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arc efteemed as Medicines deih'iuftive to the Worrifl 

 in the Mly, though the Litter way is by fame 

 thought to breed more then it kills. Nay, in Ve- 

 get allies 'tis agreed, That a yong Orchard will not 

 thrive among the Roots of an old rotten Orchard, 

 the re. ifon whereof, fome fuppofe to be the antipa- 

 thy of. the yong, againtl the old putrifying Roots • 

 b;itor this effect, other reafons may be as proba- 

 ble. • 



There be fome other remedies for the fame annoy- 

 ances as, particularly, for the definition of Fearn, 

 the Author named gives this • prescription : In the 

 Spring, when the Fearh begins to grow a little above 

 the Grafs, while it is yong and tender, take a crook- 

 ed Pole, or piece of Wood about fix foot long coming 

 in at one end like a Bow, or made like a blunt Sithe ; 

 with this flrike off all the heads of the Fearn, as kw# 

 as you can, even to the ground, if poiTible; dothifr 

 the fecond or third time, and it proves generally"* 

 certain remedy. The senfon, as I fuppofe, is the 

 putrefaction of the Fearn, it being a very moid: Muf- 

 cilaginous Plant, by its o vn juice, and the moifture* 

 pf the -Earth, by which the very Roots themfelves 

 come to be corrupted, or eife the deprivation of all 

 the Buds than germinate from the- Root, by cut ting 

 erf the Sprouts fo unfeafonably. 



For Ant-hills, to deftroy the Tnfeih, and take die 

 hillsdown, this maimer is prefcribed ; Divide the 

 upper Turf into five or fix parts, then take it down 

 with a turfing Spade to the bottom of theBanck^ the 

 Turf being cut as thin as can be under the roots q£ 

 the grafs ; then take out the Core of the Bank, thafi 

 when the Turf is returned to its place, it may lie 

 there lower. forne^'hat than the furface of the Earth, 



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