The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
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References in Documents:Grew, Musaeum Regalis (1685) A BRANCH of a Tree,
by some called , Or rather, Americana ; the AMER: BLACK
THORN. I meet with
it no where described or mention'd. This Branch is an
Eln long, without any appendent Branches. An inch
Diametre. Of the solidity of
passed with great
so ascending, as every two
about four inches and ½ one above another. Most of
them about 1 ½ inch, some an inch and ¾ long, of the thick
ness of a large
Cortical, as the
but Lignous or Woody, as those of
The COCK-
SPUR Tree. Perhaps more properly,
SPUR Tree
Oxyacantha Ameri
cana, or the
cana
AMERICAN
HAWTHORNE
Prunus Sylv.
it no where described or mention'd. This Branch is an
Eln long, without any appendent Branches. An inch
Diametre. Of the solidity of
Hawthorne-Wood. Encom
passed with great
Thornesalternately placed on every side,
so ascending, as every two
Thorneson the same side are
about four inches and ½ one above another. Most of
them about 1 ½ inch, some an inch and ¾ long, of the thick
ness of a large
Cocks-Spur, and very strait. Not meerly
Cortical, as the
Thornesof
Raspis, Gooseberry, and the like;
but Lignous or Woody, as those of
Hawthorne.