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14.78‘ N 05316 Hifiorie of Plants.

, 11 T12: Place. : The Aller or Alder tree delighteth to grow in low and moiil waterifh places. i - Wl The Time. The Aller bringeth forth new leaues in Aprill ; the fruit whereof is ripe in September. V 1] T c Names. . - The tree is called in Greeke mew: = in.Latine Alma .- Petra: Crefcentim nameth it Amedama-‘IE fl: called in higli-Dutchfififtlenbaum and tfilletnbaum : in low-Dutch , Qfilfm, and filer! boom“ Italian,/Ilrm .- in Fl‘€IlCl],A/llfle .- in Englilh, Alder,and Aller. Wl The Temperature.‘ The leaues and barke of the Alder are cold,dry,and altringcnt. 1] The Vcrtuef. The leaues of Alder are much vfed againll: hot fwellihgs, vlccrs, and all inward inflamma efpecially of the almonds and kernels of the throat. ' — h The bark is much vfed of poore country Diers for the dying of courfe cloath,caP5sh°f°’ & me like into a blackecolour,whereto it ferueth very well.

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g‘-'__’___//rs g H A_P. 114. Oft/2e fiirc/J Tree.

Betula. qr ‘T/2: Dr:farz'ptiim. The Bitch tree. . wig: He common Birch tree waxeth llkficfct a great tree, hauing manyboug 1. mbe, with many {mall rods or twigs. V“Y.1 d and pliant;thc barke of the yong tW‘g5 in branches is plain,fmooth,and full_off‘l”the colour like the chellnut, but the (111 ugh, body or trunk is hard without,Wh_1“-Vanda; and vneuen,full of chinks or crevifes *1” me, which is found another fine bark}? a P ado. fmooth, and as thin as pape1‘,Wl“C . C fore was vfed in {lead of paper to Wfltepjn before the making of paper was kflownth in Rullia and thefe cold countries it ?"";u{'es {lead of tiles and {late to coucr the“ _ cc withall.This tree beareth for his fl0“ alley, taine aglets like the I-lafel treeibl" rm wherein the feed is contained. ' V q; T/2: Place. This common Birch tree gr0W_5 1“ fenny grounds,ancl mountains, In 1” — ces of England. 11 The Time. / at and The catkins or aglets do firll 3PPcre’r_ then the 1eaues,in A prill or a little lag In The Names. . 5 T/Jcopfing/iua iealleth this net? _1“ Grfilkirl m~.,~w‘a'>a : é\iuer§;¢7}1[.tu{ -. others vM}w== if 15 Pa“ [3 a Latine, Bctala: diners alfo writ? “ opjcs ' ' p_ _ double /1 Bcmfzh, as fomeof P1mI_r’«’5n 3 W14: haue it:it is called In high. DutCll.s'25l|3k¢nba|.lm:in 1ow-Durch,93ttt1stnbonm tm 331*“ ’ by them of Trent,I>’ea’allo : in Fl'€I)Ch_,Bou[e:m .- in Eng1ilh,'Birch tree. . ‘ _ »y T be N aims and Vertzm. , Concerning the medicinable vfe of the Birch tree,or his parts,there is nothing e the oldlor new writers. _ p p . _ p _ _ y l«,g,;; .- This nee, f aith p[;';¢y1lz‘5,1 6.64;). 1 8.Mzr4ézlzc4m{are é" tezmztatc terrzé./lac m4gzfir4t##775 Wspand Pa. in times pail: the magilirats rods were made thereof 5 and in our time allo Schoolmflfier. rentsdoterrifie their children with rods made 0fB1rch. We and f05 It ferueth well to the decking vp ofhoufes and banqueting rooms,for places “Plea i’ ' ._beautil'ying offtreets in the Ci-oli'e and Gang weeke, and fuel: like. C 11- A Pt

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“ A Po i 1‘/.76 Horneaéeame or /rum! fBezzme Tree.

hemt'sp.‘r, five Czzrphzitsg ql TR D€lr‘r"f’té5”?

The Homrbeam U-CC“ l*:'tillm or the Hornbeame tree growes great; and very like vnto the Elme or Wich-lrla{e1i tree,hau‘ing a great bod y,tIie wood or timber

whereof is better for arrowes and flqafts, pulleyes for mils,and fuch like deuices,than Elm or Wicli

A Hafell ; for in time it waxeth {'0 hard , that thé

,tOLlgllIlClT€ and hardnes of it may be rather corn- pared to horn than vnto woodgand therfore it Was. fealled Hornebeam or l:-lard-beam : the lcaues of it are like the Elme,fauing that they be tenderer 5 among thofe hang Certaine triangled things, vpon which be found knaps or little heads of the big-_ nelle of Ciches,in which is contained the fruit of feed : the root is llrong and thicke;

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Bemlm or the Horn~beam tree grows plentifi.i.l- 13: in Northampton fhire,and in Kent by G-rauef. end , where it is commonly taken for a kinde of

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The T ime.‘ . _ This tree fprings in Aprill, and the feed is ri in September;

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q{ The Names. L The Horn-beame tree is called in Greeke,€~24'a7 = which is as much to fay as Co'n]‘zlgali;,or belonging to‘ the yoke,becaufe it:ferues_ well to make Ma of, p A I, ii)‘ Lafine lglslgztiiyokesyierrvitli oxelrln are yoked cg. ; III V . .. ._-“g;/. eth - w ic are a o euen at t is time ma 5: - ll ft “)2 _ V fimeciirr’, as witnefleth Benedifizu Curtim S ympbarz} ".”'f5,and our {clues ham; fufficient knowledge thereof in ourowr_1ecountry,and therefore it may ~“gIi(1,¢d Yoke E1m_ 1;" is called or fome Carpizmrgand Zugm .- it is alfo called Bctalzegas if it were lkinde ofliirclr. but my felfe better like it fhould be one of the Elmes tin high-Dutch,fil 19033:‘ Frciiclicame .- in Italianfifdrpino : in Englilh5H0m’be3m5Ha"d‘be3‘m5 Y°l‘:e‘EIm°?» 311d in fome Places Witch I-lafell.

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This me is not vfed in medicine,the vertues are not expreffed of the Ancients, neither bane we finjtcertain experiments of our owne knowledge,-= more thanhath been {aid for the vfe of Husban- ; rya. _ t

i C HAP. 116. Of the E/me tree.

1 ’ Vt Author on=ly defcribed two Elmes and thofe not fo accuffltll’ but I ‘hl“k I ma” wh. Ogiue the Readbr content,in eitchatnginghhem for bct'rel'.l'CCe1‘~l3d from M’ 50043’: th'3 lch are thefe.

I'/‘lam’: v;;l§atimif5'imafd/in ma fcaéro. The common Elme.

k of the yong trees,and boughes, of the elder,

t V ‘ h.,and will flrip orpill from

A His Elme is a very greathigh tr'ee,the'bar which are vfually lopped or lhred, is {month and vet)’ “N3

K‘ fl].eiW°0d a great length without breaking:the bark of the bod)’ of the Old “Ce 35 the "355 %‘°“’.m

lgnelre testes or rcnts,wh'ieh makes‘ itvery rougI1.ThC iI_l1l€‘P?‘°_B3 wgod. Oflhg FE“ is of 3 '§:‘1if()fl£’.