l I be Corollarie to this Orchard. 
15. Larix. The Larch tree. 
T He Larch tree, where irnaturally groweth, rifeth vp to be as tall as the Pine or 
Firre tree, bat in our Land being rare , andnouvfed vpbut withafew, and 
thofe onely louers of rarities, it groweth both (lowly, and becommerh not 
high : the barke hereof is very rugged and thicke,thc boughes and branches grow one 
aboue another in a very comely order, hauingdiuers fmall yellowi(h knobs or bun- 
ches fet thereon at feuerall diftancesj from whence doe yearely (hootc forth many 
fmall, long, and narrow fmooth leaues together, both (horter and (mailer , and not (o 
hard or (harpe pointed as either the Pine or Firre tree leaues , which doenotabide 
the Winter as they doe, but fall away eueryycare, as other trees which (hed thc.r 
Jeaues, and gaine frefh eucry Spring : the blodomes are very beautifull and delcdiable 
being of an excellent fine critnfon colour, which (landing among the gTeene leaues' 
allure the eyes of the beholders to regard it with the more defire : it al fo beareth in the 
haturall places (but not in our Land that I could heare) fmall foft cones or fruit fome- 
what like vnto CyprefTc nuts, when they are greeneand clofe. 
The coles of the wood hereof (becaufe It Is fo hard and durable as none 
more) is held to be of mod force being fired, to caufe the Iron oare to melr 
which none other would doe fo well. Matthiolus contefteth againft Fuch- 
fius, for deeming the Venice Turpentine to be the liquid Roden ofthc Firre 
tree, which heaffareth vpon his owne experience and certaine knowledge, 
to be drawne from this Larch tree, and none other; which clcere Turpin- 
tine is altogether vfed inwardly, and no other, except that of the true Tur- 
pintine tree, and is very effedtuall to cleanfe the reincs, kidney cs, and blad- 
der, both of grauell and the (lone , and to prouoke vrine : it is aifo of e(pe- 
ciall property forthc^»*rr/;«,orrunning of thereines, as itis ca!led,with 
fome powder of white Amber mixed therewith , taken for certaine day es 
together. Taken alfoinanEle&uary, it is Angular good for to expectorate 
rotten flegme,and to hclpe the confumption of the lungs. It is vfed in plai- 
fters and falues, as the beft fort of Turpintine. The Agarickc that is vfed in 
phyficke, is taken from the bodies and armesof this tree. And Matthiolus 
doth much infift againft Brafauolus, that thought other trees had produced 
Agarickc, affirming them to be hard fungi , or Mufliroms (fuch as wee call 
Touch-wood)whcrwithmanyvfeto take fire, ftrookc thereinto from ftccle. 
T Herearetwo forts of Line trees, the male and the female; but becaufe the male 
is rareto befeene, and thefemale is more familiar, Ivvill onelygiueyouthe 
defeription of the female, and leaue the other. 
The female Line-treegroweth exceeding high and great, like vnto anElme, with 
many large fpreading boughes, couered with a fmooth barke, the innermoft being 
very plyant and bending from whence come (mailer branches , all of them fo plya- 
blc, thatthey may bee led or carried into any forme you plcaft: the leaues thereon 
are very faire, broad, and round, fomewhat like vnroElme leaues, bur fairer, fmoother, 
and ofafrefhergreene colour, dented finely about the edges, andendinginafharpe 
point: the flowers arc white, and of a good fmell, many (landing together at the top 
of a ftalkc, which runneth all along the middle ribbe of a (mail long whirifli Ieafc ; af- 
ter which come (mall round berries, wherein is contained fmall blackifh (cede : this 
tree is wholly negledfed by thofe that hauc them, or dwell nccrethem, becaufethey 
fuppofeit to be fruiclefle, in regard it bcaretb chaffic huskes , which in many places 
fall away, without giuing ripefeede. 
The Vfe of the Larch tree. 
1 6. TV/w.TheLincor Linden tree. 
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