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Show Trise 16, Theatrum Botanicum. . = eeewhich being planted grew, and bore tenderer andbrittle muchgreater thenthe ordinary fortand the (hell much ? ; and dentedabouttheedges, tenderer leaveslike unto it,bat much 5. Nx Iuglans bifera, The double bearing Wallnut: ina yeare of this Wallnut maketh the onely difference from the common forts for thereof The twife bearing 5. ett thereis no further mention made. | 6, Nux luglans frutinferotine. St Johns Wallnut,or the late ripe Wallnur. day, as itis {aid, {o that the This Wallnut fhooreth notforthany leaves untill icbe M idfommer,orSaint Johns not from tree feemeth as dead,others having had greene leaves thereon long before: the leavesand fraite differre this others, but thar the nutsripen not untill Ober, and thenare frefh whenothers are paft and dry, the fhellofordikernell {tickin g clofer thereto,that it is mor¢ hardly taken out,theytafte not fo {weet as the is harder and the nary Sort, but more Wallowith. ; 7, Nex Iuglans aloa Virginenfis. The white Wallnut of Firginia, nut is rounder, {mal‘Thetree hereof groweth more upright,and {preadethleffe, the leaves arealike, andthe ler,mach thicker and whiter inthe outer hardfhell thenany ofthe former fort, and the kernell within much == : Ttisthought that 1 tl Se the is ripe in September,except the late ripe,which as isfaidis in Ofober, The Names, al frerward it was called Ai 2G Fovis glans, and fothe Latines from them Diw glans, but vord, and fubftra@ing the firft Lettér, they called it Iuglans, other names are found in Péiny, recalled,as Berfica,Tarentina, and Mollufca for thofe with thinne fhels, and crobins, for thofe that comelate, their feverall titles declare thefe here, and - Inglans, or Nux Regia, the outer greenc fhell or rinde, iscalthe inner skinne that covereththe kernell is called Wanci. The s properly but Nux,as Gianfi bandi, Nux Bandenfis, the Italians paniards Nuexos,the Germanes Welfchnushaum, and Nu[sbaum,the Dutch if Wallnut. The Vertues, is of opinion that the fiefh nuts are cold and moift, but Fachfys faith they are drying inthe firlk de‘ming inthe fecond = the barke of the tree doth binde and dry very much, and the leaves are neere 1¢ temperature, but the nuts whentheyare older are heating and drying in the fecond degree,and of thin and are harderof digeltion then when they ate frefh, whichbyreafon of cheir {weetenefie are more pleafiny, and berter digefting in rhe ftomacke, and taken with fweete wine, they moove the belly downewards, for being old they gtieve the {tomacke, and canfé in hot bodiescholler to abound, and the headache, and are anene- my unto thofe that haveacough: but they are leffe hurcfull co thofethat have colder ftomackes, d are {aid to faltand honey, they helpe the biions kill the broad wormes in the {tomacke or belly ifthey be taken wit ting of a mad dogge,as alfo thebiting of any man,orany ot! inthe treafury of Afichridates King of Pontus, when he we zs found t me andwriting, of fcroule Aroy tethitto Apollon: a medicine againft any poyfonor infection (yet Galen ofStratho his writings) whichisthis, two dry Wallnuts,and as many or Herbegrace,bruifed and beaten together with two or three corneso preferveth from dangerof poyfon or infectionthat dayit istaken: the juyé y ethit ou t c aken every morning falting iter greene huskes boyled up with hony,is an excellent gatgle for fore mouthes, the heae and inflammations in the throate or ftomacke : the kernels when they grow old are more oyly, and therefore arenot fo fit tobe eaten, but then are ufedto heale vhe wounds of thefinewes, gangrens, andcarbuncles ; the {aid kernels being burned are then very altringent, and will ftay laskes,and the feminine courfestaken in red Wine, andftaythe falling of the haire,and make ir faire, being annointed-with oyle and wine,the like will alfa the greene huskes doe, nfed in the fame manner : the kernels beaten with Rue ani Wine,being applyedhelpeththe Quinfie,and bruifed with fome honey, and applyedto the and inflammations of them: ifthey be eaten after Onyons, they take away the ftrong {mell and fharpeneffe of them, a peece of the greene huske put unto anhollowtooth, eafeth the paines and confumeth the marrow.