fpnng thence and no part of the ftem corrupts, w hich 

 k would, it it were cut of at greater diftance. 



In thofe herbs where there were no exac.f joynts,the 

 roots; fprung forth under lbme buds, as in Tripolium, 

 Do;us his woundwort, Marfhmallows. 



Every root that was made came forth firft very 

 white and hngle , but afterward in very handfome 

 order . and proportions, from thence arcfe other fibres 

 linking every way in the water , where the fide of the 

 Vialls made no impediment to. the growth of the 

 fpurfes iffueing from the fir ft and original I root. 



N. Jr* Of propagation by the [owing [malt ana, almifh 



\n[enfble pjMS of Vegetables. 

 Tisa generaljp'eceived truth from common experi- 

 ence, mar if thfe water wherein mufhrooms have been 

 fteeped or wafhed, be povyred forth upon an old hot 

 bed, o: the parts and offal Is- of Mufhroms broken to 

 peice; bee ft rawed thereon, that from thefe parts as 

 from a ic^^ there wilt fpeedily arife ftore of Mufh- 

 roomes,every Cmali parried of that imperfect plant 

 being rather beleived feminall in the fame manner as 

 the boughs of Quinces Scc.tban that as in Adianthum, 

 and diverfe femes, nature has difguifed any parti- 

 cular feed cbncularly to be the mean of Propagation 

 in it. 



Kii&hey the Jefuit aflSrme^; that if you rake an herb 

 end Hired it finall, ar reduce it into Aflies , thefe 

 being fo'ed an herb will fpring thence of the fame 

 fpecies with the Allies or fhreds fowen : 1 thought 

 that neves upon my firft reading p r as too epod to he- 

 rrue,and upon tryall made in very many forts , could 

 never make this way of propagation hold. ciTectaall: 

 to the producing of any plant , and if it we;-. 



true 



