7 he (jar den of plea [ant Mowers. 
(as I doc) to thckindes of chtmtlad or TbjmtUd. ForwantoF an Englifli 
narae I haue (as yon fee, and that is according to the name the Germane wo- 
men, as Clufius faith, doc call it) cntituledictheSmall Rocke Rofe ; which 
may abide vntill a fitter may be conferred vpon it. 
The Vertues. 
All thefe plants exceptthe laft, as well leaues as berries, are violent pur- 
gers, and therefore great caution istobcehadinthevfcof them. Thclaft 
hath not beene applyed for any difeafe that I know. 
Chap. CIII. 
Laurus. The Bay Tree. 
M Y mean ing is not to make any defeription of our ordinary Bayes in this place 
(for as all may very well know, they may be for an Orchard or Courtyard, and 
not for this Garden) but of two or three other kindcs,whofe beautifull alped 
haue caufed them to be worthy of a place therein : the one is called Launta Tsniu , The 
wilde Baye : the other Laurua Rofe a or Oletndtr, The Rofe Bay : and a third is 
Lturocerifut, The Cherry Bay ; which may haue not onciy fome refpedt for his long 
bulhof fweet duelling flowers, but efpecially for the comely ftatclineffe of his gal- 
lant euer frefli greenc leaues ; and the rather, becaufewith vs in m oft places, it doth 
\>\itfrutefccrc, vfetobeeShrub high, not arborefeere, T ree high, which is the more fit 
for this Garden. 
i. L turns Tinus put filuejlris. The wilde Bay tree. 
This wilde Bayegroweth feldometo bee a tree of any height, butabideth for the 
molt part low, (hooting forth diuers (lender branches , whereon at euery ioynt 
(land two leaues, long, (mocth,and of a darkcgrecne colour, fomewhatlike vnto chc 
leauesof the Female Cornell tree, or between that and Baye leaues : atthetoppesof 
the branches (land many (mall white fweetefmelling flowers, thrufting together, as it 
were in an vmbell or tuft, confiding of fiue leaues a peece, the edges whereof haue a 
fhew of a wa(h purple,or light blufh in them, which for the mod part fall away with- 
out bearing any perfect ripe fruit in eur Countrey : Y et fometimes it hath fmall black 
berries, as if they weregood, but arenot. In his naturali place it bearcth fmall, round, 
hard and pointed berries, of a (hining blacke colour, for fuch haue come often to my 
hands (yet Clufius writeth they are blew) ; but I could neuer fee any fpring that I put 
into the ground. Thisthatlheredefcribe, feemerhtometobeneitherof boththofe 
that Clufius (aw growing in Spain and Potugall,but that other, that(as he faith )fprang 
in the low Councrcyes of Italian feede. 
2. Laurus Rtfea fine Oleander. The Rofe Bay. 
Of the Rofe Bay there are two forts, one bearing Crimfon coloured flowers, which 
Is more frequent, and the other white, which is more rare.They are fo like in all other 
things, that they neede but one defeription for both. The delimit or trunke is many 
times with vs as bigge at the bettome as a good mans thumbe,but growing vp fmallcr, 
icdiuideth it felfe into branches, three for the mod part comming from one ioynt or 
place, and thofe branches againe doe likewife diuide themfclucs into three other, and 
fo by degrees from three to three, aslongasitgroweth : the lowed: of thefe are hart 
of leaues, hauingfhedorlodthemby the cold of winters, keeping onciy leaues on 
the vppermofl branches, which are long, and fomewhat narrow, like in forme vnto 
Peach leaues, but thicker, harder, and of a darkegreenc colour otuhe vpperfide, and 
yellowifb 
