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which is effected by often removing them into new 

 earth : as, on the contrary part, double flowers, by 

 neglecting and not removing, prove single. And the 

 way to do it speedily, is to sow or set seeds or slips 

 of flowers ; and as soon as they come up, to remove 

 them into new ground that is good. Inquire 

 also, whether inoculating of flowers, as stock-gilly 

 flowers, roses, musk-roses, &c. doth not make them 

 double. There is a cherry-tree that hath double 

 blossoms ; but that tree beareth no fruit : and it 

 may be, that the same means which, applied to the 

 tree, doth extremely accelerate the sap to rise and 

 break forth, would make the tree spend itself in 

 flowers, and those to become double : which were a 

 great pleasure to see, especially in apple-trees, 

 peach-trees, and almond-trees, that have blossoms 

 blush-coloured. 



514. The making of fruits without core or stone, 

 is likewise a curiosity, and somewhat better ; be 

 cause whatsoever maketh them so, is like to make 

 them more tender and delicate. If a cion or shoot, 

 fit to be set in the ground, have the pith finely 

 taken forth, and not altogether, but some of it 

 left, the better to save the life, it will bear a fruit 

 with little or no core or stone. And the like is 

 said to be of dividing a quick tree down to the 

 ground, and taking out the pith, and then bindiog 

 it up again. 



515. It is reported also, that a citron grafted 

 upon a quince will have small or no seeds ; and it is 



