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| thefe means may be pra@tifed uponother, both Trees, and Flowers, scutatis | 
| mutandis, ( | 
_ Menhaveentertained a conceit that fheweth prettily; namely, Thar if 421: 
} you graft a Late: coming: Fruit, upon a Stock of a Frait-tree thar cometh car- 
| ly, the Graft willbear Fruit early, as aPeachupon.a Cherry: And contrari- 
| wife, if an Early-coming- Fruit upen a Stock of a Pruit-tree that cometh late, 
] the Graft will bear Fruit late ; as a Cherry upon aPeach. Burchefe are but 
| imaginations, and untrue. . The caufe is, for that the Cions over-ruleth the 
} Stock quite, and the Stock is but Paflive onely, and giveth Aliment, but no. 
Motion to the Graft. ; | . 
W/* will fpeak now, how to make Fruits, Mowers, aod Roots larger, in | experiments 
1 more plenty and fweeter than they ule robe; and howto make the Jin Confort, 
| Trees themfelves more tall, more fpred, and more hafty and fudden, than paging ig 
{they ule tobe. Wherein there is no doubr, but the former Experinienes | of Fruit.Trees, 
1 of e Acceleration will ferve much to thefe purpeies. Andagain, thatthele }477?@7. 
Experiments which we fhalinowfet down, doferve alfofor eAcceleration, be-. 
caufe both Effe&s proceeds from the enareafe of Vigorinthe Tree; bur yet 
] toavoid confufion. And becaufefome of the Meansare more proper for the 
one effec, and fome forthe other. We willhandie them aparr. 
It is an affured Experience, That an heap of Flint or Stone, laidaboutthe | 422., 
bottom of a wilde Tree, (asin Oak, