Lib. 5. Of the Hiftoric of Plants. , X a^ 



certain diftances J & haue in them great plenty of white pith, therfore they haue feffe wood,which 

 is white and brittle : the leaues be broad,corncred,like almoft to Vine Jeaues,but leffer andYofter 

 imong which come forth fpdkcd randies which bring forth little floures, the vttermoft whereof a- 

 longft the borders be greater,of a gallant white colour,euery little one confifting of Hue leaues-the 

 other in the mid ft and within the borders be fmaller,and it floures by degrees, and the whole tuft 

 is of a moftfweet fmell : after which come the fruit or beries,that are round 1 ike thofe of the com- 

 be withered, 

 g many knotty branches 



the vine 



2 S imbue us Roft 



fhootscomming 



leaucs,among which come forth goodly Houres ofa white colour, fpr ink led and daftied h».ere and 

 therewith a light and thin carnation colour,and do growthicke andclofely compact together, in 



the fljures 



. „ ,. , , --inany other 



place,for ought that I can vnderftand. 



quantitie and bulke ofa mans hand,or rather bigger,of great beauty ,and fauoring like 

 of the Hawthorne : but in my garden there groweth not any fruit vpon this tree , nor i 



fa 



are jointed and knotted by diftances,and it is full of white pith : the leaucs be Iikcwife cornered. 

 The flours hereof grow not out of fpoky rundles.but ftand in a round thick and globed tuf t,mbig- 

 ncffealfoand fafhion like to the former, fauing that they tend to a deeper purpte colour, wherein 



only the difference confifts. 



Sambucut fain (Iris < 



by moift ditch fides. 

 : The Rofc Elder gr 



^[ The Place. 



«f[ The Time, 



and Mav*and 



temocr. 



? 



S ambucus paluji 



and ?Ut4Hui$x\& alfo Chamtplatama or thedwarfe Plane tree, but vnpropcrly . Ydertm Cordm ma- 



oftapbylos .- the Saxons, faith Gefi 

 ted the name *.»*<?•'*« : it is named in high-DutchjU^att^OlDw/and J£itfci) tjoluet 

 tch,^»toclCllCtt,and ^toelCfcCtttyJUt : of certaine French tatnfibiere 1 in EngUfh, N 

 Whitten tree,Oppel tree,and dwarfe Plane tree. 



Rofe 



a 



of the former water Elder,the floures being doubled by art,as we haue faid. It is called in Dutch, 



<£WetfcIjettoofc:inEngiifh,c "" ~ " "~ 



IT 



found in any W 



Water Elder 



Chap. j$. 



Oft)aneJR>ortJ} r all~ , n>ort y or dwarfe Elder; 



^ The Dt foiptim. 



fhrub 



ticipating of both, being doubtlefleone of the Elders, as may appeare both by the leaues 



floures,and fruit,asa!foby the fmell and taftc. 



woody 



c onngeth forth only green ftelks,which wither away in winter : thefe are edged and ful of joints 



grow 



^dconfiftofmanyfmall leaues which ftand vpon a thicke ribbed ftalke, of which eueryone is 



° n g>broad,and cut in the edges likeafaw.wider and greater than the leaues of the common Elder 



, rce •' at the top of the (talks theregrow tuftsofwhite floures tipt with red , with fiuelittlc cbiMS 



J n tnciri pointed with blacke.which turne into blacke berries like the Elder in which be little long 



leat 



es. 



good and reafonable length,better for 



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