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Show 147° Of the Hifterie of Plants, —————... Alnus nigra, fine Frangula. The blacke Allertree, Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. it 2 Sorbus terminalis, | The Temperature, CommonSetiice tree, The innerbarke ofthe bla cke Allertree is ofa purging anddry qualitic , Nyy, bY Dy Gq The Vertues, Theinner barke hereofis yfed ofdiu ets country men, who diink the infu fion there. ris of when they would be pur ged :it purgeth thicke phlegmaticke hum ors, and alfocho. Rae If oe MES peat, PO i lericke, and not only by theftool e, but ma. ny times alfo by vomit, not wirhout reat trouble and paine to the fto macke a is We fe OH therefore a medicine more fit for clownes thanforciuill people, and rather for thof e that feed groffely,thanfor dainty people, Therebe others who afirme that thedried barke is more Sentle, and cauf ethlef paine : for the greenebark (fay they fer )whi isnot yet dried containeth in ita cett ch aine fuperfluous moifture which caufeth gri- pings and vomitings, andtroublesthefto. macke, The fame barke being boiled in wine ot EG Hiss Lay INNING? vineger makes a lotion for the tooth.ache ; and is commended againft {cabs and filthineffe of the skin. ~ yD SONU RON \\\i)) Tra pr BN Ra ‘ Aag et TheJeaues are reported tobe good fod: D derfor cattell, ef{pecially for kine, and to caufe the m to yeeld good flore ofmilke. Sis The comtnon Seruice tree is namedofPliny, Sorbus terminalis : inhigh-Dutch, Aveffel,Cleheos Cuar.108. BaGe MepertoerhngaeTclscrigen Laue, Serb tobe mele : ia French, Cor- Of the Seruicetree. a q The Defiription, HeSeruice tree growethto the height and bigneffeof a great tree,charged with many great armes or boughes which arefer with fundry fmall branches, gamifhed with many great leaues fomewhat long like thof of the A th : the fouresare white, and ftand in clufters, which turne into {mall browne berries fomewhat long, which are not goodtobe eaten vatill they haue lien a while, andvatill they be foft like the Medlar, wherecoit is like in tafteand operation. 2 ThecommonSeruice tree groweth likewife to the heightofa great tree,witha ftraight bo- dy ofabrownith colour, full of branches, fer with large difplayed leaues like the Maple or ihe White Thorne, fauing that they are broaderand longer: the flouresare white,and growin we y which beingfallen, there come in place thereof {mall roundberries, browne vponone fide,and ane dith toward the Sun, ofan vnpleafanttafte inrefpe@ ofthe former: in which are contained little blackith kernels; @ The Place, ‘Thefetrees are found in woods and groues in places ofEngland : there many nie thereof ina little wood a mile beyond Iflington moft from London: in Kent it growetbehin great end dance, efpecially about Southfleetand Grauefend. + The later ofthefe I haue feene grows wilde in diuers places, but not the formerin any place as yet. + a The Names, *in , and ‘oun : in Latine, Sorbus + in high-Dutch , €pertoerbausit >" fow-Dutch, Dozbedboom ; in French, Cormier : in Englifh,Seruice tree,and of{omeaf fines, Sorbe tree, Seruice tree is a, vor: i an > a * ; ter the The : : The Temperature and Vertues, Setuice berries are cold and binding, and much more when they be hard, ¥mes hey: mildeand fofe : in fomeplaces they are quickly foft, either hanged ina place w hig ea by oBe ther cold, or laid in hay or chaffe : thofe Seruices are aie wisn the belly issoofolakie. a * and pustleig tame Is$ ve at all, 3 ifthey yeeld any nourifhment 7 > very it flay the amie e.and | the a i ift 3 Diecuteae to ae of thefe or other-like fruits, nor to vfe them otherwife than in es: {tay all manner of fluxes ofthe belly, and likewife the blondy flixe; as alfo somiting they fanch bleeding ifthey be cut anddried in the funne before they be Bip: and ios os ve: Dale we may wie diuers waics according to the manner of the greife and grieued part, OF Cuar. 109. Of the eAfhiree. @ The Defeription. Stak . acahebod yand then of He Athalfo isamhigh and tall tree: itrifeth vp me no omrea bark: wi ow ane famiddle fize, and is couered Oeal ° : no {mall bigneff e, now and then o q The Time. They floure in March, and their fruit is ripe in Sc ptember. The firft is called in Greeke, it of the betri Ssexitag,Soponoyttd sin low-Dutch, Spogbert :in Italian, §orbe,and je: ue: in Spani(h, Sermes,and Sorbas : in Englith, Seruice ,of fome, Sorbe Apple. h crained : tender branches the wood iswhite, fmooth, hard, and fomewhat rough pynedS and fponheteofand fuch as be new growne vpare fer with cértaine i te.ispioee ienocinuch aighy Bie pith : buttheald boughes are wooddy throughout,an crate eons tight sual ties theleaue Ypon ones are long and winged, confifting of many Lee rib Ye Ih fone 3; of which euery partithe vpermoft ofall excepted, which ftandet t or ftalke, the - andofa lighter lighter gr greene,y without any) fweer: cularone is long, broad, like to a Bay ieee Ieafe, bur Oenaas Caoe fniell, |