Lib. 3. 



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Of the Hifton'e of Plants. 



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fumcncs of mony, vnto thofe tbatdrefie Spanish skins, for which purpofe chey are very excellent. 

 The root of Cotiflus,zs ^^///^Mnotethjferuethcodie with,giuing towooll and cloth a redd iih 

 colour : which Pliny knew^ftiewing that this fhrub(that is to fay the root)is ad lineament a mo do eon- 



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C h a p. 1 13. Of the tiAlder Tree. 



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wood 



bfanches,the bark is of 



vnder the water,yca longer than any other timber wbatfbeuer • wherefore in fenny and /oft marirti 



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This timber doth alio ferue very wcl 1 to make troughs to conticy water in ftead of pipes of Lead. 

 The leaucs of this tree arc in fhapc fomewhat like the Hafell,but they are blacker and more wrin- 

 kled,very clammy to handlers though they were fprinkled With hony.The bloflbms or floures arc 

 like the aglets of the Birch tree, which beeing vaded, therefollowetha fcaly fruit clofely growin 

 together,as bigas a Pigeons egg • which toward Autumne doth operand the feed fallcth out an 

 is loft. 







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The Alder tree 



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Rough leafed Alder. 





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$ 2 Clufius and B whine haue obferued another kinde of thisAvhich differs from the ordinary, 

 m that it hath larger and more cut leaues,and thefe not fhining aboue^but hoary vndernearh* The 

 catkins as alfo the rough heads are not fo large as thofe of the formcr:thc bark alfo is whiter. Clu* 



fas makes it his Alms altfra ; and Banhine.his Alms hirfutuspx folio incano. ± 



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