Chap. CVII.Syringa.The Pipe tree.Vnder the name ofSyringa, is contained two speciall kinds of Shrubs or Trees, differing one from another; namely, theLilacof Matthiolus, which is calledSyringa cærulea, and is of two or three sorts: And theSyringa alba, which also is of two sorts, as shall bee declared.1.Lilac siue Syringa cærulea.The blew Pipe tree.The blew Pipe tree riseth sometimes to be a great tree, as high and bigge in the bodie as a reasonable Apple tree (as I haue in some places seene and obserued) but most vsually groweth lower, with many twigs or branches rising from the roote, hauing as much pith in the middle of them as the Elder hath, couered with a grayish greenebarke, but darker in the elder branches, with ioynts set at a good distance one from another, and two leaues at euery ioynt, which are large, broad, and pointed at the ends, many of them turning or folding both the sides inward, and standing on long foote stalkes: at the toppes of the branches come forth many flowers, growing spike-fashion, that is, a long branch of flowers vpon a stalke, each of these flowers are small, long, and hollow belowe, ending aboue in a pale blewish flower, consisting of foure small leaues, of a pretty small sent: after the flowers are past, there come sometimes (but it is not often in our Country, vnlesse the tree haue stood long, and is grown great, the suckers being continually taken away, that it may growe the better) long and flat cods, consisting as it were of two sides, a thin skinne being in the midst, wherein are contained two long flattish red seede: the rootes are strong, and growe deepe in the ground.2.Syringa flore lacteo siue argenteo.The siluer coloured Pipe tree.This Pipe tree differeth not from the former blew Pipe tree, either in stemme or branches, either in leaues or flowers, or manner of growing, but onely in the colour of the flower, which in this is of a milke, or siluer colour, which is a kinde of white, wherein there is a thinne wash, or light shew of blew shed therein, comming somewhat neare vnto an ash-colour.3.Lilac lacimatis folijs.The blew Pipe tree with cut leaues.This Pipe tree should not differ from the first in any other thing then in the leaues, which are said to be cut in on the edges into seuerall parts, as the relation is giuenà viris fide dignis; for as yet I neuer saw any such; but I here am bold to set it downe, to induce and prouoke some louer of plants to obtaine it for his pleasure, and others also.4.Syringa flore albo simplici.The single white Pipe tree.The single white Pipe tree or bush, neuer commeth to that height of the former, but abideth alwaies like a hedge tree or bush, full of shootes or suckers from the roote, much more then the former: the young shootes hereof are reddish on the outside, and afterward reddish at the ioynts, and grayish all the rest ouer: the young as well as the old branches, haue some pith in the middle of them, like as the Elder hath: the leaues stand two at a ioynt, somewhat like the former, but more rugged or crumpled, as also a little pointed, and dented about the edges: the flowers growe at the toppes of the branches, diuers standing together, consisting of foure white leaues, like vnto small Muske Roses, and of the same creame colour, as I may call it, with many small yellowish threads in the middle, and are of a strong, full, or heady sent, not pleasing to a great many, by reason of the strange quicknesse of the sent: the fruit followeth, being flat at the head, with many leafie shels or scales compassing it, wherein is enclosed small long seede: the rootes runne not deepe, but spread vnder the ground, with many fibres annexed vnto them.5.Syringa Arabica flore albo duplici.The double white Pipe tree.This Pipe tree hath diuers long and slender branches, whereon growe large leaues, somewhat like vnto the leaues of the former single white kinde, but not so rough or hard, and not at all dented about the edges, two alwaies standing one against another at euery ioynt of the stalke, but set or disposed on contrary sides, and not all vpon one side; at the ends whereof come forth diuers