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Show ‘The Gardenof pleasant Flowers, - The Garden of pleajant Flowers. ea “Yorthe:coldwindes will cas ‘ynderftand) greatly-moleft it : and thereforemultas charily be kept as Orenge trees withvs, if wee will hauc it to abide. Cuaip; CVIIL. Sambucies Rofeas The Elder or Gelder Rofe. The Place. | The firft sroweth in Arabia (as Mattlhtiolus thinketh , that had it-from Conftantinople.). We haueit plentifully in our Gardens. The fecondand third are ftrangers with ysasyet. The fourthis as frequentas the firft,or 13. ther more, buthis originallis not knowne. Thelaft hath his originallfrom Arabia, as his name importeth. Lthoughithere bediuers kindes ofElders, yetthere is butonekinde of-Biges Rofe, whei¢of I meaneto intreate inthis Chapter; being ef neare a fome things vnto the former Pipetrees., and which forthe beaatyofit ueth to be remembied among'the delights‘ofa Garden, Sambucus Rofea. The Gelder Rofe. The Time. The firft;fecond,and third flower in Aprill,the other two not vntillMay, The Names, The Gelder Rofe (as itis called) groweth to 2'reafonable height, ftanding liked tree, with a trunkeas biggeas any mans arme, coueted with atdarke grayifh batke; fomewhatruggedand very knotty ’: the younger branches'are fmooth’and white, witha pithy fubftance in the middle,as the Elders haue,to thew thatit isa kind theres The firftis called ofMatthiolus Lilec, and by thatname is moft viually called in allparts. Itisalforcalled Syringa cerulen, becaufe it commethneareft vato thofe woods, which fortheir pithy fubftance, were made hollow of,whereon are fet broad leaues,diuidéd intothree parts of divifions ; fomewhat like voto a Vine leafe, but fmaller,and more rugged or crumpled, iageed or cit alfo'about theedges : at the toppes ofeuery one ofthe young branches, moft viually commeth leaues alwaies greene , bearing blew er violet coloured flowers onalong there can be no diftinction ofany fcuerall flower {eene, nor dothit feemelike the double flower of any otherplant, that hath many rowesof leaves fet together,but is acluferof white leaued flowers fet together vpon theftalke that vpholdeth them, of a into pipes. /Itis called ofall in Englifh , The blew Pipetree,It feemeth likely;that Petrus Bellonius in his thitd Booke and fiftieth Chapter ofhis obferuations (making mention ofa fhrubbe that the Turkes haue,with luie ftalke , ofthe bigneffe and fathion of'a Foxetaile , and thereupon calledin theirlanguage a Foxe taileydoth vaderftandthis plant here expreffed. The certainty whereof mighteafily beknowne, if any of our Merchants there forth a great tuft, or ball as it were, ofmany white fowers,fer fo clofe together ; that fall fent, which fall away without bearing‘any fruit in our Country,that euer I'could obferue orlearne’: The roote {preadeth neither farre nor deepe, but’ fhooteth man fnallrootes and’ fibres, wherebyit is faftened inthe ground , and draweth nourifth: refiding, wouldbut Call forfuch afhrubbe y by thename of a Foxeralleia ment to it, and fometimes yeeldethfuckers from ir. the Turkifh tongue, and take careto fend a young roote,in a finall tubbeor basket withearth by-‘Seay vntovs here at London, which would beperfor med with avery little painesiand cot, The fecond.and third ; as’kindes The Place, thereof, hauerheir names in theirtitles.< ‘The fourth is called by Clufius and others, Rrutex Corowarine; {ome doccallit Lilac fore albe, butthat name is not proper, in that it doth confound both kindes together. Lobel-calleth it Springa Italica, It\fhould feeme » thatthe naturall place of this Elder.is' wet and moift grounds, becauleitis folike vntothe Marth Elder, whichis the firigle kind hercof. Icis onely nourfed vp in-Gardensin all our Country. Ttisnow generally called ofall Syringa alba, chat is if Englith, The white Pipe tree. Some would haueit to bee O/trys-of Theo The Time. phraftus, but Clufius hath fufficiently cleared that deubt.._ Ofothers Lige Hum Oritntale, which itcannotbeneither {forthe Cypras ofPlinic is Dia- {corides bis Liga/trum, which may be called Oviewtale,in that it is molt pte pertothe Eafterne Countries/and is very fweete, whofe {eedeis likevato Corianderfeede. TheAaftis-called by ditiers Syringe Arabica flore lo ae plici, as moft fitly agreeing thereunto.-Of Bafilius Beflerus thatfer forththe y Breat booke of ‘the Bifhop of Eyftorin'Gérmany his Garden , Syringe i hice flore albo pleno,becaufe,asitislikely , heehad it from Italy. Ieis vety likely, that Profper Alpitus in his booke ofEgyptian plants, doth meat this plant, which hee there calleth Sembach; fiue lafminam Arabicum. Mat thaus Caccinj of Florencein his letter £6 Clufius entitulechit Syringe 4¢ “<>bitd, fide lafaninam Arabicum, fuse Tafminnie2x Gime, W hereby hee declaret om, 7 i that it may not vnfitly be referredtocitharofthemborh.We may call ici pwn, eA Englifh as itisinthetitle, The double white Pipe tree. ws The Vereuggy Itflowreth in May , auch about the time of the double Peony flower, both whichbeing fer together, make pleafant variety, to decke vp the windowes ofa houfe. The Names. Itis generally called Sambucus Refea':IvEnglith, The Elder Rofe, and more commonly afterthe Dutch name, the GelderRofe. Dalechampius feemeth to make it Thrawpalus ofTheophraftus, or rather the fingle Marfly Elder; for I thinke this double kinde was not knowne in Fheophraftus hig time. The Vertues. Ttis notapplyedto any Phyficall vic that 1 know. s Ss We haue ndvie of thefe in Phyfickesinelgoral@hough Profper Alpt has faith, thedouble white Pipetreeismich vied in Egypt,to help wont? namesaectheistramailcsof childbieth. —— ENGI aie Ciast woes Mm 2 |