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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



U TheVefcripion. 



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THe manured Med Iar tree is not great,the body whereof is wrvtb^ ^.k .. . 

 not eafie to be broken : the leauel be longer^ mn^SS&^S^ 

 . darke,green aboue and fomwhjt whiter and hairy below: the flours arVwhit^' ^ 



haumg fiue Ieaues apiece : the fruit is fmall,round,and hath a broad com naffed naueU ! gfeat> 

 the top : the pulp or meat is at the firft white,and foharfcor chokina ^Aat ir ino, L ° t0Wne 

 it become fo^iUhich areconrained fiue feeds or ftones.wh^ 



$ 2 There is another which differs from the laftdcfcribed in that the leaner 1™ 

 narrower, the ftocke hath no prickles vpon it,the fruit alfo is ^^Sb^^A^^S 



fDe * s £358 ' " e Iaft dcfcribcd - This is thc *^i^4SS5^; £%£ 



•ImoSh H !?f MC ?' ar C T gr T et ^ t0 the hei S ht and 8«An^ of an apple tree, bauing 

 rfc^ ?h S f b0UghcS ,° r branches > fe t w "h ft "p thornls like the white Thorne *£? 



thorn: thc Ieaues arc very much cut or jagged like the Hawthorn leauoJrat greater^nd more Jkc 



dornefti 



3 



the kernels or 



and green of colourjbutwhen they 

 S wherein is contained three fmall 



3 Mcjpilns \^ironia m 



The Neapolitan Medlar. 



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$*4 C&aqtmefiikt 



Dwarfe Medlar. 



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med for a 



There is a dwarfe kinde of Medlar growing naturally vpon the Alps and [hills °[ f eftec * 

 a- — ..- of mQunt BaWus njgh Veronavvhich hath binby fome of thebea ^^ hatI e 



of Medlar; others,whofe judgements cannot ftand with truth ° r ^ h -j getr ie, r 



fed it to be Euommus of the 



This dwarfe Medlar groweth like 



inppuicu juuuc *uen<),nus of the Alpes. I nis dwarfe Medlar growetu «*>- » »— /i en der Ieaues 

 four or fiue cubits higb,bcaring many final twiggy wands orcrops,befetwitn many 1 ^ is 



greene abouc,and of a skye colour vnderneath, in (hew like to a dwarfe AppJ e 



ery 