flowers, euery one standing on his owne foote-stalke, the hose or huske being long and hollow, like vnto the white Iasmine, and the flowers therein consisting of a double rowe of white and round pointed leaues, fiue or six in a rowe, with some yellownesse in the middle, which is hollow, of a very strong and heady sweet sent, and abiding a long time flowring, especially in the hotter Countries, but is very tender, and not able to abide any the least cold weather with vs; for the cold windes will (as I vnderstand) greatly molest it: and therefore must as charily be kept as Orenge trees with vs, if wee will haue it to abide.Page 409: Iasmines; Pipe trees; Gelder Rose.1Iasminum album vulgare.The ordinary white Iasmine.2Iasminum Americanum siue Convolvulus Americanus.The Iasmine or Bindweed of America.3Iasminum luteum vulgare.The yellow Iasmine.4Lilac seu Syringa cærulea.The blew Pipe tree.5Syringa alba vulgaris.The single white Syringa or Pipe tree.6Syringa flore albo duplici.The double white Syringa.7Sambucus rosea.The Elder or Gelder Rose.The Place.The first groweth in Arabia (as Matthiolus thinketh, that had it from Constantinople.) We haue it plentifully in our Gardens. The second and third are strangers with vs as yet. The fourth is as frequent as the first, or rather more, but his originall is not knowne. The last hath his originall from Arabia, as his name importeth.The Time.The first, second, and third flower in Aprill, the other two not vntill May.The Names.The first is called of MatthiolusLilac, and by that name is most vsually called in all parts. It is also calledSyringa cærulea, because it commeth nearest vnto those woods, which for their pithy substance, were made hollow into pipes. It is called of all in English, The blew Pipe tree. It seemeth likely, thatPetrus Bellonius in his third Booke and fiftieth Chapter of his obseruations(making mention of a shrubbe that the Turkes haue, with Iuie leaues alwaies greene, bearing blew or violet coloured flowers on a long stalke, of the bignesse and fashion of a Foxe taile, and thereupon called in their language a Foxe taile) doth vnderstand this plant here expressed. The certainty whereof might easily be knowne, if any of our Merchants there residing, would but call for such a shrubbe, by the name of a Foxe taile in the Turkish tongue, and take care to send a young roote, in a small tubbe or basket with earth by Sea, vnto vs here at London, which would be performed with a very little paines and cost. The second and third, as kindes thereof, haue their names in their titles. The fourth is called by Clusius and others,Frutex Coronarius; some doe call itLilac flore albo, but that name is not proper, in that it doth confound both kindes together. Lobel calleth itSyringa Italica. It is now generally called of allSyringa alba, that is in English, The white Pipe tree. Some would haue it to beeOstrysof Theophrastus, but Clusius hath sufficiently cleared that doubt. Of othersLigustrum Orientale, which it cannot be neither; for theCyprusof Plinie is Dioscorides hisLigustrum, which may be calledOrientale, in that it is most proper to the Easterne Countries, and is very sweete, whose seede is like vnto Coriander seede. The last is called by diuersSyringa Arabica flore albo duplici, as most fitly agreeing thereunto. OfBasilius Beslerus that set forth the great booke of the Bishop of Eystot in Germany his Garden,Syringa Italica flore albo pleno, because, as it is likely, hee had it from Italy. It is very likely, thatProsper Alpinus in his booke of Egyptian plants, doth meane this plant, which hee there callethSambach, siue Iasminum Arabicum. Matthæus Caccini of Florence in his letter to Clusius entituleth itSyringa Arabica, siue Iasminum Arabicum, siue Iasminum ex Gine, whereby hee declareth that it may not vnfitly be referred to either of them both. We may call it in English as it is in the title, The double white Pipe tree.The Vertues.We haue no vse of these in Physicke that I know, although Prosper Alpinus saith, the double white Pipe tree is much vsed in Egypt to help women in their trauailes of childbirth.
