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Show 126 A Dyfcourfe of Foreft-Trees. Chap.XXVJ, This tic i Tree greatly loves the Shade,yet ; thrives ives beftin ‘lcaiieetietoa oncepafs'd thofe firft difficulties - 4ge and Culture about the Roots wonderfully augment its growth; {o as] ‘have feen Trees near thirty foot high of thems and almoft two foot diameter. They arefit alfo both for Arbour and Palefaatertiars the,Gard’ner underftand whento prune, and keepit trom growe eeci vibict we begin to proferibe our Gardens ( and indeed Bées are no friend toit ) fhould not yet be banith d io our care; becaufe the excellency of the aod caes commute or the unagreeableneffe of its {mell : therefore let us furnifh our cold , and barren Hil/s, and declivities with this ufeful Shrxb, | mean the taller fort, for meddle not here with the dwarf and morefoxfile 5 It will increafe abundantly of fips {etin Azarch, 6. The Txraer,Jugraver, Carver, Mathematical-Infirnwent, Comb and Pipe-makers ( Si buxos inflare juvat—-— Virg, ) give greatprizes for it by weight , aswell as meafure; and by the feafoning, and divers manner of cutting, Vigorous infolations, polijure and grinding, the Roots of this Tree (as of even our common and neglected Thorne ) do furnifh the Inlayer and Cabinet-makers with pieces rarely zdylated, and full of variety. Alfo of Box are made Wheels or Shivers (as our Ship-Carpenters call them) and Pinns for Blocks and Pallies Pegs for Mufical Infirnments , Nutcrackers, VVeavers Shuttles, Hollarflicks, Bump-flicks, and Dreffers for the Shooe-maker, Rulers, Rolling-pins, Peftles, Mall-balls, Beetles, Topps, Tables, Chef'-men, Skrews male and female, Bobins for Bomelace, Spoons, nay the ftouteft Axle-trees ; but aboveall, - Box-Combs bear no {mall part P he Female Art ; Inthe Militia of t ' i ¢ ‘ Gallants faft ’ hold Id our They tye the Links which And fpread the Nets to which fond Lovers haft. ————— Nan ultima belli Arma Puellaris; aris 5 Laqueos ha 2 hac nefkit Amantim 5 Et venatricis difponit retia Forma. Coulei: nega 7. The Chymical oylof this wood has donethefeats of the beft Guajacum (though ingreater quantity ) for the Cure of Venereal Difeafes, asone of the moft expert Phyficians in Europe has confe6'd: 8 Sincethe ufe of Bows is laid afide amongft us, the propagationof the Exgh-tree (of which we have twoforts, and other places reckon more,as the Arcadign black, and red 5 the yellow of da, infinitely efteem’d of old ) is likkewife quite forborn; but the neg- let of it isto be deplord; feeing that (befides the rarity of it in italy, and France, where butlittle of it grows) the barreneft grounds, and coldeftof our Mountains (for Aquilonem & frigora taxi ) might be profitably replenith'd with them : I fay, profitably , for, befides the ufe of the wood for Bows wa liyr eos taxi torquentur in arcs. * C for which the clofe,and more deeplydy'dis beft,) The foremention’d Artifis 10 Chap.XXVI, A Difcourfe of Forett-Trees, in Box moft gladly imploy it: And forthe Cogs of Mills ,'Pofts to be fet in moift grounds, and 127 everlafting Axle-trees, there is none to be compar’d with it 3 likewife for the bodies of Lutes, Theorbas, Bowles, VVheels, and Pinns for Pully s; yea, and for Tankards to drink out of ; whatever Pliny report concerning its Shade.and the {tories of the Air about Tha ws, the Fate of Catioulcws mention'’d by Cafar, and theillreport which the Fruit has vulgarly obtain'd in France, Spain, and Arcadia ; But, How are poor Trees abus’d ! Quim mulia Arboribus trib uuntur crimina fal{a? 9. The Toxic quality was certainly inthe Liguer which thofe good Fellows tipp!’d out of thofe Bottles, not in the zature of the wood s which yethe affirms is cur’d of that Venenous quality , by driving a brazen-wedgeinto the Body of it = This I have never tri’d, but that of the Shade and Fruit lhav e freq any deadly, or noxiouseffeéts : fo that 1 am of uently 5 without opinion that Tree whichSeftzus calls Smilax, and our Hiftoriaz thinks to be our Exgh, was fome other wood 3 and yetI acknowle dge that it is efteem’d noxious to Cattel, when ’tis inthe Seeds, or newl y {prouting, 10. This Treeis eafily produc’d of the Seeds,wath'd and cleans'd from their weélage ; and buried in the grou nd like Haws; It will commonlybe the fecond VVinter ere they peep , and then they rifé withtheir caps ontheir heads : Being three year tranfplant them, and form them into Standard » s old you may s Knobs, Walks ; Hedges, @e. in all which works they fucceed marvello us well, and are worth our patience for their perennia l verdure 5 and dx: rableneffe, 11. He that in wizter fhould behold fome of our higheft His in Surrey clad with whole Woods of thefe two laft fort of Trees » for divers Milesin cirenit (as in thofe delicious Groves of them, be- longing to the Honourable , my noble Friend Sir Adam Brown of Bech n orth-Ca ftle > from Box fill, and neer our famous Afole o¢ Swallow) might without theleaft violence to his Imagination,eal- ly phanfie himfelf tranfported into fome new or enchanted Country; for, if any/pot of England, mee datchene Hic ver perpetunm, atqus alienis menfibus ata: Eternall Spring, and Summerall the year. 12. But, above allthe natural Greevs which inrich our home. borz ftore, there is none certainly to be compar’d to the Agrifolsum, Belly, or Acuifoliumrathery our Holly, inforauch as I have often wonder’da t our cwriofity after forreign Plants , and expenlive difficulves, to the neglect of the culture of this vx/gar, but incomparable tree; whether we will propagateit for Yye,and Defence, or for wht and Ornament, A Hedge of Holly, Thieves that would invade, Repulfes likea growing Palizade 3 Whote numerous leaves fuch Orient Greens inveft Asin deep Winter do the Spring areft. Mala furta hominumdenfs mucronibws axceus Securumdefendit in expugnabilis Hortim , Exorndtque fimul, toto [peBabilis anno, Et unmero & viridifoliorum luce nitentum, ck ‘ a “an PLIs 6. 3. As |
