Of the Hiftory of Plants, 
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tMalm fylueflris. 
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Thewilding or Crab tree.' 
Chap. 102, Of the Wilding or Qrab tree. 
*(J The Kindes. 
Ike as there be diners manured Apples, fo are there fundry wilde Apples, or Crabs, whereof to 
'write apart were to fmall purpofe,and therefore one defcription (ball fuifice for the reft. 
Thegenerall Defcription , 
'T' Here be cfiucrs wilde Apple trees nothuf- 
banded.that is to fay, not graftedjthe frtiic 
whereof is harfli and binding: for by grafting 
both Apples and Peares become more milde 
and pleafant. The crab orwilding tree growes 
oftentimes to a reafonable grcatneffe, equal! 
with the Apple tree: the wood is hard, firnie, 
and follid- the barke rough • the branches or 
boughes many ; the floures and fruit like thofe 
of the apple trec,fome red, others white, fome 
greater, others Idler : the difference is known 
toall, therefore it fhall fuifice whar hath been 
Laid for their feuerall diftinftions : we haue in 
our London gardens adwarfe kindeof fweet 
Apple,called chamxmalus , the dwarfe apple 
tree, or Paradife apple, which beareth apples 
very timely without grafting. 
$ Our Author here alfo (out of Taherna- 
monttmus)2 > a.ue foure figures, whereof lonely 
retaine the beft,with their feueral titles, t Mn. 
Imfyluefiris ritbens. The great wilding or red 
Crab tree : 2 OWalus fytneflns alba, The white 
vvildingor Crab tree : 3 Mulas [ylueflrii minor. 
The fmaller Crab tree ; 4 Mains duracinafylue- 
firis, The choking leane Crab-tree, t 
The Place. 
The Crab tree grovveth wilde in woods and 
hedge rowes almoft euery where. 
*y The Time. 
The time anfwereth thofe of the garden. 
The Names'. 
Their titles doth fet forth their names in Latine and Englifh. 
TheTempcrature. 
Ofthe temperature ofwilde apples hath becne fufficiently fpoken intheformer Chapter . 1 
TheVertues. 
The iuice ofwilde Apples or crabs taketh away the heate ofburnings,fca!dings, and all inflam- A 1 
mations : and being laid on in fhort timeafteritisfcalded,itkeepeth it from bliftering. 
The iuice of crabs or Vcriuice is aftringent or binding, and hath withall an abfterfiueorclenfing B 
qualitie, beeing mixed with hard yeeftof Ale or Beere, andapplied in manner of a cold oint- 
ment, that is, fpread vpon a cloth firft wet in the Veriuiceand wrung out, and then laid to, taketh 
away the heat of Saint Anthonies fire,all inflammations whatfoeuer,healeth fcab’d kgs, burnings 
and fealdings wherefoeuer it be. 
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