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Floregyi gUniemque [ties fregere fttb Vlmbt, 
Chap- XXIII. 
Sorbin. The Set vice tree, 
JEcaufe the true Service tree is fo like unto the tame ar.d the wild Alh in the leaves, and thatthe wild 
I Afh is called a Service by divers, i thinke ltmeete to joyne it next unto them,and wii h it lomc other 
I lores that have obtained the name of Serviccs,although differing much in forme from it. 
i, Sorbw legitima, The true Service tree. 
The true Service tree groweth in time to be a great and a tall tree, fpreading (undry great bran¬ 
ches, covered with a rough grayilh barke,whereon grow laige winged leaves, greater and longer then thole of 
A(h,and each o( them broader, more blewifh greene, and harder, and mor* grayifh grecnc underneath, and 
more dented alfo ahout the edges; tl»e flowers grow in dufterSjat feverall places on the branches with the leaves 
confiding of fourc white leaves a peecc,after which follow the Iruice as big as \\ allnuts dialed out or the grecnc 
huskes, tending to yellow when they are r ipc with broad browene kernels within them,in lome round,which are 
accounted the belt, in fomeovall that is long and ronnd,and in fome altnoft Peate fafhion, which like other Ser- 
vices are hard and hardi when they are ripe, and mud be hung upon firings in a warme roomc, ci laid covered 
with drasv.chaffe.or fome cloathes to make them mellow fit to be eaten, which then will be more pleafant than 
mellow Medlars, the wood is very firme and dole,and yellower then the Afh. 
2. Srcbm Tormirsalufive vulgaris. Our common Service tree. 
Our common Service tree rifeth up to a realonable height and bigneffe,fpreadmg largely with a whitifli colo¬ 
red finooth barke, the leaves grow fingly by themfelvcs,which are not winged but broad and cut into fundry de- 
vifions and broad at the bottome next tothcdalke.ot a fad greene colour, the flowers grow includers of a whi- 
tith colour at the end of the branches for the mod pare, which are fucceeded with fmaller round befrics then the 
former,and browner alto,containing within them Imall blackilh hard kernels: thefe mud Iikcwiic be mellowed 
to be eaten, or tile Iec hung on the bran dies unt ill the hods mellow them on the trees, link fie the birds devoure 
them being neglefled : the wood hereof is ofa brownifh yellow colour and hard. 
3. Sorbus fylvefirit Anglictts. Red Cheffe apples,or the Snglijb wild Service. 
This tree which we ent tic a Service, from the harfhneffe of the greene fruite,groweth not high ufuaily,but ra- 
i. Sorbui legiti mu- 
T- c true Service tree. 
2. SorbuiTorminalii'vulgaru. 
Ouc comnaon Service tree* 
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