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Show Lhe Corollarie to this Orchard. Lhe Corollarie to this Orchard. The V{e of the Sycomoretree, The Vfe of the Linetree, Itis planted both to make goodly Arbours, and Summ er ban uetti houfes, either belowe vpon the ground, the boughes feruin g ety Bal fomely to plath round about it, or vp higher , foraf econd Wout i, al third alfo : for the moreit is deprefled,the better it wil] grow. And] h it feene at Cobham in Kent, atallor great bodie d Line tree, bare wit! ak boughesfor eight foote high, andthenthe branches were fpreadtotnd’. bout fo orderly , as if it were done by art, and brought tocom fern middle Arbour : And from thofe boughes the eight ornine foote (wherein might bee place body was bare sacith for d halfe an hundred sich at ie Ieaft,as there might belikewifein that vnderneath this)& them anotherrow ofbranches to encompafle athird Arbo ur, with ftayres made forthe i a this es maeout it: ypont he bougheswere Izid Bevis ie = read oa vpon ae which wasthe goodl goodlieieft ft fpe@a fj cle mine i eyes: cuer beheld for _ Thecoles of the wood are the beft to make Gunp ow i kindled , and quenchedin vinegar, are good to diflolue a ve re bruifed _ afall. The inner barke being fteeped in wid yeeicet h flimie iuyce, which is fo forthem that haue be burat with ee , i ENR ee seen in,ie 17. Tamarix, Tamarisketree, He Tamariske tree thatis common in our country, i ; I canesoe inde hereofvery beautifull and rare, not to be feeneinthis Land bred, who brow i Wan Ward, the Kings feruant in his Granary, before remembésnchts "ere 3 ses — twigge to fee from his houfe at Boram in Effex, whofe Summerlon sith whilethey are young, and all the leanes white, abiding {oall the cont antyeare aeafter fi out changing into any thew ofgreenelike the other,and foabideth yeare, yet thedding the leaues in Winter likethe other: The Vie of Tamariske, The greateft vfe ofTamariske is for fplen eticke difeafes,eitherthe leaues or the bar ke mad e into drinkes 55 or the Ww ood madei fh to {mall Ca poe 15 OF C F 19. Nax Peficaria. The bladder Nut. ‘T= tree groweth not very high, butis of ameane ftature, whenitis ptefetued andpruined togrowvpright, or clfe it fhooteth forth many twigges from the rootes, and {ois fitto plantin ahedge rowe, asit is vfed in fome places : the body andarmesare couered with awhitifh greene barke ; the branches and leaues on them are like vnto the Elder, hauing three or fiue leauesfet one againft another, with one of themat the end, each whereofis nicked or dented about the edges: the flowers are {weete and white, many growing togetherona longftalke, hanging downeward, in forme refembling a {mall Daffodill, hauing a {mall round cup in the middle, and leaues aboutit : after which come the fruit, inclofed in ruffetith greene bladders, containing one or two brownifh nuts, leffer then Hafell nuts, whofe outerthell is not hard and woody,like the fhell ofa nut,buttough,and hard withall,nor eafie to breakt, within whichisa greene kernell, fweetifh at the firft, but loth{ome afterwards, ready to procure cafting, and yetliked of fome people, whocan well endureto eatethem. The Vie ofthe Bladder Nut. receiued into an Orchard, either forthe rarity ofthe kinde, being fuffered togrowintoatrec, or(as I faid before)to make an hedge, being let grow into fuckers. Some Quackfaluers haue vfed thefe nutsasa medicine ofrare vertue for the ftone, but what good they haue done, I neuer yet could learne. 18. Acer mains latifoliume. The great Maple or Sycomoretree , J F aenes as wevfually callir (and isthe greatelt kind of Maple,ches herein aot 1 onely: in Orchards, or elfewhere (hadeand walkes,both faire {preadineer’ en, and in fome other countries alfo)for groweth quickly to beea fmooth : the aa with many boughes and branches, whofe barke is fomewhat and ending into fo ose large, and finooth ev into foure orfiue diuifions, H NHalone re alke: i 20. Rbws Myrtifolia. The Mirtle leafed Sumach. Te lowe fhrubbe growethfeldome to the height of 2 man, hauing manyflender branches, and long wingedleaues fet thereon, euery one whereof is of the bigneffe of the broad orlarge Mirtle leafe, and fet by couples all the length of the ribbe, ranning through the middle of them. Irbeareth diuers flowers at the tops ofthe branches, made ofmany purple threads, which turne into {mall blacke berries, wherein are containedfmall, white,and roughfeed, fomewhatlike vnto Grape kernels or ftones.This vfethto dye downto the ground in my Garden euery Winter, and rife our cliain every Spri ng, whether the naturethereof werefo,or the coldneffe ofEee Be mate the caufehs thero fl am notwell aflured.It is alfo rare,and to be feen but with afew. The Vie of this Sumach. ie shir ‘ sa IES BSR09 Ib Ge ic threads, which turne into dounie feede » thatis carriedaway Tamarifcus fe dijs ablidis, White Tama- tiske, ; Ttisaltogether planted for fhady walkes, and hath no other vfe with ys tharl know. The greateft vfe that I know thetreeorhis fruit is put vnto, is, thatitis al ‘Te hot grow great, yet I haue feencit in bee Oem eed forth a erred e bi fhootes,fet body,bearing great arms;from whofe {maller branches {pring “ia Ee 1 se with manyvery fine, fmall, and fhort leaues, a lit. owente ene = of Sauine, not hard or rough, but foft and greene: the withihe Gide ~OW - falls, ae thes ah shi Sreene colour, growing many pagether ne fide ae italke as: Into long and broad Winged feede,two alwaics ftandin toge»@nd bunched out in the middle, wherethe {eed or kernel! Iyer very like vnto th € common Maple crow} . : larger, psc rowing wilde abroad, but many more together, and The Iris vied tothicken or tanneleatherorhides, in the fame manner thatthe ordinary Sumach doth ; asalfoto ftay fluxes both in men and women. 21, Rhus Virginians. The ae Sumach, or Buckes hornetree of Virginia. ight and ‘ reafonablehe ; feme places to bvithy ceof ainthemiddl e, like vato Ti ftrange tree becommethin bigneffe, the wood whereof is white,foft, and Seies the notin d barke, {omewhat {mo i = very ph e areee reddifh or brewne, growth yeares the laft are ofe s gr thate branchesN aire |