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c £ be (jar den of pleafant Flowers. 
that it will be thought of mod, without good heede,and comparing the one with the o- 
ther,to be the very fame with the form er :but if it bee Well viewed, it will fliew,by the 
roundnettb at the ends of the leaues very like vnto the fmall Boxe leaues, to be another 
differing kinde, although in nothing elife. Wee nourfe them with great rare, for ‘he 
beautifullafpe&jiweete fentand raritie,as delights and ornaments for a garden of plea- 
fure, wherein nothing fhould be wanting that art, care and coft might produce andpre- 
ferue : as alfo to fet among other cuer greene plants to fort with them. 
The Place. 
Thefe, and many other forts of Mirtlcs grow in Spaine, Portugall, Italic, 
and other hot Countries in great aboundance, where they make their hedges 
of them : wee (as 1 faid) keepe them in this Countrey, with very great 
care and diligence. 
TheTime. 
The Mirtles doe flower very late with vs, not vntill Augnft at the fooneft, 
which is the caufe of their not fructifying. 
. The Names. 
They are called in Latine Myrtus, and in Englifh Mirtlc tree, without any 
other diuerfitie of names, for the generali title. Yetthefeuerall kindeshaue 
had feuerall denominations, in Plinies time, and others,as Renum, coniugsls, 
Terentius, Egy ftu, slbs,nigrs, &c. which hauc noted the differences, cuen 
then well obferued. 
ThcVertues. 
The Mirtle is of an aftringent qualitic,and wholly vfedfor fuch purpefes. 
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Mtlus Purnes ftue Grsusts. The Pomegranet tree. 
T Here are two kindes of Pomegranet trees, The one tame or manured, bearing 
fruit, which is diftinguilhed of fomc into two forts, of others into three, that 
is,intofowcr,andfweet, and into fowerfwcete. The other Wilde, which bea- 
reth no fruite, becaufe it beareth double flowers, like as the Cherry, A pple, and Peach 
tree with double bloffomes, before deferibed, and is alfo diftinguilhed into two forts, 
the one bearing larger, the other letter flowers. Of the manured kinde wee haueonely 
one fort ffo farre as we know jfor it neuer beareth ripe fruit in this our Countrey )which 
for the beautif ull afpe<3,both of the greene verdure of the leaues, and faire proportion 
and colour of the flowers, as alfo for the raritie, arc nourfed in fome few of theirgar- 
densthatdclightinfuchrarities : for in regard of thetenderneffe,thercisncedeof di- 
ligent care, that is, to plant it againft a brick wall, and defend it conueniently from the 
fharpenefleofour winters, to giue his Matter fome pleafure in feeing it beare flowers : 
And of the double kinde we haueas yet obtained but one fort, although I fliall giue you 
the knowledge and defeription of another. 
I. At slue Punict fat ins. The tame Pomegranet tree. 
This Pomegranet treegroweth not very high in his naturali places, and wirh vs fbmi- 
times it fhooteth forth from the roote many brownifh twigges or branches, or if it bee 
pruned from them, and fufferedtogrow vp, itrifethtobeefeuenoreightfoorehigh, 
fpreadjng 
