43 o The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



fpreading into many fmall and (lender branches, here and there fet with thornes, and 

 with many very faire greene mining leaues, like in forme and bignefle vnto the leaues 

 of the larger Myrtle before defcribed, euery one hauing a fmall reddifh foote-ftalke 

 vpon thefe branches : among the leaues come forth here and there, long, hard, and 

 hollow reddifh cups, diuided at the brimmes, wherein doe (land large flngle flowers, 

 euery one confifting of one whole leafe, fmaller at the bottome then at the brimme, 

 like bels, diuided as it were at the edges into fiue or fix parts, of an orient red or crim- 

 fon colour in the hotter Countries ; but in this it is much more delayed, and tendeth 

 neare vnto a blufh, with diuers threads in the middle. The fruit is great and round, ha- 

 uing as it were a crowne on the head of it, with a thicke tough hard skinne or rinde, of 

 a brownim red colour on the outfide, and yellow within, fluffed or packt full of fmall 

 graines, euery one encompaft with a thin skin, wherein is contained a clear red iuyce 

 or liquor, either of a fweet (as I faid before) or fower tafte, or betweene them both of 

 a winie tafte : the roote difperfeth it felfe very much vnder ground. 



2. Balaujiium maius Jiue Malus Punica filuejlris maior. 

 The greater wilde or double bloflbmd Pomegranet tree. 



The wilde Pomegranet is like vnto the tame in the number of purplifh branches, 

 hauing thornes, and mining faire greene leaues, fomewhat larger then the for- 

 mer : from the branches likewife moote forth flowers, farre more beautifull then 

 thofe of the tame or manured fort, becaufe they are double, and as large as a double 

 Prouince Rofe, or rather more double, of an excellent bright crimfon colour, tending 

 to a filken carnation, {landing in brownim cups or huskes, diuided at the brims vfually 

 into foure or fiue feuerall points, like vnto the former, but that in this kinde there neuer 

 followeth any fruit, no not in the Country, where it is naturally wilde. 



3. Balauflium minus. The fmaller wilde Pomegranet tree. 



This fmaller kinde differeth from the former in his leaues, being of a darker greene 

 colour, but not in the height of the ftemme, or purplifhneffe of his branches, or thorns 

 vpon them ; for this doth mew it felfe more like vnto a wilde kind then it : the flowers 

 hereof are much fmaller, and not fo thicke and double, of a deeper or fadder red O- 

 renge tawny colour, fet alfo in fuch like cups or huskes. 



The Place. 



The tame or manured kinde groweth plentifully in Spaine, Portugall, 

 and Italy, and other in other warme and hot countries. Wee (as I faid be- 

 fore) preferue it with great care. The wilde I thinke was neuer feene in 

 England, before lohn Tradefcante my very louing good friend brought it 

 from the parts beyond the Seas, and planted it in his Lords Garden at 

 Canterbury. 



The Time. 



They flower very late with vs, that is, not vntill the middle or end of 

 Auguft, and the cold euenings or frofts comming fo foone vpon it, doth 

 not onely hinder it from bearing, but many times the fharpe winters fo 

 pinch it, that it withereth it downe to the ground, fo that oftentimes it 

 hardly fpringeth againe. 



The Names. 



The name Malus Punica for the tree, and Malum Punicum for the fruit, or 

 Malus Granata, and Malum Granatum, is the common name giuen vnto this 

 tree, which is called in Englifh the Pomegarnet or Pomegranet tree. The 

 flowers of the tame kinde are called Cytini, as Diofcorides faith, although 

 Plinie feemeth either to make Cytinus to be the flower of the wilde kinde, or 



Balaujiium 





