The Cor ollare to this Orchard. 
7. Arbutus. T he Strawberry tree. 
T He Strawberry tree growerh but (lowly, and rifeth not to the height of any 
greattree, no not in France, Italy, or Spaine : and with vs the coldndle of our 
country doth the more abate his vigour, fo that it feldomerifeth to the height 
of a man: the barke of the body is rough, and Imooth in theyoungcrbranches : the 
leaues are faire and greene, very like vnto Bayeleaues, finely dented or fnipped about 
theedges, abiding alwayes greene thereon both Winrerand Summer : the flowers 
come forth at the end of the branches vpon long flalkes, not cluftering thicke toge- 
ther, but in long bunches, and are final!, white, and hollow, like alittle bottle , or the 
flowerofLilly Conually, which afterrurne into rough or rugged berries, moft like 
vnto Strawberries (which hath giuen the nametothe tree) fomewhat reddifh when 
they are ripe, of a harfli tafte , nothing pleafant, wherein are contained many fmall 
feedes : It hardly bringeth his fruit toripeneffe in ourcountrey ; forintheirnaturall 
places they ripen not vntill Winter, which there is much milder then with vs. 
The Vfe of the Strawberry tree. 
Amatus Lufitanuslthinke is the firft that euer recorded , that the water 
diftilled from the leaues and flowers hereof, (houldbee very powerfull a- 
gainftthe plagueand poyfons : for all the ancient Writers doe report, that 
the fruit hereof being eaten , is an enemy to the ftomacke and head. And 
Clufiuslikewife fetteth downc , that at Lifhbone,and other places in Por- 
tingall where they are frequent, they are chiefly eaten, but of the poorer 
fort, women and boy es. They are fomewhat aftringent or binding, and 
therefore may well ferue for fluxes. It is chiefly nourfed with vs for the 
beauty and rarenefle of the tree,for that it beareth his leaues alwayes green. 
.§* y^iUternus, The cuer greene Pritier. 
T Hc tree which we haue growing in our country called Alaternus , gro weth not 
to be a tree of any height ; but abiding lowe, fpreadeth forth many branches, 
whereon are fet diuers fmall and hard greene leaues, fomewhat round for the 
forme, and endented a littleby the edges : it beareth many fmall whitifli greene flow- 
ersat the ioynts of the ftalkes,and fetting on ofthe lowerleaues cluftering thicke toge- 
ther, which after turne into fmall blackc berries, wherein are conrained many fmall 
graines orfeedes : the beauty and verdure ofthefe leaues abiding fo frcfliall theyeare, 
doth caufc it to be of the greater refpedt 5 and therefore findeth place in their Gardens 
onely, that are curious conferuers of all natures beauties. 
The Vfe of the euer greene Priuet. 
It is feldome vfed for any Phyficall property , neither with vs, nor in, the 
places where it is naturali and plentifull : but as Clufius reporteth, hce lear- 
ned that the Portingall Filhermen do dye their nets red with the deco&ion 
ofthe barke hereof, and that the Dyers in thofe parts doe vfe the fmall pec- 
ces of the wood to ftrike a blackifh blew colour. 
9 - Celtslrui Tkciphr/tBi Clufio, Clufius his Celaftrus. 
A Lthough the Collediour (who is thought to be Ioannes Molineus of thegreat 
Herball or Hiftory of plants, and generally bearing Dalefchampius name, be- 
caufe the finding and relation of diuers herbes therein exprefled, is appropiate 
to him, and printed at Lyons) ofall our moderne Writers doth firft of all others ap- 
point the CeUJlrus , whereof Theophraftus onely among all the ancient Writers of 
Eee a plants 