(the worme astheycali it) withinit: the catkins hereof taken before they fall thereof,dry edandgiven adramme weight in pouther with white wine, doth wonderfilly helpe thofe women that are trou- bled with therifing ofthe mother, fome doe ufe the greene huskes,dryed and made into poutherinftead of Pep- perto feafon their meates,but if fome dryed Sage in poutherbe put untoit,it will give ic the better rellifh s inthe fame manner doe fome ufe the young red leaves before they grow greater, and find it a feafoning not to be difpifed of poore folkes + the oyle that is prefled out of the kernells(befides that it is farre better for the painters ule, to illuftrate a whitecolour then Linfeede oyle which deadeth it, and is offingular good ufc to be laid on guilded workes, oronthofe workes of wood that are made by burning, fach 4s are thofe walking ftaves that have workesonthem or thelike, to preferve the colourof the gold, or of the other worke fora long time without decay.) is veryprofitably taken inwardly like oyle of Almonds,to helpe the chollicke and to expell winde very effeCtually, taking an ounce ortwoatatime, The young greerie nuts before they be halferipe, preferved 2 whole The Hafell nut, thef {mali nuts there is both tame and wilde,thofe that are mantired aid planted in Orchards, .aré i calledFillberds and the other growing wild, Woodnus or Hafell nuts afually, unto which I mut * iS By the name of 22 did the ancient Greekes underftand all forts of frnites, whofe outer fhell or covering was Nux Amygiala,Nux Euboica. Caftanea, Nux Heracleotica, Avellana,Nax faudica, Nux mofchata,Nux fe thefe were brought unto them byKings, they therefore called them weva Baciaus : Nux €ares,eafeth the paines Nux Aveilana, The Place and Time, (t came out of Perfia, for itis not knowne to grownaturally any where, bue orow,excepting onely the Virginia kindes : theybloflome earely, before the finite 1415 Cuar. XI withinit, put into the ground(for I have not heard that they canbe produced by anyo- F :meanes ) wi leaves come forth,:nd l f avery fi Crarig, whole in fagar, are not onely a dainty junket among other ofthelike nature, but are of good ule for thofe char have weake ftomackes and defluétions thereon. The diftilled water of the greene huske betore chey are halfe ripe is of excellent ufe both to coole the heate of agues,to be drunke an ounce or two at atime, as alfoco refilt the infe€tion ofthe Plague, if fome thereof alfo be applyed to the fores thereof, the fame likewife cooleth the heate of greene wounds and old ulcers, and toheale thembeing bathed therewith, the deftilled water likewile of the gteene huskesbeing ripe,whenthey are fhaled from thenats, is of very good ufe, to be drunke witha littie vinegar, for thofe that are infected with the plague, fo as before the taking thereof aveine be opened, thisis of oftea experience: the faid wateris very good againft the Quinfie to be gargled and bathed therewith, and wonder= fully helpeth deafeneffe, the noife and other paines in the cares, the diflilled water of the young grcene leaves in peo end of 24ay, performethafingular cure on foule running ulcers and fores,to be bathed with wetclothes or tponges applyed to them evening and morning: there refteth onthe leaves of this tree a kinde of red thicke dew in the hottefttime of Summer more then onany other tree round about it, which will be rather dry then bedewed atall,which honey dewbeing taken dothflake the thirft wonderfully : itis averted byfome,that ifthe ripe nurss fives Pade eubcs Se of fo goodefficacy for fores and fore mourhes, that thereof may gl tions, cit! ward or outward, Nux luglans nigra Virginenfis, Theblacke Wallnut of Virginia. Ferethlittle in the tree from the white, butthe net isblacke and round, very rugged thicke a fhell that it-can very hardly be broken with great ftrokes of an hard : The blacke Wa or chapped enthe e The 7beater of Plants. : leffe alfo, but whice and as fweere. hammer, Triset6, ZA ! joyne fome other forts,brought from other farre countries, Beis eb 1. Nux Avellanafativafruturotande aloo, The round white Fillberd The manured Hafell or Fillberd tree (of this kinde, as ofthe other tame forts) groweth up into a taller ce and bi gerbody then the wild Hafell, or woodnut tree doth, but never to anygreact uike or fife a with fe rs orf hel or {proutes from the rootes,and {pread into fundry branches, covered with a brownifl foecll Ad bate it gtcene undermoft bearing large wrinckled or crumpled leaves,fomewhat like anto t ¢ Alder le fen cae AE {ome deeperdents,bur not cut into divifions, of a fad greene colour above, and deapith ahdéegeh as come for th in the Winter before any leaves appeare, being then firme clofe, ofa reddith fellow ndafterwards opening themfélyes,become more yellow, falling away when the leaves begin to Appel fativa &fy and the wild H |