The fixteenth Booke of 



of the ycarc/ruit only and no leaves upon the tree. Now as touching chofe trees that cdnrinue G 

 ever grccnc^youmuft not thinkc that they kcepe ftill the fame leaves, for as newcome^the old 

 wither and fall away ; which happeneth commonly in mid-Iunc about the fummerSun-ftead. 

 For the moft part, the leaves in every kind of tree^doe hold one and the fame colour, and conti- 

 nue uniformc, favc thole of thcPoplarjIvieaand Groton, which wee faidwas called alfo Giei^ 

 [/■ .Hicinus, or Pahna GhrifliJ 



ChAp. X.xni» 



^ Three forts of Poplar :and what leaves they he that chaunge 

 their fhape and figurCi 



OF Poplars, there be found three ftndriekinds, to wit, the white, the blackjand that which ^ 

 is named * Lybica, or the Poplar of Guyncc : this hath leaft lcaves,and thofe of all other 

 fome, to be blackeft j but moft commendable they are for the fiiigous meazlcs (as it were) that come 



&ur Afpe. fojth thereof. As for the white Poplar Icafcjit is of two colours ; the upper fide is whitifb,the ne- 

 ther part greenCi Both ofit,and of the black Poplarjthe leaves when they be young,are as round 

 asiftheyweredrawncwithapaireof compalTeSj like unto thole of Gtoton before-named: but 

 as they grow elder, they run out into certaine angles orcorncrs. Gontr ariwife, the Ivic leaves, ac 

 thefirft be cornered, and afterwards become round. All Poplar leaves are full of downe :asfor 

 the white Poplar (which is fuller of leaves than the reft) the faid down flicth away in the aire, like 

 to moffie chats or thiftle-downe. The leaves of Pomegranats and Almond trees ftand much up- 

 on the red colour. But very ftraunge it is and wondcrfuU which happeneth to the Elmc 5 Tillet I 

 or Linden^the Olive tree, Alpe, and Sallow or Willow : for their leaves after midfummcr,turnc 

 about upfidedownejinfuchfbrt,asthercisnotamore certaine argument that thefunneis en- 

 trcd Gancer, and returneth from the South poin t or fummer Tropickegthan to fee thofe leaves 

 fo turned. 



Chap, xxiiiii • 



^ what leaves they be that ufe to turne every yeere , of Palme or Date tree leaves^ 

 hon> they are to be ordered and ufed^ Alfo certaine mnderfuU ob- 

 fervations about leaves i 



THerc is a certainjgencrall and univcrfall diverfitie and difference obferved in tlic very Icafe ; K 

 for commonly the upper fide which is from the ground, is of grcene graflfe colour, more 

 finooth alfo and poliflied. The outfide or nether part of the Icafe, hath in it certain firings, 

 finewes or vcinesjbrawnes and joynts, bearing out like as in the backc-part of a mans hand :but 

 the infidejcutsorlines, in manner of the palnieof ones Jiand. The leaves of the Olive, are on 

 the upperpart whiter, and IcfTe fmooth ; andlikewife of the Ivic. But the leaves of all trees for 

 the molt parr, every day doe turne and lie open to the Sunne, as defiroiis to have the inner fide 

 warmed therewith. The outward or nether fide toward the ground of all leaves, hath a certaine 

 hoarie downe more or leflc here in Italy , but in odier countries fo much there is of it, tha t it fer- 

 veth the turne for wooll and cotton. In the Eaft parts of the world , they make good cordage £ 

 and ftrong ropes of Date tree leaves(as we have laid before 5 ) and the fame arc better^and ferve 

 longer within, than without. With us thefe Date leaves are pulled fromthetree inthefpring, 

 whiles they be whole and entire ; for the better are they whiclrare not cloven or divided. Beeing j 

 thus pluckedj they are laid a drying within-houle fourc daies togirher : after that, they be fpred " 

 abroad and difplaied open to the funne,and left without dores to take all weathers boih day and 

 night, and to bee bleached, untill they be drie and white : whic h done , they be flived and flit for 

 cord-workc. But to come againe unto other leaves, thcbroadeft are upon the Figge- tree, the 

 Vinejand the Plane { the narrowcftjUpon the Myrtle,Pomegranat,and Olive : as for thofe of the 

 Pine and Gedar,they behairie.The Holly leaves, and all tl ie kinds of HoImCjatefet with fharpe 

 pricks. As for the Juniper, in ftead of lealeit hath a very pointed ihornc. The Gyprefifc and Ta- 

 mariske carrieflefhie leaves: thofe of the Alder bemoft thickeof all othetiThe Reed and the 

 Willow have long leaves: the Datetree hath them double. The leaves of the Peareuee arc 

 roimdjbutof the Apple tree pointed 5 of the Ivie cornered j of the Plane tree divided intocer- 

 tain ineifionsiofthe Pitch tree and the Fine cut in, after the manner of comb- teeth 3 of die wild 



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