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Show ae useniee Bie ~ 1478 Ofthe Hiftory of Plinds: Ea B. 3. Of the Hiftorie of Plants. @ The Place, The Aller or Alder ttee delighteth to growin low and moift watcrithplaces. @| The Time. The Aller bringeth forth newleaues in Aprill,the fruit whereof is ripe in Seprembey, = Cuarv. us. Of the Hornebeamesor Hard beame Tree. @ The Names, This tree is called in Greeke wsews: in Laine,-4/eus: Petrus Crefcentinsnameth it CAmedangs:it Betul us,five Carpinus. The Hornebeametree, is called inhigh Dutch,€ylenbaum and Cilernbaumts in low Dutch, Cifen and Cilen-booms in Italian, 4/ve : in French, dade ; in Englith, Alderand Aller. @ The Temperature. @| The Defiription. I Etulus,or the Hornebeam tree grows great, andvery like vntothe Elme,or Wich Hafel tree,hauing agreatbody ; the woodor tim- The leaues and barke ofthe Alder tree are cold,diie, and aftringent. The Vertues, " ber whereofis better for arrowes and fhafts,pul- The leaues of Alderare muchvied again& hotfivellings,vicers, and all inward inflammutions, efpecially of the Almonds and kernels of the throat. leies for mills,and fuchlike deuifes, than Eime or Wich Hazell;for in time it waxeth fo hard, that the toughneffe and hardneffe of it may be rather compared vnto horn than vntowood,and, therefore it was called Hornebeame, or Hardbeame: the leaues hereofare like the Elme, fauing that they be renderer: among thofe hang certaine triangled things, vpon whichbe found ° knaps,orlittle heads of the bigneffe of Ciches, in which is contained the fruit or feed : the roor is ftrong and thicke. q The Place. | The barke is muchvfed of poore countrey Diers, for the dying ofcourfe cloth,cappes,hofe, aud fuch like into a blacke colour, whereuntoit ferueth very wel]. Cuar. 114. Ofthe Birchtree. q rhe Defeription, Betula, The Birchtree. He commonBitchtree waxethlikewile agreat tree,hauing manyboughesbefet with many {mall rods or twigs, very limber Betulus or the Hornebeame tree growes plen- andpliant : the barke ofthe young twigsand tifilly in Northamptonfhire , alfo in Kent by colourlike the Cheftnut;burthe rind ofthe body or trunk is hard without, white,tough, and vneuen,full ofchinkes or creuifessmnder which is foundanother fine barke, plaine, fmooth,and as thin as paper which heretofore was vied in ftead of paper,to writevpon, before the making of paperwas knowne: in Ruffiaand thefe cold regionsit ferueth in kinde of Elme. TT | CHICO aEseo branches is plaine,fmooth,andfall of fap,in ftead oftiles and flate to couer their houles withall ; this tree beareth for his floures cer taineaglets like the Hafel! tree,but {mallet whereinthe feed is contained. : q The Place. f This common Birchtree grows if woods, fenny grounds,and mountaines,inmott pla ces of England. iy The Time. appeate,and The catkinsor aglets do firft then the leaues,in A prill ora litt Je later. q] The Nam. . aie Grauefend,where it is commonly taken for a | The Time. This tree doth {pring in Aprill, and the feed is ripe in September. | The Names. The Hornebeam tree is called in Greek gui, whichis as if you fhould fay Coniugal, or besimi) a : longing to the yoke,becaufe it ferueth well to make ¢« of,in Latine, Iuga, yokes wherewith oxen are yoked together, which are alfoeuen at this time made thereofas witneffeth Benedittus Curtius Symphorianus, and our felues haue fufficient knowledge thereof in our owne country;and therefore it may be Englifhed Yoke Elme.It is called ofome,Carpinus and Zueia : itis alfo called Betw/us,as if ic were a kinde of Birch,but myfelfe bettrlike that it thouldbe one of the Elmes : in high Dutch, Bapogne: in French, Carve - in Italian,Carpino sin Englith, Hornebeame, Hardbeame, Yoke Elme,and in fomeplaces, VV itch-hafell, q. The Temperature and Vertues. This tree is not vfed in medicine,the vertues are not expreffed of the Antients, neither haue wee ily cettaine experiments of our owne knowledge more than hath beenefaid for the vfe of Hufandric, : Theophrafluscalleth this tree) i ane eee onwu'de A ILCTSomuve: OLHELS nest it 1S tine, Betula:diuers alfo write irwith a¢ a t re Ul Betulla, as fome ofPlinies copies — iscalled in high Dutch, apickenbal ag, low Dutch 28eve&enboom sin Iealian,O° i The Temperature and Vertues. there is nothing extant either Concerning the medicinable vfe ofthe Birch trce,or his parts, or new writers. ay ; pitas uci! candore & ae ra che ma soils Pliny in his 16-booke,18 -chapter, Mirabili tun virgis : for in times paft the Magiftrates roddes were made heereo ise of ure ft seal, -| Schoolematters and parents do terrific their children withrods made or place It ferueth well to the decking vp of houfes,and banquetting roomes, beautifying of fireets in the croffe or gang weeke, and fuch like. ¢ Vr Author onely defcribed two Elmes,and thofe not fo accurately but that I thinket hic fhall giue the Reader content, in exchanging themforbetter receiued from M'.Goodyers "ich are thefe. ia: by them ofTrent, Bedallo : in French, Bouleau : in Englith,Birchtree. the old Cuapr. 116. Ofthe Elmetree. : CHAP Vimus vuleatifimafolio lato{cabro. The common Elme. I T ‘His Elme isa verygreat hightree,the barke of the youngtrees, and boughes of the Elder,whichare vfually loppedor thred, is {mooth and very rough,and wil {triporpil from thwood a great length without breaking:the bark ofthe body ofthe old treesas the trees growin “biefic, teares or rents,which makes‘ it very y rough, innermoft wood: ofthetree is of reddith ? TOUso, The | oat yellow |