

Lib. 3. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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(booth, (hining, and large, fomevvhat fnipt or toothed about the edges : the floures are little, whi- 

 tifh,of a good fauour,and very many in number, growing cluttering together from out of the mid- 

 die of the Ieafe : out of which proceedeth a fmall whitifh long narrow leafe : after the floures foe- 

 ceed cornered (harpe pointed Nuts,of the bigneiTc of Hafell Nuts. This tree fcemeth to be a kinde 



zx about Heningham(whera5 great plenty groweth by the way fides) 



do call it broad leafed Elme. 



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TilUfeemin*. 



The female Line tree. 



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% TilUmas. 



The male Line tree. 





a The male TilUov Line tree groweth alfo very great and thieke, fpreading it fclfe far abroad 



like the other Linden tree:his barke is very tough and pliant,and fcrueth to make cords and halters 

 of. The timber of this tree is much harder, more knotty, and more yellow than the timber of the 

 other, not much differing from the timber of the Elme tree : the lcaucs hereof are not much vnl ike 

 Iuy leaues,not very greene, fomewbat fnipt about tbeedges : from the middle whereof come forth 

 clutters oflitle white flours like the former : which being vadcd,tbere fucceed fmall round pellets, 

 growing cluttering together like Iuy berries , within which is contained a little round blackifh 

 feed,which falleth out when the berry is ripe. 



^f The Place. 



The female Linden tree groweth in fome woods in Norrhampton (hire ; alfo neere Colchefter,' 

 and in many places alongft the high way leading from London to Henningham, in the county of 



Effex. 

 The male Linden tree groweth in my Lord Trcafurers garden in the Strand,and in fundry other 



places,asatBarn-elmes,andinagardenatSaintKatherines neere London, t The female growes 



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^r fht Time. 



The trees floure in May.and their fruit is ripe in Auguft. 



qr The Thames . 



The Linden tree is called in Greeke ♦**>« = in Latine,77//4 : 

 Ultltin low Dutch, HUtrt>e,and JlmDenbOOm t the kalian; 



foand Tititnl: in Englifh,Linden tree,and Line tree. 



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