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Show The Garden of pleajantFlowers, —_—_ — Lhe Gardewof pleasant Frowers, Ary tafteithath, both whileit is freth, ithathkeptdry. doth cuidently declare his tenuity ofparts , a digefting and cleanfing qua. lity itis poffeffed withj, which it any induftrious would make tryall hee Cuar. CXVIIL fhould finde the offedts, Arbor vite. The tree oflife, T=: tree of fife rifeth vp in fome places whereit hath Rood long, tobe atreeof areafonable great bigneffe and height , couered witha redder barkethen other tree in our Country that know, the wood whereofis firme iL and hard, and {preadeth abroad many armes and branches, which againe fend forth many {mal lertwigges , bending downewards; from which twiggyorflender branches hea ; flarctemfelues like the leaues,come forth on both fides manyflat wingedleaues font what likeynto Sauine, being thort and fmail, bur not pricking, feemin ae ele, were braydedor folded like vntoa lace or point , of a darke yellowith 5S 1 mf abiding greene on the branches Winter and Summer, ofa ftrong refinous me ae pleafing to moft, but in fomereadyto procure cafting, yet very cordial! and pett ral alfo to them thatcan endureit : at the toppes of the branches ftand {mall Flow dounie flowers, fet in {mall {caly heads, wherein lye fmall, long Brownie ra which ripen well in many places, and being fowne,doefjpring and ee foith i , which with fome{mall care will abidethe extreameft Winters we we eee The Place. Thefirft ororiginal! place whereit natural] y groweth 5 as farteas I can fearne or vaderftand, is that part of America which the pei:gh the — ofCanada, whichis at th e backe of French doe inhaVirginia North- ward, and as it feemeth, firft brought by them f thetime of Francis the firft Pinte cag 5 where z bathfintoE piemin creafed, and fo largely beene diftributed, that now few Garden either in France,Germany,the Lowe-Countries,or England i lha s ofrelped ,are without it The Time. i ; as ofIra AccesdSpe oe- May, and in Iune; the fruitOTEis ripein the end The Names. Allthe Writers that hauewrit v ten ofit inceit was firft k haue at it to be 71huyegemus,a kinde of Thuy fincei a, which Fsconbratiesa -h noahcoer ey, a fifth Bookand fifth Chapter: but Omuef.- son ¢ft idews,and although it haue fome ly itis rT fd gene, eee a ofit likeneffe owne, not ae CG ot ther, wee tinde but very few trees, herb e i z ee van thofe thatgrowein Europe, the hithe pierSN Si the oe wa, as Cxperienceteftifieth. Some wouldrmake it to be Cedrus Lycl Oitcannotbe, The Frenchthatfirft broughtit , calle d it Arbor vilé, with what reafon or vpon wh at grou nd it hath Continued vnder thetitle ofthe Tree of I know not: life, eRe TheVertues, ? Cuar. CXIX. Arbor Inde, Tudas tree. [= tree rifeth vp in fome places, whereit ftandeth open from awall, and alone free from othertree (as ina Garden at Battherfey , which fometimes agoe belonged to Mafter Morgan, Apothecary to the lare Queene Elizabeth offamous memory) to bea very great and tall tree, exceeding any Appletree in height, and equall inbigneffe of body thereunto (as myfelfe can tcitifie, being an eye witnefle thereof) whenas it had manyftalkes of flowers, being in the bud , breaking out of the body of thethrough the barkein diuers places, whenas there was no boughor branchneare them by a yard atthe leaft, or yet any leafe vpenthetree, which.they gathered to put among other flowers, for Nofegayes) and in other places‘it groweth to bee butan hedge, buth,ot plant, with many fuckers and thootes from belowe, couered with a datke reddifh barke, the young branches being moreredor purplifh: the flowers on the branches come forth beforeany fhew or budding of leanes , three or foureftanding together vpona finall foote-ftalke, which are in fafhion like ynto Pcafe bloffomes, but of an excellent deepe purplifh crimfon colour: after which come in their places fo manylong, flat, large, and thinne cods, of abrownifhcolour, wherein are contained {mall, blackifh, browne,flat, and hard feede : the roote is great, ard run- neth both deepe, and farre {preading in the earth : theleaues come forth by them. felues, euery one ftanding on alongftalke, being hard andround, like vnto the leafe of thelargeft Aferwm, but not fothicke, greene on the vpper fide, andgrayifh vnderneath, whichfall away euery yeare, and {pring afrefh after the Springis well come ; in,and the buds of fowers are {prung. Thereis another of this kinde, growing in fome placesvery high, fomewhat like the former, and in otherplacesalfo fullof twiggy branches, whichare greener then the former,as the leaues are likewife : the fowers ofthis kinde are wholly white, and the cods nothingfo red or brownith, in all other things agreeing together. The Place. The former groweth plentifully in many places of Spaine,Italy, Prouence in France, andin many other places. Theother hath beene fent vs outofItaly many times, andthe feede hath {prung very well with vs, butit is fomewhat tender to keepe in the Winter. The Time. The flowers (as I faid) appeare before the leaues , and come forthin Aprill and May , and often fooner alfo, the leaues following fhostly after5 butneither of them beareth perfeét {cedein our Country, that enerI could learne, or know by mine own or others experience. The Names. bpnemiennftw: " often experience, thattheleaucs hereof chewed to ditiers that] ; mt oe fome few dayes together, haue done much good , and to helpt breath Otherpropetoffungs: withthortneffe troubledmatter thin rceneulentous toexpecorate ftuffing the I Soir es ee ties e ot heard that ic hath sbue doubtleffe, the hot tefinoiis (mell and talte Some would referre this to Cores, whereof Theophraftus maketh ae, od tion inhis firft Bookeand eighteenth Chapter,among thofetrees that!in the againe their fruit in cods, likeas Pulfedoe: and hee remembreth it and makethit not valikethe white fousteenth Chapter efhis third Booke ,Oo 3 Poplar |