The (jar den of pleafant Flmers. 
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BaLtasliumtobc the flower of both tame andwilde kinder but properly, as 
I take it, Cfti/eus is the cup wherein the flower as well of the tame as wilde 
kindedoth (land ; for vnto the fimilitudc of them, both the flowers of Afi- 
rttm, and tilt feede veflels oiHy of c ramus zxc compared and refembled , and 
notvnro.the whole flower : the barke or rindcofthe fruit is called ofdiucrs 
Sidle», and in the Apothecaries (hops Pfidtum, and cortex Grunuternm. The 
wildekindeis called Mtlw Punici fdtuttru In Englifh, The w'tide Pome- 
granet tree ; the flower thereof is properly called BaUajlium, The Idler kind 
is vfually calk'd BaUuJlium Rtmsnum , as the greater is called Crettcum and 
Cypninum, becaufe they gro we in Candy and Cyprus. 
The Vertues. 
The vfe of all thefc Pomegranets is very much in Phy ficke, tocoole and 
bindeallfluxibility both of body and humours : they are alfo of Angular 
effed in all vlccrs of the mouth, and other parts of the body , both of mail 
and woman. There is no part of them but is applyedforfomeof thefere- 
fpe&s.The rindealfo of the Pomegranet is vfed ofdiucrs in ftead of Gaules, 
to make the bed fort ofwriting Inke, which is durable to the worlds end. 
Chap. CXV. 
Tlinij feu Pfeadectpficum, 
Tree Night (hade or the Winter Cherry tree. 
I Haue adioyned this plant, for the pleafurable beauty of thegreene leaues, and red, 
berries. Itgrowethvptobeayardorfourefoote high at the mod, hauing afmall 
wooddy (femme or ft ocke, as bigge as ones finger or thumbe, couered with a whi- 
ti(h greene barke, fet full of greene branches, and faire greene leaues , fomewhat vne- 
uenfometimes on the edges, narrower then any Night (hade leaues, and verynearc 
refembling the leaues of the C ipjkum, or Ginny pepper, but fmaller and narrower, fal- 
lingaway in the Winter, andfhooting frefhinthe Spring of the yeare: the flowers 
growe often two or three together, at the ioynts of the branches with the leaues, being 
white, opening ftarre-fafliion , and fometimes turning themfelues backc , with a yel- 
low pointell in the middle, verylikevnto theflowersof Nightlhaderaftertheflow- 
ersare pad, come forth in theirfteadfmallgrecne buttons, whichafterturnetobe 
pleafant round red berries , of the bignelle of fmall Cherries when they are ripe,' 
which with vs vfually ripen not vntillthe.Wmter, or about Chriftmas, wherein are 
contained many fmall whitifh feede that are flat : all the whole plant, as well leaues 
and flowers as feede, are without either fmell ortaftc : theroote hath many ycllowilh 
firings and fibres annexed vnto it. 
The Place. 
The originali place hereof is not well knowne, butis thought tobcethe 
Weft Indies. It hath been planted of long time in mod of thefc Countries, 
where it abideth reafonable well, fo that fome care bee had thereof in the 
extreamity of the Winter. 
The Time. 
It flowreth fometimes in Iune, but vfually in Iuly and Auguft, and the 
fruit is aot tipc (as is faid) vntill the Winter. 
The 
