Orchard. 



of another kinde hereof (by the opinion of good Authors) vnder the name of Lauro- 



cerafus. 



The firft or true Lote tree groweth to be a tree of a great height, whofe bodie and 

 elder branches are couered with a fmooth darke greene barke, the leaues are fomewhat 

 rough in handling, of a darke greene colour, long pointed, and fomewhat deepe den- 

 ted about the edges, fomewhat like vnto a Nettle leafe, and oftentimes growe yellow 

 toward Autumne : the flowers ftand here and there fcattered vpon the branches, after 

 which come round berries like vnto Cherries, hanging downewards vpon long foot- 

 ftalkes, greene at the firft, and whitifh afterwards ; but when they are ripe they become 

 reddifh, and if they be fuffered to hang too long on the branches, they grow blackifh, 

 of a pleafant auftere tafte, not to be mifliked, wherein is a hard round ftone. 



The fecond, which is a baftard kinde, and called Guaiacum Patauinum, groweth to 

 bee a faire tree, with a fmooth darke greene barke, fhooting out many faire great 

 boughes, and alfo flender greene branches, befet with faire broad greene leaues, al- 

 moft like vnto the leaues of the Cornell tree, but larger : the flowers growe along the 

 branches clofe vnto them, without any or with a very fhort foote-ftalke confiding of 

 foure greene leaues, which are as the huske, containing within it a purplifh flower, 

 made of foure leaues fomewhat reddifh : the fruit ftandeth in the middle of the green 

 huske, greene at the firft, and very harm, but red and round when it is ripe, and fome- 

 what like a Plumme, with a fmall point or pricke at the head thereof, and of a reafona- 

 ble pleafant tafte or rellifh, wherein are contained flat and thicke browne feeds or ker- 

 nels, like vnto the kernels of Cafsia Fijtu/a, fomewhat hard, and not fo ftonie, but that 

 it may fomewhat eafily be cut with a knife. 



The third is called in Virginia Pi/hamin, The Virginia Plumme (if it be not all one 

 with the former Guaiacana, whereof I am more then halfe perf waded) hath growne 

 with vs of the kernels that were fent out of Virginia, into great trees, whofe wood is 

 very hard and brittle, and fomewhat white withall : the branches are many, and grow 

 flender to the end, couered with a very thinne greenifh bark, whereon doe grow many 

 faire broad greene leaues, without dent or notch on the edges, and fo like vnto the for- 

 mer Guaiacum, that I verily thinke it (as I before faid) to bee the fame. It hath not yet 

 borne flower or fruit in our Countrey that I can vnderftand : but the fruit, as it was 

 fent to vs, is in forme and bignefle like vnto a Date, couered with a blackim skinne, 

 fet in a huske of foure hard leaues, very firme like vnto a Date, and almoft as fweete, 

 with great flat and thicke kernels within them, very like vnto the former, but larger. 



The Vfe of thefe Lote trees. 



The firft fort is eaten as an helper to coole and binde the body : the laft, 

 as Captaine Smith relateth in the difcouery of Virginia, if the fruit be eaten 

 while it is greene, and not ripe, is able by the harfh and binding tafte and 

 quality to draw ones mouth awry (euen as it is faid of the former Guaiaca- 

 na) but when it is thorough ripe it is pleafant, as I faid before. 



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CHAP. XI. 

 Cornus mas. The Cornell tree. 



1 He Cornell tree that is planted in Orchards, being the male (for the female is 

 an hedge bufh) is of two forts, the one bearing red, the other whiter berries, 

 which is very rare yet in our country, and not differing elfe. 

 It groweth to a reaf enable bignefle and height, yet neuer to any great tree, the wood 

 whereof is very hard, like vnto home, and thereof it obtained the name : the body 

 and branches are couered with a rugged barke, and fpreadeth reafonable well, hauing 

 fomewhat fmooth leaues, full of veines, plaine, and not dented on the edges : the flow- 

 ers are many fmall yellow tufts, as it were of fhort haires or threads fet together, 

 which come forth before any leafe, and fall away likewife before any leafe bee much 

 open : the fruit are long and round berries, of the bignefle of fmall Oliues, with an 



hard 



