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 pafs, that the Cap of the ftockis appofed to the body 

 of the Cyon, and foinclofeth the Cyon with the hit 

 coat of the whole Tree, that there is, as it were, 

 one and the fame part of new Wood, that doth clofe- 

 ly encompafs the whole , both Stock and Cyon , 

 which when harden'd, grows to be rtrong, and of the 

 fame ufe that fplinrers are to a broken Eone ; and 

 Gardners wifely provide for the rtrengthning of the 

 compagination of the Cyon and Stock, until this fap 

 be incrufted to a hardnefs ; when the firft year o£ 

 their grafting, they do not onely binde up the Cyon 

 to the Stock, but ufe fplinters of old Wood, than 

 neither the winde, or other accidents, may diflocate 

 what with Art was joyned together. This firrt, fon 

 the maner of conjunction and fartning of the Woods: 

 Nor do I mate any difference between Grafting and 

 Inoculation, becaufe I amperfwaded, that as there 

 is in every Seed an actual Plant, fo there is in every 

 Bud an actual Bough, and that a Cyon and a Bud 

 differ but as a greater and leffer branch. 



But how the fap of the Stock ; fuppofe White 

 Thorn can ferve to make the Wood, Bark, Leaves, 

 and Fruit of its Cyon , fuppofe a Pear, is a difficult 

 quertion : For grant there be an elective attraction of 

 fap from the earth ; yet how fhall a white Thorn 

 choofe that which is fit for a Pear ? My thoughts are, 

 that for thofe who maintain election of fimilar parts, 

 it were beft to fuppofe a great likenefs in all Grafts 

 and Stocks, as to their inward nature and parts, 

 though not outward figuration ; and there being this 

 likenefs in the fubftance, it will not be hard to con- 

 clude, that the Cyon, by altering the pofition of the 

 fame fubftantial parts, may make to the fight, fmell, 

 touchy taft$j a thing of another fafhion. 



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