Of the Hirtorie of Plants. 
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The f cnerall defcnpticn . 
T HcPeare tree is for the mod part higher than the Apple tree, hauing boughes not fpreada- 
btoad,but growing vp in height, the body is many times great.the timber orwood it felfe is 
very tradtable or eafie tobe wrought vpon, exceeding fittornake moulds or prints tobe grauen 
on,of colour tending to yellowneffcthe Ieafe is fomewhat broad, finely ricked in the edges, greene 
aboue, and fo newhat whiter vnderneath.-the floures are white: the Peares, that is to fay, the fruit, 
are foi the mod part long, and in forme like a Top ; but in greatnes, colour, (o me.and tail very much 
differing among themfelues • they be alfocouered with skins or coats of fundry coloursithe pu pe 
O' meat diffi-rerh, as well in colour as rad.-there is contained in them kernels, blacke when they 
beripeithe root groweth lfrait downewith fome braunches running aflope. 
Firm fttptrb it^uc Kathtrina. 
The Katherine Peare tree. 
i PyaPracocia. The lenneting Peare. 
a Pyra lacobsa. Saint lames Peare. 
3 Pyum regale. The Peare toyall. 
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<|T 7 be Place. 
The tame Peare trees are planted in Orchards,as be the apple trees, and by grafting, though vp. 
onwilde ftockes,come much varietie of good and pleafantlruits. All thefe before fpecified, and 
manv forts mo-e.and rho'emod rare and good, are growing in the ground of Matter Richard Pan. 
ter, a mod cunning and curious grafferand p'anterofall manner of rare fruits, dwelling inafmall 
village neere London called Tw icknam ; and alfo in the ground of an excellent graffei and painfull 
planter, M'. Henry Ba»hury,o( Touthill ftreet neere Wcdminder, and likewife in the ground of a 
diligent and molt atfedtionare louer of plants W .Warner neere Hoi fey downe by London, and in 
diuers other .rounds about London, t Mndof the bed peares are at this time tobe h<,d with M r . 
lohn Mi lien in 01 d-dreet,in whofe nurfery are ro be found the choited fruits this kingdom yeelds.f 
W The Time. 
The floures do fo. the mod parr come forth in Aprill,the leaues afterwards : all peares arc not 
npeat onetime: fome be ripe in Iuly,others in Augud, anddiuers in September and later. 
IT TheTXjmes. 
The tame ot Orchard peare tree is called in Greeke-*».«, or with a double -w. . in Latino, Py- 
rui vrbana. 
