(137). 



thought to be a foyt more fpecifically proper,efpeci al- 

 ly when mixc with other rich Soyl throughly rotten. 

 That wilde Plants may be meliorated by tranfplan- 

 tation into better Soyl, and by being fet at greater di- 

 ftances, i s no mo re t hen v\ hat was before noted, and 

 agrees with that of Vhrgil^ Georg, 2. 



Spontefua cju£fe tolltittt in him'ims aura* 

 J nfacttnda quldem^ fed hta & fortia ftirgunt 

 Omffe folo Matu-ra jitbeft ; tamen b*c quofyfi quit 

 lrjerat, aut fcrobibtu mandet rftxtata [Mbatlis 

 Exuertnt, Syheftrem ammpim, cultucjue frequently 

 h; qftafcMfa veces srtes 3 haud tarda feqtientnr. 

 JNtc mn & fterilx qutftirpibus exit ah mis 

 . . Jicc faaet vacuosfifit d'gefta per agros. 

 Nir.c altafrondes & Kami Matris opacant : 

 Qefcer.t'iq) adlrumt foetus ^ urum que fer entente 



Plants that advance themfelves t'etherial Air 

 Unfruitful be, but ftrong they prove, and fair ; 

 Becaufe they draw their nature from the Soyl : 

 Eut thefe^if any, graft ; or fhall with toil 

 Tranfplant, and then in cultur'd Furrows fet 

 Their wilder difpofition they forget : 

 Ey frequent culture, they not {lowly will 

 Anfwer thy labour, and obey thy skill. 

 So they that fpring horn Roots, like profit yeild, 

 If you tranfplant them to the open Field, (flnade^ 

 Which now the Boughs of th'Mother-plant do 

 And th'Cff-fets ftop her growth, and make her fade. 



The Seed of wilde Cicbory that grows every where 

 in the Fields, being fow'd in rich Garden-foyl, is fo 

 improved ? that we eileem it ordinarily another Plant, 



and 



