"The kinds of this Tree confift 
only in the various and different 
- fhhapes of the’ Fruits, excepe the 
Sweet ; and are by Ferraris thus 
divided, — ‘eB ablediy 
. 14 Malum Citreum Vulgare. y 
2+ Malum CitreumVulgare bella 
tum. : ’ 
3. Malu (itrewm Cucurbitum. 
4» Malum. Citreum. dulci. Medul- 
Ja. y ! ; ptt 
that is: 
» 1+ The common Citron Apple. 
2. The common Citron Apple 
of adeformedfhape. ie 
3- The common Citron Apple 
like a Gourd. 
4. The fweet Citron Apple. 
\) He doth yet further defcribe 
one by the name of Malum Cie 
_— trewm 
Or Netherlandifh Hefperides; 23 
CHAP. VI, 
Of the Limon Tree, 
Rethiifa with her Gold-co- 
: loured Fruits, fhall have 
the firft place in our Hefperides ; 
‘as being efteemed nothing inferi- | 
our to £glen in Virtues and Plea- 
fantnefs. 
_. The Form of the Limon ‘Tree Form & 
in general, is like that of the (ie Shape 
tron Tree; 
Divers ancient Writers have 
made no difference between thefe 
two, becaufe they are both a- 
‘feribed to one Country, Naming Ferran, 
the fame Trees Walus Medica le 
3 
Others have held them for one 
Cc kind 
Or Netherlandifh Hefperides.. 21 
Cap. Is 
“AS , 
Fruits, se 
Yet feeing we cannot bring 
thefe: Trees to perfection in thefe 
_ Countries or Climates, becaufe 
the warmth or heat is. not - 
fufficienc to ripen the Fruits, we 
es 
intend to fay no.more concerning — 
them, but to trimm up and adorn 
our He/perides with fuch as may by 
a well ordering and careful ma-, 
nagement make our Gardens in 
Netherland, pleafant and delight- * 
fal wish their froitfulnefs; 
CHAP Vi. 
The Belgick v 
kind with the (itron.. 
The Limon Tree stows indiffe- 
rently high, hath many {pread- 
ing Boughs, fet with Prickles, 
makes not fo clofe an Head , nei- 
ther isthe Wood fo hard as that 
of the Orange Tree. The Leaves 
are longifh, like them: of the (= 
tron ‘Tree,yet fhorter,running fharp 
together at the end, interwoven 
with many {mall Veins; the Blof- 
foms are of-a weak Sent: Some 
forts bring forth Bloffoms like to — 
the Orange ‘Tree, but moft like to 
the Citron Tree. Before the Buds 
open themfelves they are of a 
— purple Colour, within of a fair 
Time. 
White, beautified with yellow 
Threads or Streaks. 
tryin July, and yield Fruit in Au- 
tumn: being come to the bignefs 
of a Walnut, they continue fo till 
the next Summer, when they be- 
gin 
he blow here in this Coun- — 