Chap. CVII.Syringa.The Pipe tree.Vnder the name ofSyringa, is contained two speciall kinds of Shrubs or Trees, differing one from another; namely, theLilacof Matthiolus, which is calledSyringa cærulea, and is of two or three sorts: And theSyringa alba, which also is of two sorts, as shall bee declared.1.Lilac siue Syringa cærulea.The blew Pipe tree.The blew Pipe tree riseth sometimes to be a great tree, as high and bigge in the bodie as a reasonable Apple tree (as I haue in some places seene and obserued) but most vsually groweth lower, with many twigs or branches rising from the roote, hauing as much pith in the middle of them as the Elder hath, couered with a grayish greenebarke, but darker in the elder branches, with ioynts set at a good distance one from another, and two leaues at euery ioynt, which are large, broad, and pointed at the ends, many of them turning or folding both the sides inward, and standing on long foote stalkes: at the toppes of the branches come forth many flowers, growing spike-fashion, that is, a long branch of flowers vpon a stalke, each of these flowers are small, long, and hollow belowe, ending aboue in a pale blewish flower, consisting of foure small leaues, of a pretty small sent: after the flowers are past, there come sometimes (but it is not often in our Country, vnlesse the tree haue stood long, and is grown great, the suckers being continually taken away, that it may growe the better) long and flat cods, consisting as it were of two sides, a thin skinne being in the midst, wherein are contained two long flattish red seede: the rootes are strong, and growe deepe in the ground.2.Syringa flore lacteo siue argenteo.The siluer coloured Pipe tree.This Pipe tree differeth not from the former blew Pipe tree, either in stemme or branches, either in leaues or flowers, or manner of growing, but onely in the colour of the flower, which in this is of a milke, or siluer colour, which is a kinde of white, wherein there is a thinne wash, or light shew of blew shed therein, comming somewhat neare vnto an ash-colour.3.Lilac lacimatis folijs.The blew Pipe tree with cut leaues.This Pipe tree should not differ from the first in any other thing then in the leaues, which are said to be cut in on the edges into seuerall parts, as the relation is giuenà viris fide dignis; for as yet I neuer saw any such; but I here am bold to set it downe, to induce and prouoke some louer of plants to obtaine it for his pleasure, and others also.4.Syringa flore albo simplici.The single white Pipe tree.The single white Pipe tree or bush, neuer commeth to that height of the former, but abideth alwaies like a hedge tree or bush, full of shootes or suckers from the roote, much more then the former: the young shootes hereof are reddish on the outside, and afterward reddish at the ioynts, and grayish all the rest ouer: the young as well as the old branches, haue some pith in the middle of them, like as the Elder hath: the leaues stand two at a ioynt, somewhat like the former, but more rugged or crumpled, as also a little pointed, and dented about the edges: the flowers growe at the toppes of the branches, diuers standing together, consisting of foure white leaues, like vnto small Muske Roses, and of the same creame colour, as I may call it, with many small yellowish threads in the middle, and are of a strong, full, or heady sent, not pleasing to a great many, by reason of the strange quicknesse of the sent: the fruit followeth, being flat at the head, with many leafie shels or scales compassing it, wherein is enclosed small long seede: the rootes runne not deepe, but spread vnder the ground, with many fibres annexed vnto them.5.Syringa Arabica flore albo duplici.The double white Pipe tree.This Pipe tree hath diuers long and slender branches, whereon growe large leaues, somewhat like vnto the leaues of the former single white kinde, but not so rough or hard, and not at all dented about the edges, two alwaies standing one against another at euery ioynt of the stalke, but set or disposed on contrary sides, and not all vpon one side; at the ends whereof come forth diuers flowers, euery one standing on his owne foote-stalke, the hose or huske being long and hollow, like vnto the white Iasmine, and the flowers therein consisting of a double rowe of white and round pointed leaues, fiue or six in a rowe, with some yellownesse in the middle, which is hollow, of a very strong and heady sweet sent, and abiding a long time flowring, especially in the hotter Countries, but is very tender, and not able to abide any the least cold weather with vs; for the cold windes will (as I vnderstand) greatly molest it: and therefore must as charily be kept as Orenge trees with vs, if wee will haue it to abide.Page 409: Iasmines; Pipe trees; Gelder Rose.1Iasminum album vulgare.The ordinary white Iasmine.2Iasminum Americanum siue Convolvulus Americanus.The Iasmine or Bindweed of America.3Iasminum luteum vulgare.The yellow Iasmine.4Lilac seu Syringa cærulea.The blew Pipe tree.5Syringa alba vulgaris.The single white Syringa or Pipe