7 be Cjarden of p leaf ant t letters. 
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Chap. C VIII. 
Simbucus Hofei. The Elder or Gelder Rofe. 
A LthoughtherebediuerskindesofElders, yetthere is but one kindeof Elder 
Rofe, whereof I meane to intreate in this Chapter, being of neare affinity in 
fome things vnto the former Pipe trees , and which for the beauty of it defer- 
ueth to be remembred among the delights of a Garden. 
Simbucus Hefei. The Gelder Rofe. 
The Gelder Rofe (as itis called) groweth to a rcafonable height, Handing like a 
tree, withatrunkeasbiggeas any mans arine, couered wifha darke grayifh barke, 
fomewhat tugged and very knotty : the younger branches are fmooth and white, 
with 3 pithy i'ubftance In the middle,as the Elders haue,to (hew that it is a kind there- 
of, whereon are fet broad leaues, diuided into three parts or diuifions , fomewhat like 
vnto a Vine leafe,but fmallcr, and more rugged or crumpled, iagged or cut alfo about 
the edges : at the toppes of euery one of the young branches , mod vfually commeth 
forth a great tuft, or ball as it were, of many white flowers, fet fo clofe together , that 
there can be no diftinftion of any feuerall flower feene, nor doth it feeme like the dou- 
ble flower of any other plant, that hath many rowes of leaues fet together, but is a du- 
ller of white leaued flowers fet together vpon the ftalke that vpholdeth them, of a 
fmall fent, which fall away without bearing any fruit in our Country ,that euer I could 
obferue orlearne : The roote fpreadeth neither farre nor deepe, but ffiooteth many 
fmall rootes an d fibres , whereby it is fattened in the ground , and draweth nouriih- 
ment to it, and fometimes yecldeth fuckers from it. 
The Place. 
It (hould feeme, that the naturali place of this Elder is wet and raoifl 
grounds,becaufe itis fo like vnto the Marlh Elder, which is thcfinglekind 
hereof. It is onely nourfed vp in Gardens in all our Country. 
The Time. 
Itflowreth in May, much about the time of the double Peony flower, 
both which being fee together, make a pleaGmt variety, to decke vp the 
windowes of a houfe. 
The Names. 
It is generally called Sirntmeui Refei : In Engliffi , The Elder Rofe, and 
morecommonlyafcercheDutchname, the Gelder Rofe. Dalechampius 
feemeth to make it Thnupilut of Theophraftus, or rather the Angle Marflj 
Elder ; for I thinke this double kinde was not knownc in Theophraftus his 
time. 
TheVertues. 
It is not applyed to any Phyficall vfe that I know. 
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