Plmies Naturall Hiftone. 54.! 



A eve Thefe v9ormcs doe treed in moift and vgarmc weather, and fpcdally if there be tbicke and 

 foggje mifts. Of the fame verminej there is another engendrcd, namelyjif there enfue upon the 

 former wet feafonjhotergleames of the funne more than ordinarie, which burns thctofefaid 

 wormes,and therefore chaunge them into other verm ine.^ Moreover, there is a fault or imper- 

 fedion befides, wherto Olives and Vines efpecially are {uh'jcd, and this they call in Latinc Ar?.^ 

 netis, [?. the Spider] when cobwebs (as it were) doe enfold and wrap tlieir ftuit, keepir.g'thelTi 

 from growing, and fo in time killing them. Over and befides,. there bee certaine winds vshicb 

 findge and burne Olives andgrapes principaliy,yea and all fores of fcuics wbatfoever . In fbme 

 yeares alfo ye fhallfec all fruits worm-eaten^and efpecially Apples, PeareSjMedlars^and Ponic- 

 granatSjWithout any fucb hurt and offence to the trees that beare them. As for 01ives,the wcrme 



B lomctimes doth them harme, otherwhiles good : for if the wormc bee en gendred and fbrnted 

 before it take the Olive, it confumeth and fpoileth the fruity but in cafe they breed wirhinthe 

 kernel, ic caufeth the Olive to thrive the bctter.by eating the faid kernell that drew away and fuc- 

 ked the humour which nourilhedit. 1 he raine that falleth after the riiingof the ftarre Ardu- 

 rus, h ndcreth the veneration of wormes,and preferveth fruits from beeing wormc-eatcn rand 

 yet if die wind lit Southward m that time when it fbrainethjfuch raines will breed wormesiii O- 

 lives clpecially, called Drnpse ; which beginning but then to ripen, are moft readje to fall fronV 

 the tree. And verily thofc trees which gcowinwateritplaces or nearc rivers, are molt fubjed 

 to have worme-caten fruit, which although it fall not (o foone, yet it is as loathfome every way; 

 Over and befides, there is a ccrtaine kind of flie refcmblmg the Gnat, which annoieth fome 



C trees and tneir fruits, and namely, Maft and Figs : and it icemeth that this flie is engendred of a 

 certaine fwcet hwiiour thatlycth under their barkes. Thus much as touching all diicafes to 

 ipeukc ot, that trouble trees. 



As for the impicilions of the Aire at certaine feafons, as alfo of other accidents occafiohcd 

 by the dim ac, they are not properly to bee called Maladies, becaufe they kil! trees fodsinly : as 

 namelVj when a tree is blalted outrighr, or all at once doth wither a,nd dric away : like as when 

 fome purfe of an untoward wind peculiar unto any region, doth ftKbe them : i'uch as in Apulia 

 tbcy call * Arabulus, and in Eubosa named Olympias : For if this wind chauncc to blow in mid- * ^« 

 wintcr,itbiteth,burneth, and drieth up trees with (uch cold blafls, as afterwards noheatof the J;^!!!^^,',^/* 

 Suane is able to recover againe. In this fort likewife, all trees growing in vallies or ftanding pe/hm infcrtn*, 



D along rivers fides, be endaungered rand above ail odiers. Vines, Olives, and Figge trees. This 

 death that they thus take, is ioone after dilcovered andfeene in the budding time when trees 

 bet'jn to put fourth, howloever it be later ere the Olive fiiewit. Howbeir, a good figne it is in 

 them all of their recoverie, when they loofe their leaves: for you fliall lee the leaves tarie on 

 in many of them, and when you thinkc they are paft the worft, fodainly die . Otherwhiles alfo 

 you iliall have the leaves to fade and feeme drie, yet afterwards the famctreesto revive againe, 

 and become greenc. Furthermore, in thcNorthedy regions, as in Pontus and Plirygia, fome 

 trees there are that be ordinarily frozen to death ; namely, when the froi^ and yce contmueth af- 

 ter mid-winter fortiedaies. And not onely there, but alfo in other countries, if immediatly af- 

 ter that trees have put foorth their fruit, there follow a hard frofl, they will die upon it, although 



E the froftlaft not many dales. 



In a lecond ranke of caufes that may kill trees, are to be raunged the injuries and wrongs that 

 comcbymanshand.Pitch,oyle3aiidgreafe,arcveryenemiesandhurtfull to them all,buccfpc- 

 cialiy to young trees. A^aine,if trees be barked round about, they will die ail, unkfie it be the 

 Cor'ke tree jfor it will thnve and profper the better, if it bcein that wife dilcharged of the out- 

 ward barke -jfor growing as itdoih over thicke, it clafpeth and clingcrh the tree lb hard, that ic 

 choketh and ftranglcth it againe. Neither doth the tree Adrachne find any hurt or offence by 

 disbarking, unlefle the very wood be cut alfo togither with it. As for Chcrrie trecs>Liodens,and 

 Vines, it is ordinarie with them to caf^ their barke in fome forr,and take no hatmc thereby ; but 

 it is not the vitall and lively inner barke indeed which is next unto the bodic,buc that onely 



p which bycommingof another underneaihfrefh and young, isdrivcn forthand thruftout. 

 Some trees there be, which naturally have their barke full of chaps and rifts, as the Planes 

 for example. As for the Line or Linden tree, if itchaunceto leefethe barke, it will come in 

 manner whole and entire againe . In fuch therefore the manner is, by way of cure to clofe ug 

 '.^gaint; with clay and dung,the naked and bare place, and fo to biing ic to a cicatrice . And, I af- 



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