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j? bt Corcllane to this Orchard. 
Prouence in France, in fome of their hedges, yet he faith it is neglc&ed in 
the naturali places, and to be of no vfe with them : neither doe I hcare, that 
it is applyed to any Phyficall vfe with vs , but (as I before faid) it is prefer- 
ued withdiuersas an ornament to a Garden or Orchard, by reafonof his 
euer greene leaues, and red berries among them , being a pleafant fpedtacle, 
and fit to be brought into the forme of an hedge, as one pleafe to lead ir. 
ii .T ixus . The Y ewe tree. 
T He Y ewe tree gro weth with vs in many places to bee a reafonable great tree, 
but in hoter countries much bigger, couered with a reddiih gray fcaly barkc ; 
the younger branches are reddiih likewiie, whereon grow many winged 
leaues, that is, many narrow long darke greene leaues, iet on both fides of a long ftalke 
• or branch, neuer dying or falling away, but abiding on perpetually, except ir be on the 
elder boughes : the flowers are fmall, growing by the leaues , which turne into round 
red berries, like vnto red Afparagus berries, in tafte fweetifh , with a little bitterneife, 
and caufing no harme to them forany thing hath been knowne in our country, 
T he Vfe of the Y ewe tree. 
It is found planted both in the corners of Orchards, and againft the win- 
dowesofHoufes, to be both a ihadow and an ornament, in being al way es 
greene, and to deckevpHoufes in Winter :but ancient Writers haue euer 
reckoned it to be dangerous at the leaft, if not deadly. 
12. Buxus. The Boxc tree. 
T He Boxe tree in fome places is a reafonable tall tree , yet growing flowly • the 
trunke or body whereof is of the bigneffe of a mans thigh, which is the biggeft 
thateuerlfaw: butfometimes, and in other places it groweth much lower, 
vfually not aboue ayard, or ayard and a halfe high , on the backe fides of many Hon- 
fes, and in the Orchards likewifer the leaues are fmall, thicke and hard, andftillche 
greater or lefter the tree is, the greater or lelferare theleaues, round pointed , and of a 
freih fliining greene colour : the flowers are fmall and greenifii, which turne into 
heads or berries, withfourc homes, whittilh on the outfide, and with reddiih feede 
within them. 
tuxu! tureus. Thereis another kinde hereof but lately come to ourknowledge, which differeth 
Gilded Boxc. not in any thing from the former , but onely that all theleaues haue a yellow lift or 
.^ard about theedgeofthem on thevpperfide, and none on the lower, which maketh 
it feeme very beautifull i and is therefore called gilded Boxe. 
iuxm himiiif. We haueyet anotherkinde of Boxe, growing fmall and loWc, not abouehalfea 
Dwarfe Boxe. foote, or a foote high at the moft, vnleffe it be negle&ed , which then doth grow a lit- 
tle more flirubby, bearing the like leaues, but fmaller, according to thegrowth, and of 
a deeper greene colour : I could neuer know that this kinde euer bore flower or feede, 
but is propagated by flipping the rootc, which en crca feth very much. 
• The Vfe of Boxc. 
The wood of the Boxe tree is vfed in many kindes of fmall works among 
Turners, becaufe it is hard, clofe, and firme, and as fome baue faid, the roots 
much more, in regard of the diuers waues and crooked vcines running 
through it. It hath no Phyficall vfe among the moft and beft Phy ficians, al- 
though fome haue reported it to ftay fluxes , and to be as good as the wood 
of Guaiacum^ov Lignum vtu for the French difeafe. The leaues and bran» 
dies ierue both Summer and Winter to dccke vp houfes 5 and are many 
times giuen to horfes for the bots. 
The lowe or dwarfe Boxe isofexcellentvfeto bordervpaknot, or th c 
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