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Show ~ Fhe Garden ofpleafant Flowers. uw Z ee ° eee that it will bethoughr ofmoft, without good heede,and comparingthe one with theo. ther,to-bethewvery fame with the former:burif it bee well viewed, it will thew,by the foundneffeartheends of the leauesvery like vnto thefmall Boxe leaues,to be another differing kinde, although in nothingelfe. Wee nourfe them with greatcare, forthe beautifull afpect, {weete fent and raritie,as delights and ornaments for a garden of plea. fare,whercin. nothing fhould be wantingthatart,care and coft might produce and pre: feruc : as alforo {etamong other euergreene plantsto fort withthem, The Place. Thefe, and manyotherforts of Mirtles grow in Spaine, Portugal], Tealie, and other hot Countries in great aboundance, where they make their hedges of them : wee (as I faid), keepe them in this Countrey, with very great care and diligence. The Time. The Mirtles doe fower very latewithvs, not vatill Auguft at the fooneft, whichis the caufe oftheir notfructifying, The Names. Theyare called in Latine Myrtas, and in Englith Mistletree, withoutaty other diuerfitic,of names, forthe generalltitle. Yet the feuerall kindes hae hadfeucrall denominations,in Pliniestime, and others,as Romana,coningals, Terentina, Egyptia, alba; nigra, cc, which hauenotedthedifferences, euch then, well: obferued. ; The Vertues. TheMittleis of. an aftringehtqualitie,and wholly vfed forfiach purpofes, = CuazrCXIIIL Malis Papicafine Granate. The Pomegranet tree. Ls ate two kindes of ‘Pomegranet trees, The one tame or manured, bearing fruit, whichis diftinguithed of foe intotwoforts, of others into three,that is;into fowersand fweet;:and into fower {weete. The other wilde, which bea; tethno frnite;becaufe it beareth double flowers,like as the Cherry, Apple, and Peach tree with double bloffomes, before defcribed}: andis alfo diftinguifhed into twoforts, theone bearing larger, the otherleffer owers, Of the manured kinde wee hauconely onefort (fo farreas we know)for it neuer bearethri pe fruitin this our Countrey)which for the beautifull afpeaboth.of the greene verdure of the leaues, and faire proportion and colour ofthe flowers, as alfo for the raritie, are nourfed in fome few of theirgat- dens that delight in fuch rarities ¢. for in regard of the tendernefle,there is neede of die ligent care, that is, to plant itagainft a brick wall, and defend it conueniently fromthe uspeoelle ofour winters, togiuehis Mafter fome pleafurein feeingit beare flowers Andofthe double kindewe haueas yet obtained but one fort,although I fhall gineyo" the knowledge and defcription of another: 2 1. Malus Punicafatina. Thetame Pomegranet tree. _ This Pomegranettree groweth notvery highin his natural places,and wirh vs foat times it (hooteth forth fromthe roote many brownith twiggesor branches, orif itbee pruncd framthem, and faffered to grow vp, it rifeth to bee feuen or cight footehis' {preading |