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Arbor Vitae: or, the Natural History of the Tree of Life; in prose and verse
29 pages, Unknown Binding
Published January 1, 1742
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March 29, 2024 TREE of LIFE;
VERSIFY'D and EXPLAIN'D.
Addreffed to the LADIES, by a MEMBER
of a SOCIETY of GARDENERS.
Then be the TREE OF LIFE your Care,
And use it gently, as you're fair;
Cherifh the Plant with kindly Dew,
As it does often cherish You. A Kind of Vermin resembling Crabs.
This noxious Insect's rear'd among
The Tendrils, where 'twill sojourn long;
And if in Time expel'd not thence,
May prove of dang'rous Consequence.
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"In 1732, two humorous pieces of erotica (Arbor Vitae and Natural History of the Frutex Vulva ria) were published, which contained detailed descriptions of the nature and functions of the male and female sexual organs. In this material, botanical metaphors for genitalia were used openly to question scientific ideas circulating during the early eighteenth century; the male form was a representation of the penis as a tree, the shrub a portrayal of the female genitalia. Although presented as titillating bawdy facetiae, these texts conveyed a certain set of attitudes towards the body and expose underlying assumptions about male and female sexual behaviour."
VERSIFY'D and EXPLAIN'D.
Addreffed to the LADIES, by a MEMBER
of a SOCIETY of GARDENERS.
Then be the TREE OF LIFE your Care,
And use it gently, as you're fair;
Cherifh the Plant with kindly Dew,
As it does often cherish You. A Kind of Vermin resembling Crabs.
This noxious Insect's rear'd among
The Tendrils, where 'twill sojourn long;
And if in Time expel'd not thence,
May prove of dang'rous Consequence.
from somewhere
"In 1732, two humorous pieces of erotica (Arbor Vitae and Natural History of the Frutex Vulva ria) were published, which contained detailed descriptions of the nature and functions of the male and female sexual organs. In this material, botanical metaphors for genitalia were used openly to question scientific ideas circulating during the early eighteenth century; the male form was a representation of the penis as a tree, the shrub a portrayal of the female genitalia. Although presented as titillating bawdy facetiae, these texts conveyed a certain set of attitudes towards the body and expose underlying assumptions about male and female sexual behaviour."
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