; T be (jar den of plea /ant t lowers. 
bailee, but darter in the elder branches , withioynts fetat a good difhnce one from 
another, and two leaues at eucryioynr, which are large, broad, and pointed at the 
ends, many of them turning or folding both the fides inward, and (landing cn 
long foote ftalkes : at the toppes ofthe branches come fort!) many flowers , growing 
fpike-fafhion, that is, a long branch of flowers vpon a (hike , each of thefe flowers are 
finali, long, and nohow belowe, ending abotie in a pale blewifh flower , confiding of 
fourc fitull leaues, of a pretty finall fenc : after he flowers are pad, there come fome- 
times(but it is not often in our Country, vnleife the tree haue dood long,and is grown 
great, the fuckers being continually taken away .that it may growe the better) long and 
flat cods, confiding as it wereoftwofidcs,athinskinne being in the midft, wherein 
are contained two long fluttilh red (cede : the routes are ftrong.and growe deepe in 
the ground. 
2. Syringa flore la fleo fine Argenteo. 
The filucr coloured Pipe tree. 
This Pipetree diflvrcth not from the former blew Pipetree, either inftemmeor 
branches, either in leaues oi flowers, or manner of growing , but oncly in the colour 
of the flower, which in this is of a milke , or filucr colour , which is a icinde of white, 
wherein there is athinne wadi , or light (hew of blew (hed therein, commingfomc- 
what neare vnto an alh-colour. 
3 . Lilac lacimatu folys, The blew Pipe tree with cut leaues. 
This Pipe tree (hould not differ from thefirftin any otherthingthenin the leaues, 
* which are faid to be cut in on the edges into feuerall parts, as the relation is giuen a vi- 
ra fide digna ; for as yet I neuer faw any fuch ; but I here am bold to fet it downe, to in- 
duce and prouokc fomc louer of plants to obtaine it for his pleafure, and others alfo. 
4 . Syringa flore alb o fimflkl. The fingle white Pipe tree. 
The (ingle white Piperrecor bufli, 'neUer conftncth to that height of the former, but 
abidcchalwaies like a hedge tree or bu(h, full of fhootes or fuckers from the rootc, 
much more then the former : the young (hootes hereof are reddiih on the outfide, and 
afterward reddifh ac theioynts , and grayilh all the reft ouer : theyoung as well as the 
old branches, haue fome pith in the middle of them, like as the Elder hath. : the leaues 
(land two at a ioynt, foraewhat like the former, but more rugged or crumpled , as alfo 
alittle pointed, and dented about the edges: the flowers growe at the toppes of the 
branches, diuers (landing together, confiding of fourc white leaues, likevnrofmall 
Muske Rofes, and ofthe fame creame colour, as I may call ic , with many fmallyel- 
lowi(hthreadsinthemiddle,andarcof a (Irong, full, or heady fenr, notpleafingto 
a great many, by reafon of the (Irange quicknefle of the ftnt : the fruit followeth , be- 
ing flatat the head, with many leafie (lielsorfcales compaffing it , wherein isendofed 
fmall long feede : therootes runne nor deepe, butlpreadvnderthe ground, with 
many fibres annexed vnto them. 
5 . Syringa trabica flore albo duplici, 
I he double white Pipe tree. 
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This Pipetree hath diuers long and (lender branches, whereon growe large lemurs, 
fomewhat like vnto the leaues of the former fingle white kinde, but not fo rough or 
hard, and not at all dented about the edges, two alwaies (landing one againft another 
at euery ioynt ofthe (lalke, but fet or difpofed on contrary (ides, an d not all vpon one 
fide 5 at the ends whereof come forth diuers flowers, euery one (landing on his ovvnc 
foote- (lalke, the hofeorhuskc being long and hollow, likevntothe white Iaftnine, 
and the flowers therin confiding of a double rowe of white and round pointed leaues, 
(Sue or fix in a rowe,with (omeyellovvnefle in the middle, which is hollow, of a veny 
ftrongand heady fweet fent, and abiding a long time flowring, efprcially in the hotter 
Countries, but is very tender, and not able to abide any the lead cold weather with vs . 
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