The Quincunx MifticattyCwfidered. 



ing with another, as it happeneth oft- 

 times from the tick effluviums or entan 

 glements of the roots* falling foul with 

 each other. Obfervable in Elmes fet in 

 hedges, where if one dieth the neigh 

 bouring Tree profperetb not long 

 after. 



In this fituation divided into many in 

 tervals and open unto fix paflages, they 

 had the advantage of a fair pertiation 

 from windes, bmfhing and cle;n(ing 

 their furfaces, relaxing and cloCng their 

 pores unto due perfpiration. For that 

 they afford large effluviums perceptible 

 from odours, diffuied at great diftances, 

 is obfervable from Onyons out of the 

 earthy which though dry, and kept un 

 til the fpring, as they (boot forth large 

 and many leaves, do notably abate of 

 their weight, And mint growing in 

 glades of water, until it arriveth unto 

 the weight of an ounce, in a fbady place, 

 Will fometimes exhauft a pound of 

 water. 



And as they fend forth much, fo may 

 they receive fomewbat in .- For befide 

 the common way and road of reception 



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