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Show 1370 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Lin. F beft agreeingg vnto th e nature ofman,as an excellen is the moft principal,and pleafant{mell. i a te OFthe Hiftory of Plants., Lin.3. rey fnall dufty things like-floures, of the colour of the husks ; and if youthall beateor throw fones into this treeabout theend-of Februaric, ora good fpace after, there will proceed ‘and, fly from shele foures an aboundanceofduttie {moke. Thefedufty floures continue on the treestifl about Cuar. 47. Of the Yew tree. Taxus. pti The Yewtree, 2 Tere ]X ftead of the defcription and place ; mentioned by our Author(whichwere notamifle) gine me leaue to prefentyouwith one much more accurate, fent me by M'. lobe Goodyer. ” Taxusglandifera bacciferaque, The Yew bearing Acornes andberries, He Yewtree that beareth Acornes and berries is a great high tree remaining alwaies greene, and hathvfuallyan huge SWVC{DR»{\[VQQ4y Ss WMV trunke or body as big as the Oke, couered ouer witha fcabbed or fcaly barke,often pilling or falling off,and a yong fmoothbarke appeariig vnderneath ; the timber hereof is fomewh ted, neere as hard as Box,vniuerfally couered next the barke witha thickewhitefaplikethat of the Oke, and hath manybig limmesdiuided into many{mal {preading branches : the leaues be about aninchlong, narrowlike the leayes of Rofemary, but {mooth, and of a darker greene colour, growing all along ft thelittle twigs of branches clofe together, feldomeone oppolite againft another,often hauingat the endsofthe twigslittle branches compofed ofmanyleaues like the former, but fhorter and broader, clole- ly compact or ioyned together :amongtt the ; leaues are to be feene at all timesof the yeate, {mall flender buds fomewhat long, but neutt any floures ; which at the very beginning ofthe Spring grow bigger andbigger, till they are of the fafhion of little Acornes, with white kernell within : after they are of this forme, then groweth vp from the bottomes ofthe Acornesa reddifl matter, making beautiful reddith berries more long than round,fmooth onthe out fide,vetyclammie within, and of a {weet tafte, couering all the Acorne,onely leauing a little hole at thet where the top of the Acotneis to be feene : thefe fallen, or deuoured bybirds, leaue behinde a little whitith huske made ofa fewfeales, appearing like alittle floure, whichperaduenture deceiue fome, taking it tobe fo indeed : it feemes this tree, if it were not hindred bycold weate™, would alwaies haue Acornes and berries on him, for he hath alwaieslittle buds, whichfo foom* the Spring yeelds but a reafonable heate, they grow into the forme of Acornes about the b ning of Auguft, feldome before, youfhall finde them turnedinto ripe berries, and fromthat till Chriftmaffe, or a little after, you may fee on him both Acornes and red berries. Taxus tantumflorens, The Yewwhichonly floures. The Yew which onely beareth floures and no berries, is like the other in trunke, timbe beginne to bever andleaues ; but at the beginning of Nouember, or before,this tree doth bu fet or fraught on the lower fide or part of the twigs orlittle branches, with {mall round neere as big, and ofthe colour of Radith feed, and do fo continueall the Winter, rill ad beginning or middle of Februarie, when they openat the top,fending forth onefmal! th d towards the top' tall, little longer than the huske,diuided into manyparts,or garnifhe harueftand then fome and fome fallaway, and fhortly after the round buds come vp as aforefaid, @ The Place, ‘Thele trees are both very common in England: in Hampfhire there is good plentie of them growing wilde onthe chalkiehills,and in Church-yards wherethey haue been planted. q The Time. Thetime is expreMed in theirdefcriptions. Dec.19.1621. John Gosdyer, $ @ The Names. This tree is named by Diofcorides,2uiast : by Theophraftus, wine: but Nicander in his book of Cout= terpoyfons, suine: Galen dothalfocatl it Keune : it is named in Latine Taxas : inhigh-Dutch, Gp: benbaurtt $ in low-Dutch, Bbenboors +10 Italian,7affo : in Spanith,To%o,and Taxo > in French,Yip: inEnglith, Ewe, or Yewtree: inthe vnlearned fhops ofGermany,ifany ofthem remaine,it is called Tamars(eus where in timespaft they were wont not without great error, to mix the bark hereof incompound medicines,in ftead ofthe Tamariske barke. | The Temperature. The Yewtree,as Galen reporteth, is ofa venomous qualitie,and againft mansnature. Diofcorides otiteth, and generally all that heretofore haue dealt in the facultie of Herbarifine,that the Yew tieisvery venomous to betaken inwardly, and that ifany doe fleepe vnder the fhadow thereofit caufeth ficknefle and oftentimes death, Moreouer, they fay that the fruit thereof being eaten is notonely dangerous and deadly vntoman, but ifbirds doeat thereof,it caufeth them to caft their fathers,and many times to die. AllwhichI dare boldly affirme is altogetheryntrue : for when I wasyong and went to {choole,diuers ofmy {choole-fellowes and likewife my felfe did eat our fils oftheberrics of this tree, and haue not only flept vnder the fhadowthereof, but among the bran- dsalfo, without any hurt at all,,and that not one time, but many times. Theophraftus faith,That ne, animalia, GaZa tranflates them Zunenta,orlabouring beafts, do die,ifthey do eat ofthe leaues; butfuch cattell as chew their cud receiue no hurt at all thereby. Nicander in his book of Counterpoifonsdothreckon the Yewtree among the venomousplants, feting downe alfo a remedie, and that in thefe words,as Gorraws hath tranflated them. Parce venenata Taxo, quafurcit in Ota Abieribus fimilis, thoque abfumit acerbo Ni preter morem pleno cratere meraca Funderevina pares, cum primum fentiet acer Aritari obitruttasfauces animaqnecanalem. 4 Shun th’ poys‘nous Yew,the which on Oeta growes, Like tothe Firre,it caufes bitter death, Valeffe befides thy vfe pure wine thar flowes From empty'd cups, thoudrinke, when as thy breath Beginsto faile, andpaffage of thy life Growesftrait. e fhewes Pereand Lobel alo ob{erued that which our Authorhere affirmes, and dayly experienc ittobetrue, that the Yewtree in Englandis not poyfonous: yet diuers affirme, that in Prouince in France, and in mohot countries, it hath fuch a maligne qualitie, thatit is not fafe to fleepe or long to reft vnder the fhadow thereof. + ig nice Cuar.48. Of the Fumpertree. q The Kindes. tee ce one of anc ergreater, being a ftrange andforreinet er, lefl is lefle anoth ese Mongthe luniper trees one is flour no and frac other e th ; floure and nofruit thefe bringeth forth a @| The Defcription. es of of Kent vat othe ftatureand bighs ; this He commonIunipertree growethi n fome parts ike v nto ground Furre lowl very wes gro it n ly tree a faire great tree,ourmof commo |
