Plinics Natural! Hiftone. 



j\ more power and favor with C^fy^rjhadengraffedhimfelfejas adopted among his freed- men rand 

 furely for his wealth might well be called DhnyJiu-s^vihomsthcRiii that tranfplanted thcfekind 

 of trees. Thus you fee^ that over and above thofeaionftruofitieswhich Italic hath devifed of it 

 felfe, wee have remaining and reigning among us rhofe alfoof ftraunge and forraine nations 

 abroad in the world. 



Chap. 1 1. 



^ of the low of dmrfs Plane- tree, ^ nd who fir ^ devifed to clif 

 and fbred LAr bouts, 



AS big as thefe Plane trees arc^ yet there be thofe of a forced fmalnesto the other, called 

 ChaniiEplatani : whereby a man may pcrceive^that we have invented the meanes to have 

 abortive trees alfo jeven to hinder their growth, that they cannot come to their full perfc- 

 dion. And therefore even in trees as well as in other living creatures, thercis a certaine infelici- 

 tie, which may well be tearmed, A dwarfifh untowardncffe . This fmalnefic in trees may coifie,; 

 by the manner of planting themj as well as by cutting and keeping them downe . The firi^ man 

 that devifed to fhred and cut arbours, was one Cn, Martins^ a gentleman of Rome, and a favou- 

 rilrof theEmperour(^«^»/?/^,: and this invention hath not beenknowne above 80 yeeres. 



Cha^v Vn. 



; of Trees that be flraungersinltaUe : and namely ^of the 



Citron or Limon tree ^ 



CHcrrie-trecSj Peach-trees, and generally all that either have Greeke names or any othe^ 

 but Latine^ are held for aliens in kalie.Howbeitfome of them now arc enfranchifedand 

 taken for free denizens among us : fo familiar they be made unto uSj and they like the 

 ground To well. But of them.we willfpcake in the ranke of thofe trees thai beare fruit. For this 

 prefentjwe are to treat of thofe that be meere forrainers ; and for good luckc fakCj begin wee will 

 with that, which of all others is mofl holefome; to wit, the Citron tree.calledthe Affyrian tree ^ 

 andbyfomc, the Median Apple-tree :the fruit whereof is acounrrepoifon and fingular Anti- 

 dote againft all venome. The treeicfelfe, beareth a leafe like unto an Arbut tree \ mary it hatli 

 certainepticks among.ThcPomecicronisnOtfo good to be chewed and eaten of itfclfe;how- 

 beitveryodoriferousl^is:asbetheleavesalfothereo^,whichare ufcd to be laid in wardrobes 

 a moncjapparell J fonhefmell thereof will paffe into the clothes, and prefervethem from the 

 ' mothjl^piderjandfuch like vermine. This tree beareth fruitat alltimes of the yeere: for when 

 fonie tall for ripenefic, others wax mellow ; and fome againe, begin then bu.t to ihew their biof- 

 fbme.Many forainers have aflaied to tranfplant them,and fet them in their own countriesjin re- 

 gard of their excellentvertuc to refiftpoifons. And for thispurpofe they have can'ed yong quick- 

 letSjOr plants of ihem^in earthen pots made for the purpofe, and enclofedthem well with earth ': 

 howbeic the roots had libertie given them to breath (as it were) at certaine holes for the nonesy 

 becaufe they fhould not bee clunged and pent in prifon. VVhichl rathernote, becaufeiwould 

 have it knowne once for all,and well remembred. That all plants which are to be remooved and 

 carried farre off, !nufl be fee very Glofe,and ufed in the fame order mofl precifely. But for all the 

 ' care and pains taken about it,for to make it grow in other countries, yet would it not forget Me- 

 dia and Perfia, nor like in any other foile,but foon die. This is that fruit, the kernels whereof (as 

 I faid before) the lords a[id great men of Parthia ufe to feeth with their meat, for to correct 

 their foure and flinking breaths. Andverily there is not a tree in all MediajOf better refpeft than 

 is the Citron tree. As for thole trees in the region of the Seres (which beare the filkewbli or 

 cotton) we have fpoken thereof in our Cofmographie, when we made mention of that nation. 



Chap. iiii. 



^ oflnMmtrees : and ivhenthe Bb&ne was frfi knowne df Rom, 



IN like manner,difcourfcd we have of the talneffe and greatneffe of Indian trees. Of all thofe 

 trees which be appropriate tolndia^ firgiil hath highly commended the Ebenc above the 



