Tri n e 1 6 . 
"The Theater of ‘Plants. 
C H A P.16. 
Air,w lulgaru. The uluill AUertrse. 
and then ihey are hard and fcaly, a little long and round 
like unto an Olive : the timber is everlafting, if it be ei¬ 
ther under the water or in a watry moift place, for being 
made into piles it is the fureft and ftrongeft to uphold ci¬ 
ther bridge, or building thereon, but it is quickly fubjccT 
to rot if it be kept dry. Vnder this Alder mfundrypla- 
ces is found fitch a like Excrcflence, as is the Okc Grape. 
Bauhinw faith ther e is another fort observed whofe leafe 
is longer then the ordinary for:,not differing in any thing 
elfe. 
a, Alnw folio incdno. The hoary Alder* 
The hoary Alder is a leffer tree then the common forr, 
whofe barke is whirer,and leaves likewile are fomewhac 
Ionger,qreater, and more poinred chenit, not fo greens 
nor clammy on the upperfide,but hoary, by rcalonofchc 
fm'dihiires are to be feene thereon, if chey be well obfer- 
ved, or elfe not, but much more hoiry underneath, that 
it feemeth to be of an afh colour,the footeftalkes of chetri 
alfo being hoary in like manner, the cackinsoraglecs 
hereof are fhorterand not fo round as the former, but 
fomewhat long untill it have given ripe feede. 
5 . Ainu* yi/piua minor. 
The fmall Mountains Alder. 
This fmall A lder, gro weth in each part like the co m- 
mon Alder, but leffer and lower both in leafe and other 
things,and hath not th: leaves bedewed with fo clammy 
a moifture. 
The Piece aniTime, 
Both Place and Time are in a manner diffidently cx* 
preffed in their deferiptions to be delighted to grow in 
moift woods.and in other waterv places,and the lad upon 
the hils in Anfiria y Bowring in Aprill or Maj t and giving 
ripe feede in September. 
7he2{jmes. 
It is called in Greeke by Tbeopbrajltu but not 
mentioned by ‘Diofcoridcs or Galen, in Latine Ainu* quod 
ab amns alautr , Tbeophrtflui lib.^.c.iq. faith this tree is 
barren, Pliny from h im, [hat it beared; neither dower nor feede, and ytt in the fixtii Chapter of the fame Booke 
fni . " m °" 3 °, th( ; r "T .when their fruiteis ripe, that the Alder, the Wallnut, and a kinde ofPeares doe 
ripen in Atuumne, which dcclareth that ht is contrary to himfelfe.in faying it is barren : Some of the Poets’ fai 
nea that the three fitters of fW<w, alter three moneths mourning for their brothers death, whom Apollo [W 
ivith thunder for ill guiding the Chariot ol the Sunne, were turned into Popler trees,buc Ovidin his fecond booke 
t - Aut «’»°rphofcr , an ? Virgilm eAlglogafcxta,\n thefe Verfes following fheweth (yet both true alike) that thev 
were Mecamorphofed into Alder trees. ‘ 7 
Turn Phactontiad&s mufeo circundat amdr£ 
Corticii^tcjttt folo proceras erigit Alnos. 
The firft is called Alnw and vu’.garu by all our moderne Writers, but onely C re fn‘‘ whocalleth it Am,da 
mu as he doth the nigra ac baccifera Avon*! .The fecond is called A law alttra by Clufwr ,but giveth Lob,l bj s fi, 
gure of the ordinary Ainu for it, as the new Gerard dothalfo: but Bauhimu in his Oltatthiolm giveth the tru»" 
figure olit,fet forchby himfelfe andthere calleth i x.Alnm />«-/*M |W h 0 fefigure being left outhcreyou fliall have 
in the Appendix.The lad is remembred onely by Bauhinus by the fame name is in the tide.The Italians call i c Ax- 
nofind Onto, the Spaniards Alifo,tbe French Aulne^hc Germanrs Etlenhaitmfind Flernbaum the Dutch £ir,n and 
we in Snglijh Mlcr.and Alder tree. TheVertuer. 
The leaves and barke of the Alder tree,are cooling, drying and binding : the frefh leaves laid upon tumours 
difiolveth them, and ftayeth the inflammations: the leaves put under the bare feete of travellers, that are (iirba- 
ted with travelling,are a great refrefhing unto them: the (aid leaves while they have c‘'c morningsdew on them" 
laid in a chambertroubled withfleas will gather them thereinto, which bcingquickely cad out, wiliriddethe 
chamberof them : of the barke is made a blackedye, for the courfer forts of things, andwithit, orthegreene 
fruite inftcad ofgalles.ismadc writingincke, by adding gum and coperastoit. fa 
14 09 
Folio ob- 
longo iiri~ 
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Chap. XVI. 
Popular. The Poplar tree. 
SHe Poplar tree hath beeneaunciently accounted, but of two forts,blacke and white, but byP/iaidi - 
'I ftributed into three forts,the white, the blacke, and the Libian or Afpen tree, unto thefe I uinft adde 
j t wo other out of Loh,I t which are as followeth. 
1. Popular alba. The white Poplar tree. 
The white D opIar tree groweth great and reafonable high,covered with a thicke fmooth barke and 
White,efpecially thebranches,having large leaves cut into feverall divifions,almolt like unto a vine leafe, but not 
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