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Of the Hiftorie of PI 



ants. 



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Of goofed erne, or Fearer ry ^ufa 



% The Kindes. 



and fane of a red colour : the fig u re of one ft al fiSSSS reft ' ** r0Uncl ' <*< 



long. 



I will not much infift vpon diuerfities of fmii-c hs^J 31 / C r ? • , . 



■ffieienrly in his l,re VVorke drfcourfe Up on that Sfe Yk ^ *■*«" *%. 



be defirous to knonr the., names, and where to get "hem I »Sf bri3& """I 1 '^ °« W 



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Goofe-berries. 



If The Defcriptim. 



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Goofe 



or foure cubits high,fet thicke ^ith moft 

 Hiarpe prick es.it is likewlfefcllof (,rar> 

 ches.flender wooddy,and pri«kly hereon do 

 grow round leauescut with deepegafento 

 diuers parts like thofe of the Vine>averv 

 greene colour : the floures be very fmall, of a 

 whmfh greene, with fome little purple dallied 

 here and thererthe fruit is round,growingfcat. 

 tenngly vpon the branches, greene at the M 

 but waxing a little yellow through maturitie- 

 full of a winie jnyce fomewbat fiveet in raile 

 when they be ripe ; in which is contained hard 

 feed of a whinfh colour: thcroot is wooddy, 

 and nor without firings annexed thereto. 



There is another whofe fruit isalmoftasbig 

 as a fmall Cherryjand very round in forme: as 

 alfo another of the like bigneffe, of an inch in 

 length, in tafte and fubftance agreeing with 

 the common fort. 



We bauealfoin our London gardens ano- 

 ther fort altogether without prickles : whofe 

 fruit is very fmaLJeffer by much than the com- 

 mon kinde,but of a perfect red colour^herein 

 itdiffereth from the reft of his kinde. 



^ The Place. . 



Tbefe plants doe grow in our London Gat- 

 dens and elfc-where in greatabundace. 



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forth in the beginning of Aprill or fooner 



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: the fruit is ripe in Iune and Iuty. 



_ deeme knew it not, or elfe earned 



rt . - — y CroJfularia : and oftentimes of the berries, Vu Crtpf* 4 



#'"*> Y»*$'»>M*> and Vua CriQina : in high Dutch, fttufdbcet X in low Dutch, &U%im®' 1 * 



" Crijp a> or Eftina .• in Italian, Vmfiina : in French, Greife/les : in Englifh, Goole-wrry, 



^ The Names 



Writers 



Writer 





Goofe-berry bufh, 



degree.and 



«fl" The Temperature. 



bufh before they be ripe are cold and dry 



the later end of the ft- 





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The fruit is vfed in diuers fauces for meat, as thofe that are skilfuli in cookeric can better 



than my lelCe 



tell 







they 



