beyond the bounds k is carryed to by natures courfe^ 

 There is a pretty way (which in truth I firit learned 

 from Mr. hcbart our Phyf.cue Gardiner) for the ma- 

 kin&Offsets where nature never intended them;whioh 

 Is done by barcing the icot of plants of woody fub- 

 ftance , and then making a cut of the fame fafhicn 

 with that which is made in laying : Into this cleft a 

 Hone muft be put 3 or fomething that will make the 

 r'oo: gape , then cover the roote over three inches 

 with mould , and the lip that is lifted up will fprout 

 into branches, the roote of the old tree nourishing 

 it. When the branches are growen , cut off this plant 

 with its Roote to live of its felf. 



If you can , leave an eye on the lip of your roote, 

 which you after theincition life up; for the branches 

 will then more fpeedily and certainly iffue out of the 

 root fo cut. 



In Bulbous F.ootes, F err arms makes offsets thus: 

 K(fayes he) a Bulbous roor is barren ofOffsets: either 

 \\vl it in better earth, or cut it upon the bottom in the 

 jrrown of the roote whence the f'bres (pring, and thaq 

 but lightly with your naile,and fprinkle feme dryduft 

 as a medicine to the wound ; md the effect he affirms 

 rb be this, that fo many wounds as yoitftiall make., 

 into fo many offsets {hall the genitall vertue difpofe 

 it felf. 



N. 3» Rules for direction in takwgoff Suckers y 

 or Offsets % 



Care muftbehad, that the Damme be not de~ 

 ftrdyed in her delivery from her new brood , which* 

 may eafily be done,if too great a wound be made upon 

 the iloole , ot mother-plant , by tearing off the Sttc- 

 fccrs. Tis "Eerrarlm fys peculiar precept about .Ane- 



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