j ?7 o Of the Hiftoric of Plants. L i b. 3. 
is the moft principal, and beft agreeing vnro the nature of man, as an excellent oordial,and of a very 
pleafantfmell. 
Chap. 47. Of the Yew tree. 
«[j IhtDefcripion. 
$ IN ftead of the defcriptioh and place 
■* mentioned by our Author(which were 
notamifTe) giue me leaue to prefent you with 
one much more accurate, fent me by M r . Iohn 
Goodytr. 
' Taxusgltindiferal/acciferatjue. 
The Yew bearing Acornes and berries, 
T He Yew tree that beareth Acornes and 
berries is a great high tree remaining ai- 
vvaies greene, and hath vfually an huge 
trunke or body as big as the Oke, couered ouer 
with a (cabbed or fcaly barke, often pilling or 
falling off, and a yong fmooth barke appearing 
vnderneath ; the timber hereof is fomevvhac 
red, neere as hard as Box, vniuerfally couered 
next the barke with a thicke white fap like that 
of the Oke, and hath many big limmes diuidcd 
into many fmal fpreading branches : the leaues 
be about an inch long, narrow like the leaues of 
Rofemary, but fmooth, and of a darker greene 
colour, growing all alongft the little twigs or 
branches clofe together, feldome one oppofite 
again!! anorber,oftenhauing at the ends of the 
twigs little branches compofed of many leaues 
like the former, but fhorter and broader,clofe- 
ly compaft or ioyned together : among!! the 
leaues are to be feene at all times of the yeare, 
ftnall {lender buds fomewhat long, but neuer 
any floures ; which at the very beginning of the 
Spring crow bigger and bigger, till they are of the fafhion of little Acornes, with a white kerne 11 
within ; after they areofthis forme, then groweth vp from thebottomes of the Acornes a reddifh 
matter, making beautiful reddifh berries more long than round,fmooth on the out fide,very clam- 
ttie within, and of a fweet tafte, cohering all the Acorne,onely leauing a little hole at the top, 
where the top of the Acorne is to be feene : thefe fallen, or deuoured by birds, leaue behinde them 
a little whitifh huske made ofa few fcales, appearing like a little floure, which peraduenture may 
deceiue feme, taking it to be fo indeed : it feemes this tree, if it were not hundred by cold weather, 
would alwaies haue Acornes and berries on him, for he hath alwaies little buds, which fo foone as 
the Sprint yeelds but a reafonable heate, they grow iuto the forme of Acornes : about the begin- 
ning of Augu ft, feldome before, you fliall finde them turned into ripe berries, and from that time 
till ChriftmafTe,or a little after, you may fee on him both Acornes and red berries. 
T axus tantum florcns. 
The Yew which only floures . 
The Yew which onely beareth floures and no berries, is like the other in trunke, timber, barke, 
and leaues , but at the beginning of Nouember, or before, this tree doth beginne to be very thicke 
fet or fraught on the lower fide or part of the twigs or little branches, with fmall round buds,verie 
neere as big, and of the colour of Radi fh feed, and do fo continue all the Winter, till about the 
beginning or middle of Fehruarie, when they open at the top, fending forth one fmall fharpe poin- 
tall, little longer than the huske, diuided into many parts, or garnifhed towards the top with many 
T axm. 
