the Hiftorie of Plants. 88i 



Of the Linden tree. Chap^lxxiij. 



^ The kinds. 



tbe male and tbe femaleXbei? are botlj to be foano tn t^jts 



countr^jbut tljc female wf moll common i better Imotone. 



^The defcription. 



I nn^^ common E^moen tr^ , iof^tf b 10 tijc female Tilia toajr^ 

 A etf) great t ti)if be , rp,:eaDing fcD^tfj ^m b;ancbcfi long ano 

 Iarge,anD palDing a great C^aootue toben tbe ftmne (binetb* tbe 

 barke ts b^otnntd^ tcittbout, fmoitl),! plaine, but nert to tbe ttm^ 

 ber it xb tol)ite,moiIt anD tougb,1inD iuiU cafif? beetuje0eo, tur^ 

 neD,an5 tlmfteo euer^ iuap:t»b^refo;c it 10 tijc berp lluflfe tubcr;^ 

 of tfjep mahe ttiefe tom 0^ Ijalters of faarfes. 2Dbe timber is tobi* 

 ti% plaine, ano toitboat fenots, i tert? foftano gentle to banDIe : 

 anDttjerefo^e tbecoales tliat be mane of tbi0 UiatD, aregoioto 

 make gunnepoiuDer.SDbe leauesbe ter^ greene anD Iarge,fome 

 iDbat t(Dt[)eD Qi a little fnipt roimo about t^t eoge^ , otbertnaies 

 not mucb Dniibe to im leaue0.Cbe fmal floltierg be \x^^itiiii ano 

 of a goo fauour^man^ banging togitber fi'om out of tfje miDDle of 

 a little narroine iDbite {eafe . nt fruit i$ none otber but little 

 ronnD berries 0; pellets groluing togitber in little duOers like ta 

 tup berries, in Inb^b is containco a fmall rounD feoe , tDbicb i0 

 blac!^tfl^, anD falletf) out, tsben tiie fmall pellets 0; buttons Do 0^ 

 pen anD are ripe, 



a aCbe feconD feinDe of IlinDen tree , lu|jicb i» t^t male (calleD 

 Tilia mas) grotnetl) alfo great anD tbicfee , anDfp;eaoetb abjoDe 

 li&e t^z otber iLinoen,tbe barfee tobereof is alfo tougb auD pliant 



ano feruet^^to malje co^Ds ano baiters : but it i& rougber,tbicfeer, 



ano bjittelcr, grapifl^ about tlje fmall b.jancfjes, but tofjiter tban 



tlfc barfees of t^e common ilinoen tree , pet not fo io^itc as t^je 



b^ancbes of elme . nt timber of tW iLinDen is mucb barDer 



nioie ftnottp, antr pelloioer tban ti^e timber of tW otber , mucb 



lifte t^t timber 0^ tomD of elme , t^t leauesbe b^oDe, not plaine 



no^ euen, hut rougb anD a little cut about t^z eDges , tien? like to 



etitien Ieaues,fauing tbat ijpon tbem tberc nener grotu anr fmal 



WaDDers* m$ tra b^ingetfi fajtft trait berp felDome,anD tbert^ 



jLiI I fo^e 



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