tree.6Syringa flore albo duplici.The double white Syringa.7Sambucus rosea.The Elder or Gelder Rose.The Place.The first groweth in Arabia (as Matthiolus thinketh, that had it from Constantinople.) We haue it plentifully in our Gardens. The second and third are strangers with vs as yet. The fourth is as frequent as the first, or rather more, but his originall is not knowne. The last hath his originall from Arabia, as his name importeth.The Time.The first, second, and third flower in Aprill, the other two not vntill May.The Names.The first is called of MatthiolusLilac, and by that name is most vsually called in all parts. It is also calledSyringa cærulea, because it commeth nearest vnto those woods, which for their pithy substance, were made hollow into pipes. It is called of all in English, The blew Pipe tree. It seemeth likely, thatPetrus Bellonius in his third Booke and fiftieth Chapter of his obseruations(making mention of a shrubbe that the Turkes haue, with Iuie leaues alwaies greene, bearing blew or violet coloured flowers on a long stalke, of the bignesse and fashion of a Foxe taile, and thereupon called in their language a Foxe taile) doth vnderstand this plant here expressed. The certainty whereof might easily be knowne, if any of our Merchants there residing, would but call for such a shrubbe, by the name of a Foxe taile in the Turkish tongue, and take care to send a young roote, in a small tubbe or basket with earth by Sea, vnto vs here at London, which would be performed with a very little paines and cost. The second and third, as kindes thereof, haue their names in their titles. The fourth is called by Clusius and others,Frutex Coronarius; some doe call itLilac flore albo, but that name is not proper, in that it doth confound both kindes together. Lobel calleth itSyringa Italica. It is now generally called of allSyringa alba, that is in English, The white Pipe tree. Some would haue it to beeOstrysof Theophrastus, but Clusius hath sufficiently cleared that doubt. Of othersLigustrum Orientale, which it cannot be neither; for theCyprusof Plinie is Dioscorides hisLigustrum, which may be calledOrientale, in that it is most proper to the Easterne Countries, and is very sweete, whose seede is like vnto Coriander seede. The last is called by diuersSyringa Arabica flore albo duplici, as most fitly agreeing thereunto. OfBasilius Beslerus that set forth the great booke of the Bishop of Eystot in Germany his Garden,Syringa Italica flore albo pleno, because, as it is likely, hee had it from Italy. It is very likely, thatProsper Alpinus in his booke of Egyptian plants, doth meane this plant, which hee there callethSambach, siue Iasminum Arabicum. Matthæus Caccini of Florence in his letter to Clusius entituleth itSyringa Arabica, siue Iasminum Arabicum, siue Iasminum ex Gine, whereby hee declareth that it may not vnfitly be referred to either of them both. We may call it in English as it is in the title, The double white Pipe tree.The Vertues.We haue no vse of these in Physicke that I know, although Prosper Alpinus saith, the double white Pipe tree is much vsed in Egypt to help women in their trauailes of childbirth.
Vnder the name ofSyringa, is contained two speciall kinds of Shrubs or Trees, differing one from another; namely, theLilacof Matthiolus, which is calledSyringa cærulea, and is of two or three sorts: And theSyringa alba, which also is of two sorts, as shall bee declared.
The blew Pipe tree riseth sometimes to be a great tree, as high and bigge in the bodie as a reasonable Apple tree (as I haue in some places seene and obserued) but most vsually groweth lower, with many twigs or branches rising from the roote, hauing as much pith in the middle of them as the Elder hath, couered with a grayish greenebarke, but darker in the elder branches, with ioynts set at a good distance one from another, and two leaues at euery ioynt, which are large, broad, and pointed at the ends, many of them turning or folding both the sides inward, and standing on long foote stalkes: at the toppes of the branches come forth many flowers, growing spike-fashion, that is, a long branch of flowers vpon a stalke, each of these flowers are small, long, and hollow belowe, ending aboue in a pale blewish flower, consisting of foure small leaues, of a pretty small sent: after the flowers are past, there come sometimes (but it is not often in our Country, vnlesse the tree haue stood long, and is grown great, the suckers being continually taken away, that it may growe the better) long and flat cods, consisting as it were of two sides, a thin skinne being in the midst, wherein are contained two long flattish red seede: the rootes are strong, and growe deepe in the ground.
This Pipe tree differeth not from the former blew Pipe tree, either in stemme or branches, either in leaues or flowers, or manner of growing, but onely in the colour of the flower, which in this is of a milke, or siluer colour, which is a kinde of white, wherein there is a thinne wash, or light shew of blew shed therein, comming somewhat neare vnto an ash-colour.
