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Of the Hifbrie of Plants. 



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Chap. 1 1 • 0/ ^ Wilding or Crab tree* 



be diuers manured Apples, foare there fiindry wilde Apples, or Crabs, whereof to 



fmall purpofe,and therefore 



Malmjjlueftris. 



The Wilding or Crab tree. 



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IF The generaU Defcripion 



THere be diuers wilde Apple trees nothtif- 

 banded 3 that is tofay,nor grafted ; tbe fruit 

 whereof is har(h and binding : for by grafting 

 both Apples and Pearcs become more milde 

 and plealant. The crab or wilding tree gtowes 

 oftcntftnesto a rcafonabde greatnefTc,equaII 

 with the Apple tree .the wood is hard, firme, 

 and follid ; the barke rough $ the branches or 

 boughes many, the flourcs and fruit like thofe 

 of the Apple tree,fome red,others white, fome 

 greater, others lefler : the difference is knowne 

 to all therefore it fliall fufficc what hath been 

 faid for their feueralldiftin&ions : we haue in 

 our London gardens a dwarfe kindc of fweet 



Apple, called Cham&maltu^ the dwarfe Apple 



tree, or Paradife Applc,which beareth Apples 

 very timely without grafting. 



i Our Author here alfo (out of TaBema- 

 mntanus) g&uc fonre figures, whereof lonely 

 xetainetheoeft,with their feu-rall titles, r Ma- 

 in fylteftris rubem. The great Wilding or red 

 Crab tree. i^MalusfthtfirU alba* The white 

 Wilding or Crab tree, 3 Malusfjlueftrv 



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fyl> 



11 The Place. 



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The Crab tree groweth wilde in woods and 

 hedge rowes almoft euery where. 



«g The Time. 



The time anfwereth thofe of the garden. 



^ The Names. 



Their titles doth fee forth their names in Latine and Englifh. 



^ 7 he Temperature. 



Of the temperature of wilde Apples hath been Sufficiently fpoken in the former chapter^ 



9f[ The Vermes. 



The juyce of wilde Apples or crabs taketh away the heat of burnings/caldings, and all inflam- 

 mations : and being laid on in fliort time after it is fcalded : ir keepeth it from blistering. 



The juyce of crabs or Verjuice is aftringent or binding,and hath withal I an ab fter flue or clenfing 

 <palitie, being mixed with hard yeeftof Ale or Beere,and applied in manner of a cold ointment, 

 thatis, fpread vpon a cloth firft wet in the Verjuyce and wrung out, and then laid to, taketh away 

 JeheatofS.Anthonies fireball inflammations whatfoeuer, healeth fcab'd legs, burnings and fcal- 

 «*&£* wherefoeue* it be. 



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