570 The Orchard. 
of another kindc hereof (by the opinion of good Authors) vnder the name of U vo- 
ter xf us. 
The firft or true Lore tree growcth to be a tree of a great height, whofe bodie and 
elder branches are couered with a fmooth darke greene barke,the leaues are fomewhat 
rough in handling, of a darke greene colour, long pointed, and fomewhat deepe den- 
ted about the edges, fomewhat like vnto a Nettleleafe,and oftentimes growe yellow 
toward Autumne : the flowers ftand here and there (cattered vpon the branches after 
which come round berries like vnto Cherries, hanging downewards vpon longf oot- 
ftalkes, greene at the firft, and whidfti af terwards ; but when they are ripe they become 
reddifh, and if they be fuffered to hang too long on the branches, they grow blackifh 
of a pleafant auftcre tafte, not to be mifliked, wherein is a hard round ftone. 
The fecond, which is a baftard kinde,and called Gmtacum Pxtxuinum , groweth to 
bee a faire tree, with a fmooth darke greene barke , fhooting out many faire greac 
boughes , and alfo (lender greene branches , befet with faire broad greene leaues , al- 
moft like vnto the leaues of the Cornell tree, but largertthe flowers growe along* the 
branches clofe vnto rhem , without any or with a very ftiort foote-ftalke confiding of 
foure greene leaues, which are as the huske, containing within ita purplifh flower 
made of foure leaues fomewhat reddifh: the fruit ftandeth in the middle of the green 
huske, greene at the firft, and very harfh, but red and round when it is ripe, and fome- 
what like a Plumme, with a fmall point or pricke at the head thereof, and of a reafona- 
ble pleafant tafte or rellifh, wherein are contained flat and thicke browne feeds or ker- 
nels, like vnto the kernels vicafsix Fittulx, fomewhat hard, and not fo ftonic, but that 
it may fomewhat eafily be cut with a knife. 
The third is called in Virginia Pijbxmia, The Virginia Plumme (if it be not all one 
with the former Guaiacana, whereof I am more then halfe perfwaded) hath growne 
with vs of the kernels that were fent out of Virginia , into great trees , whole wood is 
very hard and brittle, and fomewhat white withall : the branches are many, and grow 
(lender to the end, couered with a very thinne greenifh bark,whereon doegrow many 
faire broad greene leaues, without dent or notch on the edges, and fo like vnto the for- 
mer GutUcum, that I verily thinke it (as I before faid) to bee the fame. It hat h not yet 
borne flower or fruit incur Countrey that I can vndcrftand : but the fruit, as it was 
fentto vs, is in forme and bigneffe like vnto a Date, coueredwithablackifhskinne 
fet in a huske of foure hard leaues, very firme like vnto a Date , andalmoftasfweete* 
with great flat and thicke kernels within them, very like vnto the former, but larger. * 
The Vfe of thefe Lore trees. 
The firft fort is eaten as an helper to coole and binde the body : the laft 
as Captaine Smith relateth in the difeouery of Virginia, if the fruit be eaten 
whileit is greene, andnotripe, isableby the hat (hand binding tafte and 
quality to draw ones mouth awry (euen as it is faid of the former Guaiaca- 
na) but when it is thorough ripe it is pleafant, as I faid before. 
Ch a*. XI. 
Cornus mtu. The Cornell tree. 
T He Cornell tree that is planted inOrchards, beingthe male(for the female is 
an hedge bufh) is oftwo forts, the one bearing red, theother whiter berries 
which is very rare yet in our country, and not differing clfe. 
It groweth to a reafonable bignefifeand height, yet neuer to any great tree,the wood 
whereof is very hard, like vnto horne, and thereof it obtained the name: the body 
and branches are couered with a rugged barke, and fpreadeth reafonable well, hauino- 
fomewhat fmooth leaues, full of veines, plaine, and not dented on theedges.-the flow- 
ers are many fmall yellow tufts, as it were of fliort haires or threads fet together 
which come forth before any leafe, and fall away Iikcwife before any leafe bee much 
open: the fruit are long and round berries, of the bigneffe of fmall Oliues, withan 
hard 
