The Corollary to this Orchard. 
6oq. 
plants maketh mention , to be the fir ft Jl.tteraustlux. Clulius hath fet forth in his Hi- 
ftbry of rarer plants: yet I findc, that Clulius himfelfe before his death doth appro- 
piate that CeUJlrus of Theophraftus to another plant , growing in the Garden at Ley. 
den, which formerly of diuers had beene taken to beakindeofZaar** Tinus t or the 
wildeBayej but he impugning that opinion for diuers refpedts , decyphreth out that 
Leyden tree in the fame manner that I doe: andbecaufcit isnot onely faire,in bearing 
his leaues alwayes greene, but rare alfo, being nourfed vp in our Land in very few pla- 
ces, but principally with a good old Lady, the widow of Sir Iohn Lcufon, dwelling 
necreRochefter in Kent; I thought it fit to commend it for an ornament, toadornc 
this our Garden and Orchard. It growethvp to the height of a reafonabletree, the 
body whereof is couered with a darke coloured barke, as the elder branchesare in like 
manner ; the younger branches being greene , whereon are let diuers leaues thicke to- 
gether, two alwayes at a ioynt, one againft another , ofa fad but fairc greene colour 
on the vpperfide,and paler vnderncath,which arelittlc or nothing at all Inipped about 
the edges, as large as the leaues of th e Lduru* Tinas , orwilde Baye tree: at the end of 
the young branches breakc forth between the leaues diuers finall ftalkes, with foure or 
fiue flowers on each of them, ofa yellowilh greene colour, which turne into fmall ber- 
ries, of the bigneffe of blackc Cherries, greene at the firft, and red when they begin to 
be ripe, but growing blacke if they hang too long vpon the branches , wherein is con- 
tained a hard (hell, and a white hard kerncll within it , couered with a yellowilh skin, 
Thisabideth (as I faid before) with greene leaues as well Winter as Summer; and 
therefore fitted to be planted among other of the fame nature, to make an euer greene 
hedge. 
The Vfe of Clufius his Celaftrus. 
u 
Being fo great a ftranger in this part of theChriftian world, I know 
none hath made tryall of what property it is, but that the tafte of the leaues 
is fomewhat bitter. 
10. Pjncdntb*. The euer greene Hawthorne, 
or prickly Corail tree. 
T His euer greene fhrubbe is fo fine an ornament to a Garden or Orchard , either 
to be nourfed vp into a fmall tree by it felfc , bypruining and taking away the 
fuckers and vnder branches, or by fuffering it to grow with fuckers, rhickcand 
plafhing the branches into a hedge, for that it is plyable to be ordered either way; that 
I could not but giue you the knowledge thereof, with the defeription in this manner. 
Thcyoungbr branches are couered with a fmooth darke blewifh greene barke, and 
the elder with a more alh coloured, thicke fet with leaues without order, fome greater 
and others fmaller, fomewhat like both in forme and bigneffe vnto the leaues of the 
Barberry tree, but fomewhat larger, and more fnipt about the edges, of a deeper green 
colour alfo, and with fmall long thornes fcattered here & there vpon the branchcsitbc 
flowers come forth as well at the ends of the branches, as at diuers places at the ioynts 
of the leaues, {landing thicke together, of a pale whitifli colour, a little dalht oucr with 
a (hew of blulh , confiding of fiue leaues a peece, with fome fmall threads in the mid- 
dle, which turne into berries, very like vnro Hawthorne berries , but much redder and 
dryer, almoft like polilhed Corall, wherein are contained foure or fiue fmall yellowilh 
white three fquare feede, fomewhat Ihining. It is thought to be the Oxyauwtbt of Di- 
ofcorides; but feeing Diofcorides doth explaine the forme of the leafe in his Chapter 
©f Medlars, which he-concealed in the Chapter of Oxyaaathd, it cannot be thefame : 
for Mefpilus Anthedon of Theophraftus , or ^frcr.U of Diofcorides , haththe leafe of 
Oxjactnthi, as Diofcorides faith , or of Smalladgc, as Theophraftus , which cannot 
agree to this Thorne ; but doth moft liuely delineate out our white Thorne or Haw- 
thorne, that now there is no doubt , but that OxydCdnthd of Diofcorides is the Haw- 
thorne tree orbulh. 
The Vfe of this Corail tree. 
Although Lobcl maketh mention of this tree to grow both in Italy, and 
Prouincc 
