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THE THIRD PART 



CALLED 



THE ORCHARD, 



Ontaining all forts of trees bearing fruit for mans vfe to eate, pro- 

 per and fit for to plant an Orchard in our climate and countrie : I 

 bound it with this limitation, becaufe both Dates, Oliues, and o- 

 | ther fruits, are planted in the Orchards of Spaine, Italy, and o- 

 I ther hot countries, which will not abide in ours. Yet herein I will 

 declare whatfoeuer Art, ftriuing with Nature, can caufe to profper 

 with vs, that whofoeuer will, may fee what can bee effected in our 

 countrie. And firft to begin with the lower flirubbes or bufhes, and after afcend to 

 the higher trees. 





CHAP. I. 

 Rubus Idaus. Rafpis. 



THe Rafpis berrie is of two forts, white and red, not differing in the forme ei- 

 ther of bulh, leafe, or berry, but onely in the colour and tafte of the fruit. The 

 Rafpis bum hath tender whitifh ftemmes, with reddifh fmall prickes like haires 

 fet round about them, efpecially at the firft when they are young ; but when they grow 

 old they become more wooddy and firme, without any mew of thornes or prickles 

 vpon them, and hath onely a little hairinefie that couereth them : the leaues are fome- 

 what rough or rugged, and wrinkled, ftanding three or fiue vpon a ftalke, fomewhat 

 like vnto Rofes, but greater, and of a grayer greene colour : the flowers are fmall, 

 made of fine whitifh round leaues, with a dafh as it were of blufh caft ouer them, many 

 ftanding together, yet euery one vpon his owne ftalke, at the tops of the branches ; af- 

 ter which come vp fmall berries, fomewhat bigger then Strawberries, and longer, ei- 

 ther red or white, made of many graines, more eminent then in the Strawberry, with 

 a kinde of douninefle caft ouer them, of a pleafant tafte, yet fomewhat fowre, and no- 

 thing fo pleafant as the Strawberrie. The white Rafpis is a little more pleafant then 

 the red, wherein there is fmall feede inclofed : the rootes creepe vnder ground verie 

 farre, and fhoote vp againe in many places, much encreaiing thereby. 



There is another whofe ftemme and branches are wholly without prickles : the 

 fruit is red, and fomewhat longer, and a little more fharpe. 



The Vfe of Rafpis. 



The leaues of Rafpis may be vfed for want of Bramble leaues in gargles, 

 and other decoctions that are cooling and drying, although not fully to 

 that effedt. 



The 



