C 1 be Coroll irieto'tbis Orchard. 
The Vfc of the Sycomore tree. 
It isaltogether planted for fhady walkes, and hath no other vfe with vs 
thatlknovv. 
1 9. Nttx V ‘ficartt. The bladder Nut. 
T His tree growgth not very high , but is of a meane ftature, when it is preferued 
and pruined to grow vpright , or elfe it Ihooteth forth many twigges from the 
rootes , and 1 o is fit to plant in a hedge ro we , as it is vied in fome" places : the 
body and armes are couered with a whitilh greenebarke: the branches and Ieaues on 
them are like vnto the Elder, hauing three or flue Ieaues fet one again!! another , with 
one of them at the end, each whereof is nicked or dented about the edges: the flowers 
are fwcete and white, many growing together on a long ftalke, hanging downeward, 
in forme refembling a fmall Daffodill, hauing a fmall round cup in the middle, and 
Ieaues about it : after which come the fruit, inclofed in rulTetilhgreenc bladders, con- 
taining one or two brownifh nuts, ldferthen Hafellnuts, whofe outer fhell is not 
hard and woody, like the Ihell of a nut,but rough, and hard withall,not ealie to breake, 
within which is a greene kernell, fweet ifh at the firft, but lothfome afterwards , ready 
to procure calling, and yet liked of fome people, who can well endure to eate them. 
The Vfe of the Bladder Nut. 
The greateft vfe that I fcnowthetreeor his fruit is put vnro, is, that it is 
receiuedintoan Orchard, 1 either forthe rarity ofthekindc, being fuffered 
to grow into a tree, or(as 1 laid before) to make an hedge, being letgrow 
into fuckers. 
SomeQuackfaluershauevfed rhefenutsasamedicine of rare vertue for 
the (lone, but what good they haue done, I neuer yet could leatne. 
20 . Rhus Myrtifolu. TheMirtle leafed Sumach. 
T His lowe (hrubbe groweth feldometc the height of a man, hauing many {len- 
der branches, and long winged Ieaues fet thereon, euery one whereof is of the 
bignelfe of the broad or large Mirtle leafe, and fet by couples all the length of 
the ribbe, running through the middle of them. It bcareth diuers flowers at the tops 
of the branches, madeof many purple threads, which turne into fmall blacke berries, 
wherein are contained fmall, white, and rough leed,fomewhat like vnto Grape kernels 
or ftones.This vfeth to dye down to the ground in my Gafden euery Winter, and rife 
vp again euery Spring, whetherthe naturethereof were fo, or the coldnelfeof our cli- 
mate thecaufe therof,I am not well affured.lt is alfo rare, and to be feen but with a few. 
The Vfe of this Sumach. 
It is vfed to thicken or tanne leather or hides, in the fame manner that the 
ordinary Sumach doth 5 as alfo to {lay fluxes both in men and women. 
li.Rhui Virginum. The Virginia Sumach, or 
Buckes horne tree ofVirginia. 
T His ftrange tree becommeth in-fome places to bee of a reafonable height and 
bignelfe, the wood whereof is white, loft, and pithy in the middle, like vnto 
an Elder, couered with a darkc coloured barke, fomewhat fmooth : the young 
branches that are of the laft yeares growth arefomewbat reddifh or browne, very lofc 
and 
