,_._. . .. V ‘ ..-__.....t. . —»--- Of the H ifiorie of Plants. L I B- 3- w////fl fidevpwards. 3 The fame cut through the middle long waies. ,4 The fame cut fide wales’; Ihafhle been told (but how certainely it is I know not) that the Source which precede the fruit are béll‘ 3‘ ah i,oneti,and oia blew colour. Icould obferue no feed in the fruit; it may be it was becaufe If 3 beene cut from the flocke fo long before it came to maturity. This plant is found in man}fP1“cC.: of Ali-.1, A.friel:e,ar_\d America, elhecially in the hot regions : you may finde frequent mention Of‘ -;mor':gx’.’t the l”e.1 voi-ages to the Eafi: and \/Veil: Indies,by the name of Plantainespr Plzztam/5,134”’_”‘: .-.—.,zt:,r%a.u<.;:;uz;} Iwtmmz, 1’ota,g~jw: l‘ort;e (as our Author hath faid) haue judged it the forbidden fruit, tJlCl'lC1”fOi’.I'l'.‘3lI11C Grapes br<>ug‘ht to c-,7rt‘r3{&.r out of the Holy-land. at

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This admirable tree gtoweth in }E£§yp7:, Cvprus,and Syria neere mm a chiefe citv théle ca Alfiprwhich we call Aleppo - and alfo by 'I'riholis,not far froth thence : it groweth allo in Can” DCC3“aG”ZaY3t€.and Bengalrjgplaces of the EaUz—Indies.

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From tl1€!00E0ftll1S tree Ihooteth forth young fprings or llroots, which the oeople"tak€Vs°a 6 plant for,tl1eincreal'e Ofthe Spring of the yeare.Thc leaues wither away in Septénzber, 35 islabou

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v _ % V 1? ‘I735 Names. ofi _. It is called C/Wluféz by lirch as trauell to Aleppo: by the Arabians, Mufzz Mdtmz .- in Syria» ‘J1 of The Grecians and Chrifiians which inhabit Syria, and the Iewes al{o,i‘uppo{‘c it to be that We whofeeftuic oirlam did tafle 5 which others thinke it to be a rediculous fable : ofPlz'2zy,0]1!W”1' fld It is called in the Ea Ft-Indies (as at Malauar where it alfo groweth) Pa/rm : in MaleyO;P"””"a in that part of Africa which we call Ginny,B/Imam: : in Englifh, Adams A pple tree. T /16 Temperature. me, Ser/z[)I'o judges,th-at it heateth in the ad of the firll degree, and moiflneth in me end of €115 fa ' _ The Vertzm. ‘figs, The fair: hereof yeelcleth but little nourilhtnent : it is good for the he.-ate of the breafh 1"

' . . .. ~ — - . ,, d Pro‘ and blflddfrelltlbppeth the liner, and hurteth the flornackerf too much 0: ll‘. be eatvall’ ancureth

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cured.‘ 35051555 in the be11y.w1m¢upox.1 it is requifitfot fuch as are ofa cold conlltttujtron, in the eating .h,.,. (7 "fl€0' little Ginver or otherlprce. V - .

bl, _.eo.tonut. Ita. _ _ L‘) __ _ Y. _. .‘mfl .l_. in m It isam) good gm the reins Or kldmcg, and go prouokc yrrne .rt norrrrfht ...1 the chnd in the me.

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' fr’//3 ,__ . . P”””"" 1 he fruit and flottres of the Date tree.

The Date tree.

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TH D t t. gtowes very great andihi9,h gthe bodyor trunke tlrereofis thicl<e,and couered e a e tee to ~- ‘

. “ ‘ ; ofthe leaues: the i . W115 “VOW 0“1Y 0“ Wlth a fcaly rugged barlgcauffed by tgeflfglol arxrrlriadyrdlc rib like tho“: gas Oivfagsmhe “P the t0P.C0Ufifimg Ofleaucs Cnfpon V; . ' df ‘ V" A ‘h 7 leaues come forth the net Part of which rib orfialk is fofflzllghtzhol Ovlsan Pongle‘ m-Own-get 1 athwhich couereth fiouresjncluded in 3 105% skinny membretne as it were a {heath or hole, lllsgzl R (‘an forth Rm-' t Cfloure de lu beforeit be blownswblch bang Oi-‘fined °f”{31fe’Wh”e 7“ i E l 3 ltl' b d- ' Ce _ - f It‘ -d ' h tain (mallfiIa;nentsOrf11‘€C 1&3 1110- {h . d g 5 gootltalks Wl1lCh are a ne wit cer . d _b vpon out an en er a . . ,_ u h famgbmnches the fruit or ates, ' Hugs like mm lime branchas flfmr which {pang out from? 6:23 forriewliat l1arlh.oF21 xrellowifh . ltfh be in f’al{h'ion'l0ng and round,in taite fweet.,and many Um - ‘

.. . . - d l‘ L‘ - ll ' ‘rd lowed ‘S *2:‘*:ai‘:.i‘:,'°;:‘.::.:“r...:.‘=.‘t;5. ft:‘:e:E: > . ._ t e e , , . t . . _ . b We Planted many times In “W %“‘d““’a”d We grow“ to " hfland1n%mY1ndtt*fir'Y by

mp‘ hath “iPPed them in fuch fort,fh3‘i foo“ after the)’ PCmhed’n°twit

t °°Ueting them, or what elfe Icould do for their fuccoura

q]‘ The Place. l ' .,_' ’ b M » ., ‘ 1 i , r. .. . t .b ttl0f- lr‘h.- . Palellmaand The Date ‘trees grow Plentrfirll)’ in Alfrrca and ml °“” ‘ “C” S-yfi