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Show Cuar.o4, —-— Tbheatrum Botanicum. pa gniseinntaticeenymes : rix, which he dothto Picea, as Lugdinenfis theweth very amply, Vitrnvins alfo erred WithP liny, in fay” ing that the wood of the Larchtree did burne no otherwife then a {tone in the fire: that Grout CMadiole Theweth, thatthought the Fuchfius alfo was in an Venice Turpintine was taken from the Firre tree, for he Protefteth thatupon his owne dge and fight, itcame fromthe Larchtree, he alfo infitech againtt that chought other treesknowle had produce d Agaricke : but thofe of other trees Brafavol were hard Muthromes, fuchas we ys, call Touchw Tres 16, The Theater ofPlants, 3- Pinas (jlvefiris altevafruRRifera T'eda ay borforte, Cwar.gg, 1535 4. Pinus (ylueftris humilisin frottifera, The lovy wild barren Pinetree, cleiscotclann haat ood, which ferveth like tinder to receivefire ftrucke from the flint, &c. all Authourscall ic in Latine Larix the Italians and Spaniards Larice,the French Melee, ; the Germanes Lerche nbaum,and we the Larch tree, ” The Fertues, Thave {pokenfo fafficiently ofboth Turpintine and Agarick adde nothing more thereto, and therefore to prevent a doublee, ‘in the fecond Claffis of this Worke, that can repetition of the fame things, I muft referre you thereunto, Cuap, XCIIII, Pinus. The Pine tree. iy forts of Pines, fome tame fome wild: of the tame kinde theré is oblerved Little varithe wild much, forfome grow on mountai nes farre diftant from the Sea, others on the ces neere the fea, of all which,although they bemany, I would make but one Chapter, te them into-any more 1. Pinus urbana five domeftica, The manured Pine tree, wethverygreat and high, 1a thicke reddifh coloured barke;{preading large armes , e divided into other leffer, whereon are fer by couples together aca joyne or clofe one unto another, long narrowor almoftround, hard and fF rpe pointed, pale wally onthe young bran nd notfalling away buc from the elder : this beans in the Winter, which fallaway inthe Spring as the conesencreafe : the fini € and round, grow veryhighon the branche s, and ate fomewhat creater then er forts, compoied of { yhardand browne Wooddy {cales, lying clofe one unto and upon which when they open of themie ecauled by the heate of the fire, doe fhew within them cerrd fhels, which containe in eachof them, a long and whit every {weete kernell,covered witha very thin reddith skinne, that iseafily rub i; wood hereof is firmer, heavier and clofer gtained chen of the Firreor Deale, reddith alfo,and not fo thort or brittle as it is, and withakinde of moilture about the heart. This isnot fo plentifull in yeelding either Roffia or Pitch,if it fhould be fo ordered as the wilde kindes, Pinus (ylucftris montana frfera, EF iS Ss Zinws y ~(7 eo YZaEF 2 DP The frustefull wilde Pinetree, Ofthis kinde fore make another fort,whofe coné or apple is foméwhat longer; Altera ga 2» Pinus fyluefiris montina frocifera. The fruitefall wilde Pine trée: Puma This wild Pine gtoweth feldome fo high; bur very like unto the former tame kinde, being no otherwife to 8” be diftinguifhed from it, but that it groweth of it owne accord upon hills and mountaines, and that the barke thereofis thickerandrounder, and the leayes fomewhat fhorter, harder,morée prickly, and of a {adder greene colour, andthe conesor fruite fmialler, buthave as goodand {weeteakerne ll within themas the fora contained in asharda fhell, 3. Pinus[ylueftris alterafrattifera Teda arborforte. The fott theld wild Pine tree. This other wild Pine growech greatinfize, and large in body, but yet not of that heighith asthe other, néicher is the barke reddith nor fothicke, but darker and pliable: the leav€8 alfoarelike, but grow thicker on the branches, even fonre or five at a knot or joynt, and the tree fuller of branches,-bat moré etooked andfull of fappe, and end ina penfill-like forme the conesare fmiall and fhort,not uct bigger then thofe of the Pitchtree, ofa darke purplith colour,full of Roffin,but fofter, and the thels within them eafie to be broker becweene ones fing= ers, the kernells likewile being very tender and fhort,and fweete, like-antothol e of the tainé Pine, buta little harfher, as the tafte of moft wilde frnircsare, in compari(on of the manured, Thiskiade doth more frequently corrupt with the abundance of the {appe, which is the Roffin, then almott any othet fort: 4. Pinus fylucftrshumilis infrutlifera. The low wild barfen Pine tréé, This wilde Pine tree rifeth up with little or nobody at all, but fhooteth forth very long aries tonhd about,like unto pipes, from whence peradventure it wasmamed Tubulus being ten, and fomerimes whereoffome call it alfo repens, being flender and without knots, or branches, of which fifteene cubits long, are madé hoopes ro binde caskes, becaufe they are fo {mooth and fo flexible: the cones arenot bigger thenthelaft, but have no kernels within themthat may be eaten,and theréfore called infraétifera, barren or froitlefle, andsiot becaufeit beareth not conesor frite. . 5- Pinu (ylueftris Sterilis elatior, The taller barren wilde Pine tree, This tree hazl’a fingle blackifh roote; that fhooteth downeimrothe ground like a ftalke, the body whereof is often crookedand writhen, covered with areddifhbarke, but the branches ar¢é {moéth,. eafit t6 be broken, being thicke bufhiirig at the toppe, the leaves are flender and hard, and but twat anor‘and or joynt, fomewhat Writhed at their firft {pringing, and tafting harfh and fomewhat ower: the conéé are bat{mall and without any edible kernells like as the Saft is. 6. Pinus maritima majorfruttifera, The greater Sea Pine treé, This greater Sea Bine rifeth toa meane height, with a crooked body, and 1 ches from the ground, theleaves are fomewhat long, andlike the firft wildefor the moft part fpredding into brankinde, bug fhorter ahd greener, the cones are fomewhat leffer, longer,and whiter, with much Roffin often on them, the’ kerri¢ls whereof aré like unto them, but covered with ablackeskin» Clafus hath fet forth anotherfort hereof, whofe fighte I heré give yous Pppppp 4 7. Pinus |