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Show The Garden of pleafant Flowers. The Garden ofpleafant Eioners, : 26S A ee eee {preading into many {mall and flender branches, here and there fer with thornes, and with manyvery faire greene fhining leaues, like in formeand bigneffe vntothe leaues ofthe larger Myrtle before defcribed, euery one hating a {mall reddithfoote:ftalke. vponthefe branches among the leaues come forth here and there, jlong , hard, and hollow reddifh cups,diuided atthe brimmes, wherein deeftand large fingle flowers, euery one confifting of one|wholeleafe fmaller at the bottome then at the brimme, like bels, diuided as it were at the edgesinto fiue os fix parts, ofan orient red er crim. fon colour inthe hotter Countries ; but inthis it is much more delayed, and tendeth neare vntoa bluth, with divers threads in the middle. The fruitis great and round,hy. 4h Balaastiumto be the flower of both tame and wilde kindeproperly, as Itake it, Cytixws is the cup, whercin-the floweras well of the tameas wilde kinde doth ftand ; for vnto the fimilitude of them, both the fowers of 4 a= rom, andthe {eede yeflels ofHyofciamusare compared and refembled » and ‘not vato the whole flower : the barke or:rinde ofthe fruit is called ofdiuers Sidion,and inthe Apothecarics thops P/dium, and cortex Granatorum. The wildekindeis called A¢alus Punice filuestyts In Enelith, The wilde Pomegranct tree; the flower thercofis properly called Balas/léum.Thelefier kind isv{ually called Baldu/linmm Romanum , asthe grcateris called Creticum and Cyprénum, becaulethey growe in Candy and Cyprus, uing asit were 2 crowne on the head ofit, with athicke tough hard skinne or tinde, of a brownifh red colour onthe outfide, and yellow within, ftuffed or packetfull of{mall gtaines, euery one encompaft withathin skin, wherein is containeda cleare red inyce The Vertues. orliquor,either ofa {weet (as I {aid before) or fowertafte, or berweenethem both of a winietafte : the roote difperfethit {elfe very much vader ground, The vfe ofall thefePomegranets is Very much ‘in Phyficke, tocoole and bindeall fluxibility both of body and humours : theyare alfo of fingular 2.Balanftines mains fine Malus Punicafilueflrés maior, The greater wilde or double bloffomd Pomegranettree. effect in all vicers ofthe mouth, ‘and otherparts of the body, both ofman and woman, ‘There isne part.of them but is applyed for fome of thefere- The wilde Pomegranetis like vntothe tame in the number ofpurplith branches; {pects.The rindealfo ofthe Pomegranetis vfed of dinersin ftead of Gaules, to makethe beft fore of writing Inke, whichis durable tothe worlds end. hauing thornes, and fhining faire greene leaues, fomewhat larger then theformaet : from the branches likewife fhoote forth flowers, farre mere beantifill then thofe of thetameormanuredfort , becaufe they are double, and as large asa double Prouince Rofe, or rather more double, ofan excellent bright crimfon colour,tending toa filken carnation, ftanding in brownifh cups or huskes, diuidedat the brims viually ‘Cwar. CX'V. into foureor fiue feverall points,like vnto the former, but that in this kindethereneuer followeth anyfruit, no notin the Country, whereit is naturally wilde. CAmoniin Pliny [en Pfeddocapficum, Tree Night fhade or the Winter Cherry tree, 3. Balenitinm minne. The {maller wilde Pomegranettree. This fmallerkinde differeth from the formerin his leanes, being of a darkergreette colour, but not inthe height ofthe ftemme, or purplifhneffe ofhis branches, orthorns vpon them for this doth fhewit felfe morelike vnto a wilde kind then it : the flowers hereof are much fmaller, and net fo thickeanddonble » ofa deeperor fadderred 0+ renge tawny colour,fet alfo in fuchlike cups or huskes, The Place, The tame or manured kinde groweth plentifully in Spaine, Portugall, and Italy , and other in other warmeand hot countries. Wee (as I aid before) preferueit with great care. The wilde Ithinke was neuer feene in ngland, beforelohn Tradefcante my very louing goodfriend broughtit fromthe parts beyond the Seas, andplantedit in his Lords Garden a Canterbury, The Time, They flowervery latewith vs, thatis, not yntill the middle or endof Auguft, and thecold cueningsor frofts comming fofoone vponit, doth A He ee hot onely hinderit from bearing, but manytimes the fharpe winters fo pinchit, thatit withereth it downe to the ground, fothat oftentimes * hardly {pringethagaine. The Names, Thename Afalws Punica for the tree,and Malam Punicum for thefruit low pointell in the middle, very likevnto the flowers of Night thadesafter the fow= sare pat, Come forth’ in their ftead {mall greene buttons, ‘which afterturne tobe pleafant round red berries, of the bignetfe of fall Cherries when they ate ripe, Which with vs viually tipen not vatill theWinter, about Chriftmas’; ‘wherein are contained manyfinal! whitifh feede that are flat : all the whole plant, as'wellleanes and foweérs as feede, are withouteither {mell ortafte: therdete hath many yellowifii . > - fitings and fibres annexed vato it? a4 The Place. Theoriginal! place hereokis nat well knowne, butisthought tobeethe Weft Indies. It hath been planted oflong timein moft ofthefe Countries, where itabideth reafonable well, fo that {omc care bec had thereof in the extreamity of the Winter. The Time. , oF Granata,and AMalam Granatam, isthe common name given ynto this Maluswhichis tree, called in Englifhthe Pomegarnet or Pomegranet tree. TH flowers of the tame kinde are called Cytini, as Diofcorides faith , although Plinic feemetheither to make Cytinus to bethe fower ofthe wiIdekinde,o® % [esr adioynedthis plant,for the pleafiirable beauty of thegreene ledues;and red berries. It growethvp to bea yatdor foure foote high atthe moft, hating a fmalk wooddyftemme of ftocke,as bigge as ones’ finger or thumbe, couered' with a whis th greene barke,fet full of greene bratiches, andfaire grectic Jeaties' foniewhat vne= uen fométimics on the dges, ‘narrower then atly Night fhade‘leaues, ‘and ‘very neaté teembling the leaues ofthe Capfichim,or Ginny pepper,but fmallerand narrower,fal ling awaytn the Winter, and fhooting freth in the’ ‘Spring’ of the year¢’ the flowers gtowe often two or threetogether, at the ioynts Of the branches with the leaties,being White, openingftarre-Fafhion , and fometimes turning themfelues backe, witha yel- Balen 1s Tt fowreth fometimesin Iune, but vfvally in Iuly:and Augnft, and the fruit is notripe (asis aid) vatill che Winter. The |