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jonquillesj and several other sorts of flowers. And 

 all these succeeded full as well, as those of the 

 same sort, which he planted in mould. He also 

 placed in moss, cutters and- layers of vines, all which 

 grew up into vines. And these in a while were larger 

 than those which came from cuttings and layers 

 planted at the same time in the ground. 



Mr. Kraft sowed oats and hemp -seed m rieli 

 earth, in sand thoroughly dried, in shreds of paper, 

 in pieces of woollen cloth, in chopped hay. He after- 

 wards watered them daily, and they grew near as well 

 in one substance as in another. 



The husbandry of figs, as it is still practised in 

 many parts, is one of the greatest curiosities hi na- 

 ture. There are two sorts of fig trees, the wild and 

 the garden tig. tree. The wild bear three kinds of 

 fruif, fornites, cratidres, and orni ; and all these 

 are necessary to ripen the garden-fig. The fornites 

 appear, in August, and hold to November without 

 ripening. Herein breed small worms, which him 

 to a kind of g ats, nowhere to be seen but about 

 these trees. In November these guats make a punc- 

 ture in the cra'irires, which do not appear till to- 

 wards the end of September, and the fornites gra- 

 dually fall off, after the gnats have left them. The- 

 cratitires remain on the tree till May, and enclose th<$ 

 eggs deposited in them. In May the orni appear^ 

 which after they grow to a certain size, are pricked 

 by the gnat issuing from the cratitires. 



None of these are good to eat, but only to ripen 

 the fruit of the garden fig-tree in the following man. 

 ner. In June and July, the peasants take the orni, 

 when their gnats are just ready (o break out, and 

 carry them to the garden fig-tree. If they do not 

 mind the time exactly, the orni drop and the garde 

 fruit not ripening for want of its proper puncture, 

 will likewise fall soon after. Therefore they care- 

 fully inspect the orni every morning, and transfer 

 such of them as are proper. By this means the 

 garden figs become ripe, in about six weeks after 

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