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The Theater of‘Plants* Chap.^o, 
3. Salix Rofea. The Rofc Willow. 
The Wiilow thatbearetb a tuft of fmali greenifh white leaves, on the reddifli branches, Tec in order to 
almoft like a Rofe, rsin growth like unto the lad, the barke as rough and darke, the leaves not lo long 
branches fully lb lithye and pliant,yet reafonably. 
4. Salix fragilU. The hard blackc Willow- 
This differeth from the fecond, in that the "branches are hard and blacke,ll rong,and not pliant as the former.&c. 
5. Salix viminalit nigra. The blacke Withy. 
This Withy hath more (lender branches, and more tic to be wound.of a darke red colour: the leavesarelong 
and narrow .dented about the edges, ofadarkegreene, and a little white underneath, having two lmall round 
leaves, at the Iftcing on of every the long leaves,which flieweth the kinde thereof. 
<5, Salix Gallicanigra, 1 he Prenchb\2cke Withy, 
This differeth from the lad in this,that the twigges are more yellowilh browne,thc leaves lefi’e dented and hath 
no Imall round leaves at the bottoms of the longer. 
The I'O.ce and Time. 
Many ofthefe forts arc found in our owne land in low grounds,neere water courfes and ditches, and the Rofe 
Willow in fundry places of EJfcx,&ndCambridge fhi.-e: the bioffomcscome forth before any leaves appeare, and 
are in their fulled greatnefle ul'ually before Safer, divers gathering them todeckeuptheirhoules on Palme mn- 
day. 
The Names. 
It is called inGreeke hht,mgf n'Uvcu, epuodcitoinahumexcrefcat, and Salix a faliendo in Latine, becaufe it 
groweth with that fpeed that it feemeth to leape.The (hit is common both with us and with other nations,and j.a 
chat which Theophraflus and l’liny call Salix and Salix per tic alts by Adatthiolus, Cordus, Lugdunenfs and o* 
tilers, becaufe the branches thereof being llrong arc ufed as [takes to hold up any thing, or to be bound thereun¬ 
to. The fecond is taken to be the true Salix America nigra Cs- raliens of Pliny, and of Colamella Salix Amerina er 
Sabina, which CMattbiolus calleth Cjrxcajxn&'D odomtw GaUica.and by Thahsts Sabina, and Amerina. The third is 
not mentioned by any forraigne Aurhour that I know of, Gewdhaving given the firft kno wledge thereof to the 
world. The fourth is called by Tauhimu Salix fragile,as it is in theTicle. The flit is called by Lugdunenfs Salix 
j'C. cortice nigra of Theophraflus, and the purpurea of Pliny. The lalt is the firfl Salix of Oragm, the 
S alix Callica of Cordus on Diofcorides, and by Lugdunenfls Salix Phanicea. the Arabians call the Willow Bulcf 
Phillies ,and Sa faff &\[o,and Chalif ,which names Alpimu andbRaavo/flus give to their particular kindes, the I/a- 
lures Sahce, the Spaniards Sales, and Salguesro,the French Saulx, andS auk, enoGermar.es iVciden and Fclbuiger, 
the 'I)uoh Milghcboom. 
The Vertues. 
TheVertuesofallthe forts ofthefe Willowes, as of the reflate fet do wne together at the letter end of them, 
except fuch as are mentioned in particular. 
Chap. XXX. 
Salix arborca latifolia. The Sallow tree. 
l : this kinde there are divers forts that plaindydifferre both from the former and amon" them' 
feives. 
I. Salix latifolia rotunda. The round leafed Sallow- 
This Sallow groweth to a reafonable greatnefle with a grayidi while rugged barke ourermcfl, 
and another redder in ward.thcoutermott being pliant ana Itrong.fit to bindc dungs withal: the 
leaves hereofare broad and almoft round,encienced about the edges, daike green; above and ''ray 
underneath with two fmill round leaves joyned to the foots of them: the flowers or calkins are not fuch whole 
heads or tufts as the former kinde,but confill of many (inall heads,thicke fee together, which are biowne away 
with the blackifh feedc in them as the others are : the wood hereof is more looie and fpongy then the other, and 
mayby beating the head be writhedround or downewarcl,as is leer/e at the Chrillmas tinnfin tnmy Noble'and 
Gentlemens honles fet at their gates by their Porters. 
*. Salix latifolia oblongior. The longer leafed Sallow. 
Ibis other differeth from the former aneiy in the leaves, which are not fo round, but broad and long withal/, 
dented about the edges, and in all things die alike : on the leaves of both thefe forts ate found iometimes cer-^ 
tame bladders or bliiters, and upon the tranches little rough balles. 
3. Salix latifolia minor. The Idler broad Willow. 
There is another fort hereof that groweth not fo high as the formar, the leaves being of a meane fi fe, fcetweene 
them two that is not fo round nor io long, but of a darker grtene colour,and gray underneath like unto them. 
4. Salixfnbrotiindoargenteo folio. The filver leafed Sallow- 
This filver leafed Sallow groweth low kite the laft,having a brownilh barke to cover the body, but efpeciaily 
the branches, the leaves are more long then broad, and (hining filver-like underneath, fomewhat leffer then the 
laft, the leaves and the barke being the chicfeft differences in this from the lad. 
The Place and Time. 
Thefe forts although they are fometimes found by waters tides, yet are they alfo found in the moifter grounds' 
not neere crookes or ditches,and in the upland grounds as well: their time of flowring i« with the former ’ 
The Names. 
T his kinde is called Salix arborea latifolia todidinguifh it from all the other kmdes; the two fird forts are 
mentioned by Tragus, as his fourth kinde, and called Latifolia or platyphyllos by Clufau, Carrier ari w , Thaliut 
Gcfner, Loael, and Lugdunenfs, which Tabermontamss and Gerard call Sahx caprea rotundifolia-, and thought 
M be Ehagnut by fome, and called Salix latifolia atjuaiica by others. The third is mentioned by Thalint onely, 
and 
