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{I The Place. - . 7 There glow in Italy and Other‘ hot regions by riuers and the {ca fide:I haue them growing “my garden. l ‘ ' 1 V -" \ {I T/re Time. In my garden they floure in Iuly and Augufl : the cods be ripe afterwards.‘ _ __ 11 TbeNamcr. . .‘ This plant 1S named in Greeke Nfigrov, by 2\{j(:,174g'gr, m,,,., in Lathe ygkewifc Nmtm, and glib 0, ;le”“Z"”=3“dSR/""1”‘[“Pi’:f:th*”[i5 T0 f3YaR9/24 d750730f Rfifw Laurm .- in fhoP& Oleander .- in U31 n’ ‘ wnr»o~.-=n an'lhA me 4 an/,4 .-' ‘ - .~ ’ '- c Bayfloré Ba}; U;e’;nde(,§;ear;;§:nro,an er M in Frenchfiafagme. inEng11{h, Rofc W 9 ‘ _ Tb" T * d ' A This tree being outwardly appliedfi: Gjizezijigfzittthrhgih Zhritgsliino facultie-but ifitbe inwardly‘ , ’ " _ 1 b a taken it is deadly and po1fonfome,not only to rnen,but alfo to molt lrindes of beafts. . en .3 T he flour‘-{and leaues kill dogs,afIes tnules,and very many other fome footed bea{ts:but1f m df <3i'i1‘11<€ them 1“ Wine they are a remedy iagainft the bitings of Serpents and the rather ifK'~"‘ be 3 ' (led . y i ’ i

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1} The Defc‘rz}>tion;

.. d VV.arl'e Nerium or Rofe Bay hath leaues which for the molt part are alwaies green, l'0“gb’:;,. fmalliofa pale yellow colour lil<e~.Box,,far lelTerth_an Oleander: the whole plant is 0 555 brag.

by fiamfeilfianlng this way and that way,as not able to {land vpright without hclpsr _ ‘ vpon icllssttre c:°uer=d and fies £91195 {mall 5:‘?f"-%%€<<?_5;»‘«’.‘5; ll}l9i¥’5§lE.3Fl¢F 9r ertrzxferi €°l°9r:%‘°"‘”g the

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C Iran-2iic;hvz2—:lcm'lror Alpig eflxflmwfl Dwarfe Role Bay“

ILAMVM. The Bay tree;

the hills as you goe from Trent to Verona‘, which in Iune and Iuly are as it were couc- r ed with a fcarlet colored carpet, ofan onlo- riferons fauor and deleétable afpeec 5 which being fallen, there commeth feed and fairs berries like Afparagus. ‘

‘(I The Place .

The p_l_a'ce and time are exprefled in the

defcnption. V v L . 3 The N4mt!._

A This may be called in En_glifl1,dwarf'rofe Bay ofthe Alps. I find I}0thmg extant of the vertues, but am confirained to leaue the ref}; ynto your owne difcretron.

' The other plant ofour Author, f0m'.l“'1Y ‘1‘f“ib‘d i“ ‘H5 Ch‘Pt¢T in the fccond p1,¢¢,by the name of fbgmeradadendror cnantaml hauehcre om;md_becatil‘e he fer it forth before by the name offflw Ledum Srlfiiaa

c'iim.,giuing two figures and one dclcriprionainthfi ii and 32' ylaccs of the 8 Cl-up.oEthis 3 30°!“-

Of the 3.2} or Lame!

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V 1* Tflé Bay or Laurell tree cotfimeth oftentimes to‘ the height ofa tree

3 mean Eiignelle : it is full of b0ughes,c0-r

tiered with ‘a green barke : the leaues thereof are 1o’ng,broa'd,hard,of colour greemfweetly fmelling,and= in tafie fomewhat bitter; The flours along-ll the boiughes‘ and leaues are of a green colour;the berries are more long than round ,and be couered with a blacke rinde Or pill : the kernell within is clouen into twq parts like that of the Peach and almond, and other fu'ch,ofa[brown yellowilh color, fweec of fm'ell,in tafie fomewhat bitter," with alit._ tle {harp or biting qllalitie. , .

L 2 There is alfo a certaine other kinda, hereofmore like a‘ fhrub ,‘ fending forth on? of the toms many off-fprings _; which not_-_ with [handing growes not fo high aS.Fl;_€,f°’f menand the barkes of the bQUSh¢s .bc tome" What fed 5 zheleaues be alfo tenderero5C 110E

M {O him} 3 in other things not vnlikee >

Thefe two’ Bay trees Dzofcqride: was not ionorant of; for he faith that the one IS nar-_ tgw leafed , and the other broader or rather lfmder leafed‘,v‘vhich IS more like.

{l The Place.’

The Laurell‘or Bay tree growethlnatufaigi

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