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A38811 Sylva, or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions as it was deliver'd in the Royal Society the XVth of October, MDCLXII upon occasion of certain quæries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the Honourable the Principal Officers, and Commissioners of the Navy : to which is annexed Pomona, or, An appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cider, the making, and severall wayes of ordering it published by expresse order of the Royal Society : also Kalendarivm hortense, or, the Gard'ners almanac, directing what he is to do monthly throughout the year / by John Evelyn ... Evelyn, John, 1620-1706. 1670 (1670) Wing E3517; ESTC R586 328,786 359

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who_o branch_n extend_v seventy_o foot_n in_o breadth_n this_o be_v at_o vuimfen_n near_o the_o necker_n belong_v to_o the_o duke_n of_o witemberg_n but_o that_o which_o i_o find_v plant_v before_o the_o gate_n of_o strasburgh_n be_v a_o platanus_n and_o a_o lime_n tree_n grow_v hard_o by_o one_o another_o in_o which_o be_v erect_v a_o pergolo_n eight_o foot_n from_o the_o ground_n of_o fifty_o foot_n wide_a have_v ten_o arch_n of_o twelve_o foot_n height_n all_o shade_a with_o their_o folige_n and_o there_o be_v beside_o this_o a_o overgrown_a oak_n which_o have_v a_o arbour_n in_o it_o of_o 60_o foot_n diameter_n hear_v we_o rapinus_n describe_v the_o use_n of_o our_o horn-beam_n for_o these_o and_o other_o elegancy_n in_o walk_n the_o horn-beam_n stand_v or_o in_o a_o maze_n through_o thousand_o self-entangling_a labyrinth_n stray_v so_o clasp_v the_o branch_n lop_v on_o either_o side_n as_o though_o a_o alley_n do_v two_o wall_n divide_v this_o beauty_n find_v order_n do_v next_o adorn_v the_o bough_n into_o a_o thousand_o figure_n shear_v which_o please_v object_n weariness_n betray_v your_o foot_n into_o a_o wilderness_n convey_v nor_o better_a leaf_n on_o twine_a arbour_n spread_v against_o the_o scorch_a sun_n to_o shield_v your_o head_n in_o tractus_fw-la longos_fw-la facilis_fw-la tibi_fw-la carpinus_n ibit_fw-la mille_fw-la per_fw-la errores_fw-la indeprehensosque_fw-la recessus_fw-la et_fw-la molles_fw-la tendens_fw-la secto_fw-la seu_fw-la pariete_n ramos_fw-la praebebit_fw-la viridem_fw-la diverso_fw-la e_fw-la margin_n scenam_fw-la primus_fw-la honos_fw-la illi_fw-la quondam_a post_fw-la aditus_fw-la ord●_n est_fw-la attonsaeque_fw-la coma_fw-la &_o formis_fw-la quaesita_fw-la voluptas_fw-la innumeris_fw-la fartoque_fw-la viae_fw-la obliquoque_fw-la recessu_fw-la in_o tractus_fw-la acta_fw-la est_fw-la longos_fw-la &_o opaca_fw-la vireta_fw-la quinetiam_fw-la egregiae_fw-la tendens_fw-la umbracula_fw-la frondis_fw-la temperate_a ardentes_fw-la ramis_fw-la ingentibus_fw-la aestus_fw-la chap._n fourteen_o of_o the_o limetree_n limetree_n tilia_fw-la the_o limetree_n or_o linden_n be_v of_o two_o kind_n the_o male_n which_o some_o allow_v to_o be_v but_o a_o fine_a sort_n of_o elm_n be_v hard_a full_a of_o knot_n and_o of_o a_o red_a colour_n but_o produce_v neither_o flower_n nor_o seed_n as_o do_v the_o female_a who_o blossom_n be_v very_o odoriferous_a perfume_a the_o air_n the_o wood_n be_v likewise_o thick_a of_o small_a pith_n and_o not_o obnoxious_a to_o the_o worm_n so_o as_o it_o seem_v theophrastus_n de_fw-fr pl._n l._n 3._o c._n 10._o say_v true_a that_o though_o they_o be_v of_o both_o sex_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n yet_o they_o total_o differ_v as_o to_o their_o form_n we_o send_v common_o for_o this_o tree_n into_o flanders_n and_o holland_n to_o our_o excessive_a cost_n while_o our_o own_o wood_n do_v in_o some_o place_n spontaneous_o produce_v they_o and_o though_o of_o somewhat_o a_o small_a 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