602 Adam in Eden; Or, 
CHAP. CCCXXVIL. 
Of the Elme.. 
The Nemes: Sse 
FT is called in Greek sata Ptelea, in Latine Vlewns, i in Eoglith the Eine, , 0d 
the Elme-tree. - 
The Kindes. 
There were but rwo/orts of Elmes, kisowrel tocohe Aaieients. Big oy : 
feem to make foure, Artinia, Gallica, oftras, and Sylvefris, "yet they are redu- 
cible to two, for Attinia and Gallica, and fo likewife Noffras and Sylveftris, were 
the fame, as Collwmelia plainly fetteth down, one whereof he calleth U/msus Gala 
lica, andthe other Vernacle, which is Italica: TheophraGusalfo maketh but — 
two forts, (Montiuimus, few Montola Ulnus, and Campeftris Ulmus, yet the 
more Modetn Writers make mention of four ; 1. The Common Elme: 2,Broad- 
leafed nee eee +3 Smeoth-leafed Elme, Ce NV ache ions 5 4 : 
T he Forth ap eae ee i oe 
The Comssan Elme groweth to bea very great Tree,with a Body ofa vety 
fize, covered with a thick rough barke, chapt or crackt in many places, wy ie a 
on the branches is fmoother, asit happeneth in the Oake, Willow, Wallnut and — 
divers other trees ; the blofiomes, that appeare before the Leaves come forth, cae 
are like {mall caffells of red-threds, which falling away, there come upintheir — 
ftead broad, flat, whitifh Skins, which. are the Seed, and fall away by degrees, — 
fome quickly, and fome again continue tillthe eaves are fully Song a z 
after: the Leaves are of a fad green colour, fomewhat round, rere bet : 
, tough and crumpled for the moft part, and dented about a 
of the Leaf next the Stalk being longer than che other , on which | Sawer . 
tain {mall Bladders, or Blifters, containing fmall Worms inthem: The Woodor 
Timber of it is of a dark reddith yellow colour , Very tough and ferviceableto 
make Pumps, and Pipes to conveigh water under-ground, as alfoto make —— ae 
Rafters, or Tranfomes, and many other ufes, where iene ot = 
dire tr ti but where iis abjett toall Weathers, ~ ord 
4 , / frequently aiadethieeny of this Land, wee 
Theis ie Gcometrene, toments, beoodhie mare than the firft ; —_ = 
tobe ena dies Wood gb na ppt erie land 
The Temperature | 
_Both ih Leaves and Bark oft Elo brmodcatey le, wih an crident cia E 
fing faculty oe age eee 
= stake tell, Sanaa = therefore ray es b the wae 
_ ter contained in thofe Biadders,is of mach force to clofe up Burftenne(fes, Cloathes 
Deing often wet in the water that comes forth out of thefe, and applyed thereun- : 
0 esac eo coereeponthient and ches mach Adaseee 