This Pipe tree should not differ from the first in any other thing then in the leaues, which are said to be cut in on the edges into seuerall parts, as the relation is giuenà viris fide dignis; for as yet I neuer saw any such; but I here am bold to set it downe, to induce and prouoke some louer of plants to obtaine it for his pleasure, and others also.
The single white Pipe tree or bush, neuer commeth to that height of the former, but abideth alwaies like a hedge tree or bush, full of shootes or suckers from the roote, much more then the former: the young shootes hereof are reddish on the outside, and afterward reddish at the ioynts, and grayish all the rest ouer: the young as well as the old branches, haue some pith in the middle of them, like as the Elder hath: the leaues stand two at a ioynt, somewhat like the former, but more rugged or crumpled, as also a little pointed, and dented about the edges: the flowers growe at the toppes of the branches, diuers standing together, consisting of foure white leaues, like vnto small Muske Roses, and of the same creame colour, as I may call it, with many small yellowish threads in the middle, and are of a strong, full, or heady sent, not pleasing to a great many, by reason of the strange quicknesse of the sent: the fruit followeth, being flat at the head, with many leafie shels or scales compassing it, wherein is enclosed small long seede: the rootes runne not deepe, but spread vnder the ground, with many fibres annexed vnto them.
This Pipe tree hath diuers long and slender branches, whereon growe large leaues, somewhat like vnto the leaues of the former single white kinde, but not so rough or hard, and not at all dented about the edges, two alwaies standing one against another at euery ioynt of the stalke, but set or disposed on contrary sides, and not all vpon one side; at the ends whereof come forth diuers flowers, euery one standing on his owne foote-stalke, the hose or huske being long and hollow, like vnto the white Iasmine, and the flowers therein consisting of a double rowe of white and round pointed leaues, fiue or six in a rowe, with some yellownesse in the middle, which is hollow, of a very strong and heady sweet sent, and abiding a long time flowring, especially in the hotter Countries, but is very tender, and not able to abide any the least cold weather with vs; for the cold windes will (as I vnderstand) greatly molest it: and therefore must as charily be kept as Orenge trees with vs, if wee will haue it to abide.
Page 409: Iasmines; Pipe trees; Gelder Rose.1Iasminum album vulgare.The ordinary white Iasmine.2Iasminum Americanum siue Convolvulus Americanus.The Iasmine or Bindweed of America.3Iasminum luteum vulgare.The yellow Iasmine.4Lilac seu Syringa cærulea.The blew Pipe tree.5Syringa alba vulgaris.The single white Syringa or Pipe tree.6Syringa flore albo duplici.The double white Syringa.7Sambucus rosea.The Elder or Gelder Rose.
The Place.The first groweth in Arabia (as Matthiolus thinketh, that had it from Constantinople.) We haue it plentifully in our Gardens. The second and third are strangers with vs as yet. The fourth is as frequent as the first, or rather more, but his originall is not knowne. The last hath his originall from Arabia, as his name importeth.
The first groweth in Arabia (as Matthiolus thinketh, that had it from Constantinople.) We haue it plentifully in our Gardens. The second and third are strangers with vs as yet. The fourth is as frequent as the first, or rather more, but his originall is not knowne. The last hath his originall from Arabia, as his name importeth.
The Time.The first, second, and third flower in Aprill, the other two not vntill May.
The first, second, and third flower in Aprill, the other two not vntill May.
