qo Tbe Garden of plealant Flowers. 
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\ graines, euery one encompaft with athin skin, wherein is containeda cleare red ivyce 
' et migamp: Sv of a {weet (as I faid before) or fower tafte, or betweenethem both of 
a winietafte : the roote difperfethrit {elfe very much vnder ground. JM 
) 2. Balanuftinws mains fine Malus Punica filucfiris maior, ‘ | 
| “.. “Thegreater wilde ordoublebloffomd Pomegranettrees — 
| < “Thewilde Pomegranetis like vnte the tame in the number of purplith branches, 
; “hauing thornes, and fhining faire greene leaues, fomewhat larger then the for- 
‘| _maer: from thebranches likewife ferth flowers , farre mere beautifull then 
‘ thofe of thetameor manured fert , becanfe they are double, and as largeasa double 
‘ _Prouince Rofe, or rather more double, of an excellent bright crimfon colour,tending 
» _ toafilken carnation, ftanding in brownifh cups or huskes, dinided at the brims viually 
‘| into foure or fiue feuerall points,like vnto the former, but that in this kinde there neuer 
ie followeth any fruit, ne notinthe itry, Where it is naturall y wilde. 5 Ie 
| x 3. Belanitiam mines. The {mall erwildePomegranettree. So oe : 
‘| \ ‘This fimallerkinde differeth from the former in his leanes, being of a darkér : 
' colour, but not inthe height of the ftemme, or purplihneffe of his branches, or thorns 
pets 
_>~—ypon them , for this doth fhew it felfe more like vnto a wilde kind then it : the flowers 
‘| - hereof are much fmaller , and not fothickeanddouble, ofa deeper or fadder red O- 
‘| _-- kenge tawny colour, {et alfo in {uch like cups or huskes, oe 
i | ne The Place, | Hs 
| Thetame ormanured kinde greweth rlentifully in Spaine, Portugal, 
| ok Giamditaly, dba oahar ih clmetrtrenc antigo coun Wee (as aid be- 
_; «© fore) preferue it with great care. The wilde Ithinke was neuer feene ia 
: England, beforelohn Tradefcante my very loving good friend broughtit — 
| : from the parts beyond the Seas, and planted it in his Lords Garden at 
Canterbury. tae ee) Ae 
They flower very latewith vs, thatis, not vntill the middle or end of 
Auguft, and thecold cuenings or frofts comming fofoone vponit, doth 
not onely hinder it from bearing , but many times the fharpe winters fo 
inch it, thatit withereth it downe to the ground , fo that oftentimes it 
dly {pringethagaine, One cs ee 3 
TheNames, 
Thename Ma/ws Punica for the tree, and‘ Malam Paniéum for the fruit , or 
- Malus Granats,and Malam Granatam, isthe common name giuen vnto this 
tree, which is called in Englifhthe Pomegarnet or Pomegranettree. The 
flowers of the tame kinde arecalledCyrini,as Diofcorides faith, although 
Plinie feemeth either to make Cytinws to be the flower of the wildekinde, or 
