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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
i B.5. 
I pyrum Jlrangulatorium mains. 
The great Choke peare ■ 
2 Pyrum flrangulatorium minus . 
The fma.'l Choke peare. 
3 Pyrus fytuefiis. c^n^e^^-S. 
Thewilde hedge Peare nee. 
4 Pyrut fyluejlris minima. 
Thi wilde Crab peare tree. 
5 Pfus fedtcularia. 
The Lowfie wilde peare. 
6 pyrus Coruina. 
The Crow peare tree. 
The Place. 
The wilde peares grow of themfelues 
w ithout manuring in moil places, as woods, 
or in the borders of fields, and neere to high 
waies. 
51 7f > c Time. 
The time of wilde peares anfwereth the 
tame or manured peare, notwithftanding for 
the moft part they are nor ripe much before 
Winter. 
«(J T he Hames. 
The wilde peare tree is called in Latine, 
Pyrus fylueflris and Pyrafter . in Greeke, 
by which name both the fruit and tree are 
knowne.Peares haue diners fyrnames among 
the antient Writers, and fpecially in Pliny, 
- n y s j ^ booke. t s -chapter, none of whh 1 are knownc to the later Writers (or not defired:)euery 
cine or euery countrey haue names of tfmfelues, and peares haue alio diuers names according to 
to the places. 
! the T emperature . 
All peares are of a cold temperate, and the moft part of them of a binding qualitie and an 
earthie fub (lance. 
ar The Venues. 
Th,e vertues of the wilde peares re referred vnto the garden peares as touching their binding 
facultie,butaie not to be eaten, bcaufe their nourifhmentis littleand bad. 
Chap. ioi. Of the zJpple tree. 
The Kindes. 
TpHe Latine name Mahs reacheth far among the old Writers, and is common to many trees, but 
we will briefely firft ntreat of Mali, properly called Apple trees, whofe ftocke or kindred is fo 
infinite, that we haue thought it not ami(Te,tovfe the fame order or method with Apples that wee 
haue done with peares : rhat is, to giue them feuerall titles in Latine and Englifh, and one generall 
defeription for the wlole. 
The Defeription. 
T Ke Apple tree lath a body or truncke commonly of a meanebigneffe, not very high, hauing 
long armes or branches, and the fame difordered: the barke fomewhat plaine, andnotverie 
rugged: the leaues bee alfo broad, more long than round, and finely nicked in the edges. 
The floures are whitilhtendingvntoablufh colour. The fruit or Applesdoe differ in greatneffe, 
forme, colour, and lafte ; feme couercd with a red skinne, others yellow or greene, varying infi- 
nitely 
