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fweete as the other,and the flowers white like the relt, 9 * Mptus/lortpieno. Double flowed Ms rde. 
and iweete likewiie, the froitc hereof is blacke alfo. 
4 . Afjrtw anoufiifolia exotica. 
The ftr-nge narrowleafed Myrtle. 
This narrow leafed (ort groweth in all parts like un¬ 
to the fetond, buc that th? leafe is fmaller, narrower, 
lmall pointed, and ofa darker greene colour, the flow- 
ers are alike,and fois he fruite blacke alfo, but greater 
and rounder, having crooked white (cedes in them, as 
tnc cchers have. 
5. Afjrtw Bxticafjlvefrie, 
The Spcinifh wild Myrtle. 
This wilde Myrtle groweth neither fo high, nor fo 
thicke with leaves, as the former manured lores, buc 
have (lender and brittle branches, with broader leaves 
then thelaft, fet mote thinly on both fides then the reft, 
and ofa dsrke greene colourthe flowers are like the 
red, and the fluke is round, (landing On long floote- 
ftalkes betweene the leaves in good plenty, greene ac 
the fii ft,and whitifh afterwsrds.and blackifb being ripe 
full of fweetifh jiryce,pleafant, with forhe aftriction to 
the cafte. 
6. Afjrtw domcfica minutijftmis fol'ijs fruflu albo. 
The fmall white Myrtle. 
This white Myrtle groweth reaionable tall,with (len¬ 
der reddifh branches, thicke bufhing together, being 
thicke fet with very (mail ( even the fmalleft of any o- 
thcr,) leaves,narroweft of any,and fharpe pointed, and 
fomew hat darke greene alfo: the flowers arc white 
like the reft,and fors the fruite likewiie,but of awhi- 
tifh colour, tending to a little blufh, and lo abide, not 
changing blackifli, v 
7 . Afjrtw minor acuto folio. 
The (mall and pointed Myrtle. 
This (mail Myrtle rifeth not fo high as the third, or 
ordinary broad leafed fort, but groweth fuller of bran- 
chesjand thicke let with fmall fine and greene, almoft 
fliining round leaves a little pointed at the ends, abi¬ 
ding alway es greene, as all the forts of Myitles doe,which and the flowers are fweete alfo, but grow not plenti¬ 
fully ii, our Country on the branches, as in warmer places, and beareth blacke berryes, but never in thele colder 
climates, howfotver houfed or defended. 
8 . Afjrtw minor rotur.diorefolio, Boxe leafed Myrtle, 
This other fort groweth in all points like the laft, buc that the leaves being as fmall and frefli, greene, thicke 
growing,are rounder at the ends, very like unto the fmall Box leaves,and beareth flowers as fparingly. * 
9 . Afjrtw fore pleno. Double flowred Myrtle. 
Of the greater kinds of Myrtle, there hath beene of later rimes one nourfed up in the Gardens of the chiefe 
Lovers of raricies, with as double flowers as the double Fetherfew, comming forth of a round reddifh huskc, 
continuing flowring at the leal! three monechs, and each flower a fortnighc.and is not over tender to be kept, yet 
is not fo hardy to endure the frofts, as Comatw faith, which Maker Tradefcant can fufficiently witnefle, who by 
a little negleft loft a good plant overtaken with the froft. 
The Place an dTime, 
Myrtles of many forts are found generally upon all the Sea coafts of Spainc ftalj, and in divers other Countries 
alfo. f hefirft two forts found in Spume, not growing naturally wilde, buc in ccrtainc Monafteries, and 
private mens Orchards. The third 1 thinke came out of Italj, becaufe it is moftlike to that fort they focall. The 
fourth he likewiie tcund in a Monaflery, not fane (rom Corduba, The fifth in many places wilde, both of Spaine 
and Portugal!,. And the fixe in a private noble mansgarden in fortugall. Thetwo laftfave one, arenourfedup 
moft frequent incur Land, and better induretherein, with fomc good heede and looking unto *. butgencrally 
even in the warme Countries they mull be defended from the cold for feare of danger, as Virgil fhe weth in this 
A eric Sc log 7. T)umtener m defend0 ajrigorc Mjrtos , and Ovidin the like manner faith Afctnentemfrigora Afjr- 
tHm ‘ aild y« Virgil in another place faith, Amantesfigora CMjrtos ; W hich how both fhould be true,! can ima- 
gi e no other, but that Virgil (peaketh of the firft in a cold place, and of the other as they grow in a warme, that 
th - co,d P :ac0 niuft have fl.e'ter and defence againft the cold, as it is with us, who give them all the comfort we 
can s and that they that grow in a warme and hot Countrie muft have fhadow, for they love both fhadow from 
the heate,and moifture iw the warme Countries. The laft hath no nacurall place afligned. They flower in lM*j } 
and the fruite i> ripe about September, 
The Names, 
It iscalled inGrceke^o.V«and fo called a Afjrfne Athenienfpuel/a arnica Palladia a qua curfu & p*. 
la fra, fu^cratafnviaiadufla interim it • arbufcul* in demortua vicem fttccefit , femper ut ole a Minerva char a \ but 
P.t na faith, (ic vocatam volunt , propter amalam Afjrrha odorugratiamfn tjw baccis recentibw : yet when We fhew 
you here a Afjrtw fjfotfris, as well as fativa , or domeflica, you muft net underftand the Oxjmjr{r*e, that is 
'■' u j cm* which fome caked al io Afjrtw fjlvef? U to be it,bur as in oppofition to the tame or manured of the lame 
kinde. 
