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giveth the sap, yet it is the body that draweth it. 

 But you must note, that if you lay stones about the 

 stalk of lettuce, or other plants that are more soft, 

 it will over-moisten the roots, so as the worms will 

 eat them. 



423. A tree, at the first setting, should not be 

 shaken, until it hath taken root fully : and therefore 

 some have put two little forks about the bottom of 

 their trees to keep them upright ; but after a year s 

 rooting, then shaking doth the tree good, by loosen 

 ing of the earth, and, perhaps, by exercising, as 

 it were, and stirring the sap of the tree. 



424. Generally the cutting away of boughs and 

 suckers at the root and body doth make trees grow 

 high ; and contrariwise, the polling and cutting of 

 the top maketh them grow spread and bushy. As 

 we see in pollards, &c. 



425. It is reported, that to make hasty-growing 

 coppice woods, the way is, to take willow, sallow, 

 poplar, alder, of some seven years growth ; and to 

 set them, not upright, but aslope, a reasonable depth 

 under the ground ; and then instead of one root they 

 will put forth many, and so carry more shoots upon 

 a stem. 



426. When you would have many new roots of 

 fruit trees, take a low tree and bow it, and lay all his 

 branches aflat upon the ground, and cast earth upon 

 them, and every twig will take root. And this is a 

 very profitable experiment for costly trees, for the 

 boughs will make stocks without charge ; such as 

 are apricots, peaches, almonds, cornelians, mulberries, 



