Of the Hiftory of Plants; L 1 b . 3 . 
•i The Place. 
The Aller or Alder tree delighteth to grow in low and moift waterilh places, 
w qy The Time. 
The Aller bringeth forth new leaues in Aprill, the fruit whereof is ripe in September. 
This tree is called in Greeke in Latine,<_/f/»w.- Petrus Crefcentiusmmtrh it i^imedanus: it 
is called in high Dutch,€*lenbaumand CllCWbaum: inlow Dutch, Qclfcn and Clfen boom: in 
Italian,^ :in French, Anlnt : in Englilb, Alder and Aller. 
^ The T emper attire . 
The leaues and barke of the Alder tree are cold,drie, and aftringent. 
^y 'the Vertues. 
The leaues of Alder ate much vfed againft hot fwellings,vlcers, and all inward inflammations, 
A efpecially of the Almonds and kernels of the throat. ggj 
The barke is much vfed of poore countrey Diers.for the dying ofcourfe cloth,cappes,hofe, and 
® fuch like into a blacke colour, whereunto it ferueth very well. 
Chap. 114. Of the ‘Birch tree . 
Betulal 
The Birch treei 
J "J e/ ltAjc^C*- 1 — t. 
the Defcription. 
T He common Birch tree waxerh likewife 
a great trce,hauing many boughes befet 
with many fmall rods or twigs, very limber 
and pliant : the barke of the young twigs and 
branches isplaine,fmooth,and fulloffap,in 
colour like the Cheftnut ; but the rind ofthe 
body or trunk is hard without, white, rough, 
and vneuen,full of chinkes or creuifes :vnder 
which is found another fine barke, plaine, 
fmooth,and as thin as paper which hereto- 
fore was vied in Head of paper, to write vpon, 
before the making of paper was knowne : in 
Ruffia and thefe cold regions it ferueth in 
Head of tiles and Hate to couer their houfes 
withall : this tree beareth for his floures cer- 
taine aglets like tile Hafell tree, but fmaller, 
wherein the feed is contained. 
^y The Place. 
This common Birch tree grows in woods, 
fenny grounds, and mountaines,inmolf pla- 
ces of England. 
^y The Time. 
The catkins or aglets do firft appeate,ar.d 
then the leaues, in Aprill or a little later, 
ey The Names. 
Theophrafius calleth this tree in Greeke, 
01, .uu'dV'diuerSjCTifiuf: others mfw«it is named in La- 
tinc,Bitula .diners alfo write it with a double 
ll Betuttts, as fome of Plinies copies haue it:it 
is called in high Dutch, ffitthCtlbaum : in 
low Dutch, ffietcfcenboom :in Italian,M«- 
la : by them of Trent, BedaUo : in French, Bouleau : in Englifh, Birch tree. 
•y The Temperature and Vertues. , . 
Concerning the medicinable vfe ofthe Birch tree, or his parts,’ there is nothing extant either m 
tb \to°treT6ith Sty inhis ltf -booke,t 8 . chapter, Mirahili candore & temiute 
tmmvirgic • for in times pall the Magnates roddes were made heereo : and m our time alfo the 
Schoolemafters and parents do terrifie their children with rods made , . , , 
It ferueth well to the decking vp of houfes, and banquetting roomes, for places of plealure, and 
beautifying offtreets in the crolfe or gang weeke, and fuch like. r H A p 
