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Show Lhe Garden of pleafant Flowers. © TheGarden ofpleafantlowers. (asldocjtothekindes ofChamelas or Thymelea. For want of an Englith named hauetasyourfec,andthatts according tothe nante the Germane wo- mien,as Clufius faith,doe call ir) entituleditthe Small Rocke Rofe; which ‘may abide vntill a fitter may be conferred vponit. A The Vertues, BM thefe plants exceptthe laft, aswell leauesas berries, Jareviolent Pit ects, and theréfore greaticatition is to bee hadin the vf¢ ofthem. Thelaf ij hath not beene applyed forany difeafe that know. oa <> \ yellowifh greene vaderneath: at the tops of the young branches come forth the fowers, Which in the one fort before they are open,are of an excellent bright crimfon co- Jour, and being blowen, confift of foure long and narrow leaues, round pointed, fomewhat twining themf{elues,of apaler red:colour, almoftrending td blufh, and in the other.are white, thegteene leaves alfo beirg’ofa little frefhercolour:.:' afer the flowersare paft, in the hot countries,but neuer in ours, there come vplong bending or crooked flat pods, whofe outward fhellis hard; almoft woody, and of-a'browne colour, whereinis contained {mall flit brownifh feede, wrapped in a greatdeale of a brownith yellow doune,as fincalmott asfilke, fomewhat like vntothe ‘huskes of 4/clepias, ox Periploca, but larger) flatter and harder ; as myfelfe can teftifie, who had fome of the pods of this Rofe bay, brought mec out ‘ofSpaine, by Mafter Doctor Iohn More, the feedes whereof I fowed, and:thaddiucts plants that Lraifed vp vnto areafonable height, but they requite,as well old as young,.to bee defended from the =. colde of our winters. yc ARC III, 3 > es , D Ag Leures.The BayTree: 3. Lawrocers/as. TheBay Cherry: gS 3 y ¥meshingis fortomakeany defcriptionof our ordinaty Bayesin this place > Mae asall may vefy wellknow,they may be for an Orchard or Courtyard,and not forthis Garden) but of rwo orthree other kindes,whofe beautifull afpea have caufed them to be worthy of a place therein : the one is called Laurus Tinm,The wilde Baye : the other Laurus Rofeaor Oleander, The Rofe Bay : and athird is Learocerafus, The Cherry Bay ; which may haue not ofcly fome refpeé forhis long bufhoffwectfmelling flowers, but {pecially for the comely ftarelineffe ofhis gallanteuerfreth greene leaues’; and theyrather, becaufe with vs in moft places, it doth butfrute/cere, vfeto bee Shrub high} ‘netarbore/ere, Tree high, which is the moreht CSS ¢ for this Garden. 1. Lawras Tinus fiaefilueftris. Thewilde Bay tree. This wilde Baye growethfeldometo bee atree of any height, but abideth forthe moft part low, fhooting forth divers flendér branches, whereon at euery ioyst ftand two leaues, long, {mooth, and-of a darke greénecolour, fomewhat like vatothe leaues of the Female Cornell tree, orbetween that and Baye leanes : at the toppesof the branches ftand many {mall white fweete fmelling fowers, thrufting together, asi were in an vmbell ortuft, confifting of fue leaties apeece, the edges whereof hauea thew of a wafh purpic,orlight blufh.in them, which forthe moft part fall away without bearing any perfeé ripe fruit in our Countrey : Yet fometimesit hath {mall black berrics,as if they were good, but are not. In his naturall place it beareth {mall,round, hard and pointedberries, ofa fhining blacke'colour, for fuch have comeoftea to my hands (yet Clufius writeth they are blew); but I could neuerfee any fpring that! put into the ground, This that] here defcribe, feemeth to meto be neither of both thole that Clufius faw growing in Spain and Potugall,butithat other,that(as he faith)fprang : in the low Countreyes ofItalian feede. 2. Laurus Rofeafine Oleander. ‘The Rofe Bay. _ Of the Rofe Baythere are twoforts, one bearing crimfon coloured flowers, which Ismore frequent, and the other white, which is more rare. Theyarefo like in all othet things, that they neede but one defcription for both.) The ftemme ortrunke ismaty times withvs as bigge atthe bottome as a good mans thumbe,bur growing vp finallet, itdiuideth it felfe into branches, three for the moft part comming from oneioyst®! place, and thofe branches againe doelikewife dinide themf{elues into three other," fo by degrees ftom threerothree, as longas itgroweth : rhe lowett of thefe are batt of leanes, hauing thed or loft them by the cold of winters keeping oncly Jeaues 0 the vppermoftbranches, which are long, and fomewhat narrow, like in forme ¥?® Peach lcaucs, but thicker, harder, and of adarke greene colour onthe vpperlids ase sa : { 401 yellow” This beautifull Bay in his naturall place of growing, growethto beeatree of a rea- fonable bigneffe and height, and oftentimes with vs alfo if it bee pruined from the lower branches ; but morevfually in thefe colder Countries, it groweth asa fhrub or hedge buth, (hooting forth many branches; whereofthe gtearer and lower are couered with a darke grayifh greene barkey bat the young onesare-vety greene, whereon are fet many goodly,faire;large, thicke and long leaues,: a little dented aboutthe edges, of amore excellent. freth fhining greene colour, :and farre larger then any Bayleafe, and com pared by many tothe leaues of the Pomerstron tree (which becanfe wee have nore in our Countrey,cannot be fo well known)both for colour and Jargenefle,which yeeld amoft gracefulafpe@: itbeareth long ftalkes of whitith flowers,at the ioynts of theleaues bothalong the branches and towards the ends of themalfo,. likevnto theBirds Cherry or Padus Theophraiti, which the Freach men call Putier & Cerifier blanc, butlarger andgreater, confifting of fiue léaues with many threds in the middle: after which commeththefruite or berries,aslarge or great as Flanders Cherries, ma= hy growing together one by another ona longftalke, as the flowers did, whichare very blackeand fhining onthe eutfide, witha little point atthe end, and reafonable ftones fweete in tafte,wherein is contained a hard round ftone,very like vntoa Cherry wI hae obferued as well by thofeI receiued out ofItalie, as by them I had of Mafter lames Cole a Merchant of Londonlately deceaféd, which grew at his houfein High gate, where there.isia fairetree which hee defended fromthebitternefle of the weather in winter by cafting’a blanket ouer the toppe thereof eucry yeare; thereby2the better to preferueits The Place. communiThe firft is not cettainly knowne from whence it came,inandis Spaine, Italie, cated bythe fuckers it yeeldeth...: The fecond groweth is recordedby BelGrece,and manyetherplaces: that with white flowers er him Clufius andaft lus, Matthio lonius, togrow in Candy, .Thelaft, as by the friendereof planth [hada : le ntinop Confta from rft report, camefi agreat lombred, rereme ntbefo Mercha the ly giftof Mafter lames Cole, at his countrey houfe in ver of all rarities, who: had it growing with him ripe fruit and borne Highgate aforclaid,where it hath flowred diners times, sia alfo. The Time. Chriftmas, The firk Aowreth many timesin the end of theyeare before April, and March isin time kindly moft bucthe y, Januar often alfoin and Iuly. The when the flowers are fweeteft. Fhefecond flowreth not vatill laft in May, and the fruitis ripein “tees aad September. Bae |