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where the great ftalks are dearely bought for the better fort ofpeotdeln d th f ; --L^ 



for the poorer fort. From thefe thorny branches grow little floures like thof ?S thox ^ fes 

 yellow colour, which in hot regions vnder the extreme heate of the Sunne a , onne > an d of, 

 colour : in the colder countries of the Eaft, as Danzicke, Brunfwicke and P^ °nlf T 7 perfe<a re( * 

 branch hereof growing,except fome few plants and feeds which my felfe hau*. S S5" not a "v 

 wife called Meluin,where they are moft curioufly kept in their faireft eardeiw Jt J? EIb,n § ot ta- 

 Broome, the which I haue fent thither likewifc, being firft defired by diuers Jr <£? C ° moa 

 cods follow the floures.which the grauer hath omitted,as a German who had Jn r , rs : tbe 

 it felfe,but framed the figure by heare-fay : the root is nWtough, and woodd v pIant 



We haue in our barren grounds of the North part of England another fort of Furze M • 

 forth the like prickly thornes that the other haue : the onely difference confifterh inT 1 , gln S 

 the floures ; for the others bring forth yellow floures,and thofe oKS wh fc j?* ° f 



that be ome cubit high .ftitfeand fet round about at the firft with fiXin^SS^ 

 and little harmeleflb prickles,which after they haue been a yeare old,and the leaned go £ 2 

 onely with moft hard foarpe prickles, crookingor bending their points downewardf T & 



hcreofare of a Dale vcllow colour 1<»fl%r #*-.„ t^r^ro-Jr L ^r.t_^ /» r % . nour « 



f 3 GeniJttSpinofamwor ftlicjutri 



Small round codded Furze. 



thofe of Broome, 

 feeds : the root is tough and wooddy 



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Needle Furze or petty Whin. 



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the figure I gi uc you is of this third variety. 

 3 This feldome exceeds a foot 



1th deep ycl 



ickleJ, 



grow not confufedly, as in the common fbrt,but keepe 



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couples : tney are of a lighter greene than thofe of the common fr urze : on roc ; «j- . d by ft. 



: branches grow two or three yellow floures like thofe of the formerjwhich are ™ "* . fl ^ 



round rough hairy cods of the bignefle of Tares. This floures in March, and i gr ^ ic 

 betweene Burdeaux and Bavone in France.and vnon the Py renean mountames. ; 



his S corpus a. or fecond fort of Furze : Xofc/calls it GcMjlaftartiumftJwft 



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