, the one is called mas, and the otherfemina by all Writers,but that Bawhinys addeth unto the title of the maz;U/mifotio, and-further faith, that the figures there- ofextant,are rather of the Elme then of it. Tragv onely and Gefner iti hortis have made mention of the laft, as of a differing fore fromthe ordinary female kinde. The Ltaéians callit Tilia, the Spaniards Teies, the French Tiller, Teillenand Teil, the Germans Linden, and Lindenbaum, torthe {moothneffe and foftneffe thereof, the Datch Linde, and Lindeboem,and we thereafter the Line or Lindentree, and in fome places, broad leafed Elme. Pliny in his 1¢.Booke and 1,6,Chapter,fheweth thac among the Zi4urts, the Line trees were feene to beare fundryforts of fruits for on one arme grew Nuts,on another Grapes, on another Peares ot Figs,or Pomegarnetsy and divers forts of App'es,but theyall were notoflong continuance. The Vertues, The malekinde is quite .wirhout ufe for any thing-rhat1 know, nothing beingrextant thercof in any Auchours writings, The female isof much-nfe, for the decoétion of theleaves is a good Lotion to wath fore monthes, or that have canckers.inthem:. the leaves alfo being bruifed after the boyling; and applyed. to their legges or feete that havetamours inthem. by falling: of buayours; dothmuchhelpe them, theine ner barke likewife performech the like effec the flowers of the Line tree, and of Lilly Convally, being deftilled together, the water of them is much commended againtt thefalling fickenefle: the deftilled water of dle the ) * ; |