The Names.The first is called of MatthiolusLilac, and by that name is most vsually called in all parts. It is also calledSyringa cærulea, because it commeth nearest vnto those woods, which for their pithy substance, were made hollow into pipes. It is called of all in English, The blew Pipe tree. It seemeth likely, thatPetrus Bellonius in his third Booke and fiftieth Chapter of his obseruations(making mention of a shrubbe that the Turkes haue, with Iuie leaues alwaies greene, bearing blew or violet coloured flowers on a long stalke, of the bignesse and fashion of a Foxe taile, and thereupon called in their language a Foxe taile) doth vnderstand this plant here expressed. The certainty whereof might easily be knowne, if any of our Merchants there residing, would but call for such a shrubbe, by the name of a Foxe taile in the Turkish tongue, and take care to send a young roote, in a small tubbe or basket with earth by Sea, vnto vs here at London, which would be performed with a very little paines and cost. The second and third, as kindes thereof, haue their names in their titles. The fourth is called by Clusius and others,Frutex Coronarius; some doe call itLilac flore albo, but that name is not proper, in that it doth confound both kindes together. Lobel calleth itSyringa Italica. It is now generally called of allSyringa alba, that is in English, The white Pipe tree. Some would haue it to beeOstrysof Theophrastus, but Clusius hath sufficiently cleared that doubt. Of othersLigustrum Orientale, which it cannot be neither; for theCyprusof Plinie is Dioscorides hisLigustrum, which may be calledOrientale, in that it is most proper to the Easterne Countries, and is very sweete, whose seede is like vnto Coriander seede. The last is called by diuersSyringa Arabica flore albo duplici, as most fitly agreeing thereunto. OfBasilius Beslerus that set forth the great booke of the Bishop of Eystot in Germany his Garden,Syringa Italica flore albo pleno, because, as it is likely, hee had it from Italy. It is very likely, thatProsper Alpinus in his booke of Egyptian plants, doth meane this plant, which hee there callethSambach, siue Iasminum Arabicum. Matthæus Caccini of Florence in his letter to Clusius entituleth itSyringa Arabica, siue Iasminum Arabicum, siue Iasminum ex Gine, whereby hee declareth that it may not vnfitly be referred to either of them both. We may call it in English as it is in the title, The double white Pipe tree.
The first is called of MatthiolusLilac, and by that name is most vsually called in all parts. It is also calledSyringa cærulea, because it commeth nearest vnto those woods, which for their pithy substance, were made hollow into pipes. It is called of all in English, The blew Pipe tree. It seemeth likely, thatPetrus Bellonius in his third Booke and fiftieth Chapter of his obseruations(making mention of a shrubbe that the Turkes haue, with Iuie leaues alwaies greene, bearing blew or violet coloured flowers on a long stalke, of the bignesse and fashion of a Foxe taile, and thereupon called in their language a Foxe taile) doth vnderstand this plant here expressed. The certainty whereof might easily be knowne, if any of our Merchants there residing, would but call for such a shrubbe, by the name of a Foxe taile in the Turkish tongue, and take care to send a young roote, in a small tubbe or basket with earth by Sea, vnto vs here at London, which would be performed with a very little paines and cost. The second and third, as kindes thereof, haue their names in their titles. The fourth is called by Clusius and others,Frutex Coronarius; some doe call itLilac flore albo, but that name is not proper, in that it doth confound both kindes together. Lobel calleth itSyringa Italica. It is now generally called of allSyringa alba, that is in English, The white Pipe tree. Some would haue it to beeOstrysof Theophrastus, but Clusius hath sufficiently cleared that doubt. Of othersLigustrum Orientale, which it cannot be neither; for theCyprusof Plinie is Dioscorides hisLigustrum, which may be calledOrientale, in that it is most proper to the Easterne Countries, and is very sweete, whose seede is like vnto Coriander seede. The last is called by diuersSyringa Arabica flore albo duplici, as most fitly agreeing thereunto. OfBasilius Beslerus that set forth the great booke of the Bishop of Eystot in Germany his Garden,Syringa Italica flore albo pleno, because, as it is likely, hee had it from Italy. It is very likely, thatProsper Alpinus in his booke of Egyptian plants, doth meane this plant, which hee there callethSambach, siue Iasminum Arabicum. Matthæus Caccini of Florence in his letter to Clusius entituleth itSyringa Arabica, siue Iasminum Arabicum, siue Iasminum ex Gine, whereby hee declareth that it may not vnfitly be referred to either of them both. We may call it in English as it is in the title, The double white Pipe tree.
The Vertues.We haue no vse of these in Physicke that I know, although Prosper Alpinus saith, the double white Pipe tree is much vsed in Egypt to help women in their trauailes of childbirth.
We haue no vse of these in Physicke that I know, although Prosper Alpinus saith, the double white Pipe tree is much vsed in Egypt to help women in their trauailes of childbirth.