Ghap.i 5. concemmg A i R^ &:c. 151 



and in fliprt, there is no Operation nor Pro- 

 cefs but what this is adually and vitally afljft- 

 ing, tho' it be of fome Diftance below thefe 

 Aerial and Luminous Divifions of the World. 



It. has alfo no lefsEifed upon the Branches/'^^ ^ff^^ 

 Leaves, and Flowers of Herbs and Trees 5 ^""^//j;^,^ 

 there, by the fame kind of Subtility^entringsow^/;/,' ' 

 and perfpiring through the Bark,- (and with^^^^^^lf^ 

 fome) through the very Body of the Tree, '^^'^^ 

 by its refrefhing Breezes moderating the too 

 intenfe Beams of the Sun, and cooling and 

 cheering, blowing open and extending all 

 Nature's OfF-fpring. l^^ij fcnr. 



But how fubfervient foever Air be in itsbe^ 

 nign Quality, it is at fome times and upon fome 

 accounts very pernicious to the Produce of the 

 Earth, to the Latent Roots and Fibres there, 

 as well as to the Herbacious, Lignous, or 

 Flowry Parts above it, which requires the G^r- 

 dener% Care and Diligence in aflifting Nature 

 in the preventing the firft Motion of it, and 

 thereby the difmal Effeds that attend it. 



I fhall not here mention Blafts, &c, which 

 do very little harm to Foreft-Trees, tho' very 

 much to Fruit, referving that for another Sub- 

 jed: Neither does the Evil I am going to com- 

 plain of happen above Ground, but below. 



It having been before hinted, that the Air 

 penetrates into the Earth ^ it may be fuppofed 

 that a dry, husky, fearching Air may be perni- 

 cious to the tender Fibres of Trees newly 

 planted ^ and this I may venture to carry far- 

 ther than a meer Suppofition, and to affirm 



L 4 that 



