The Corollarie to this Orchard. 



prickly on the edges, efpecially in the young trees, and fometimes on thofe branches 

 that are young and newly fprung forth from the elder rootes, but elfe in a manner all 

 fmooth in the elder growne, abiding greene all the winter as well as fummer, and are 

 of a grayim greene on the vnderfide. It beareth in the fpring time certaine (lender long 

 branches (like as other Okes doe) with fmall yellowifh moffie flowers on them, which 

 fall away, and are vnprofitable, the acornes not growing from thofe places, but from 

 others which are like vnto thofe of our ordinary Oake, but fmaller and blacker, and fet 

 in a more rugged huske or cuppe. This and no other kinde of Ilex doe I know to grow 

 in all our land in any Garden or Orchard : for that kind with long and narrower leaues, 

 and not prickly, growing fo plentifully as Matthiolus faith in Tufcane, I haue not feen : 

 and it is very probable to bee the fame that Plinie remembreth to haue the leafe of an 

 Oliue ; but not as fome would haue it, that Smilax Theophraftus maketh mention of 

 in his third Booke and fixteenth Chapter of his Hiftorie of Plants, which the Arca- 

 dians fo called, and had the leafe of the Ilex, but not prickly : for Theophraftus faith, 

 the timber of Smilax is fmooth and foft, and this of the Ilex is harder, and ftronger 

 then an Oake. 



The Vfe of the Ilex or euer-greene Oake. 



Seeing this is to be accounted among the kindes of Oake (and all Oakes 

 by Diofcorides his opinion are binding) it is alfo of the fame qualitie, but a 

 little weaker, and may ferue to ftrengthen weake members. The young tops 

 and leaues are alfo vfed in gargles for the mouth and throate. 



6. Cuprejfus. The CypreiTe tree. 



f "T~"'He Cypreffe tree that is nourfed vp by vs, in our Country, doth grow in thofe 

 places where it hath beene long planted, to a very great height, whofe bodie 

 and boughes are couered with a reddifh afh-coloured bark ; the branches grow 

 not fpreading, but vpright clofe vnto the bodie, burning thicke below, and fmall vp- 

 wards, fpire fafhion, thofe below reaching neere halfe the way to them aboue, where- 

 on doe grow euer greene leaues, fmall, long and flat, of a refinous fweete fmell, and 

 ftrong tafte, fomewhat bitter : the fruit, which are called nuts, grow here and there a- 

 mong the boughes, flicking clofe vnto them, which are fmall, and clouen into diuers 

 parts, but clofe while they are young, of a ruffetifh browne colour ; wherein are con- 

 tained fmall browne feede, but not fo fmall as motes in the Sunne, as Matthiolus and 

 others make them to be. 



The Vfe of the Cyprefle tree. 



For the goodly proportion this tree beareth, as alfo for his euer-greene 

 head, it is and hath beene of great account with all Princes, both beyond, 

 and on this fide of the Sea, to plant them in rowes on both fides of fome 

 fpatious walke, which by reafon of their high growing, and little fpreading, 

 muft be planted the thicker together, and fo they giue a goodly, pleafant and 

 fweet fhadow : or elfe alone, if they haue not many, in the middle of fome 

 quarter, or as they thinke meete. The wood thereof is firme and durable, 

 or neuer decaying, of a brown yellow colour, and of a ftrong iweete fmell, 

 whereof Chefts or Boxes are made to keepe apparell, linnen, furres, and o- 

 ther things, to preferue them from moths, and to giue them a good fmell. 



Many Phyficall properties, both wood, leaues and nuts haue, which here 

 is not my purpofe to vnfold, but only to tell you, that the leaues being boy- 

 led in wine, and drunke, helpe the difficultie of making vrine, and that the 

 nuts are binding, fit to bee vfed to ftay fluxes or laskes, and good alfo for 

 ruptures. 



7. Arbutus 



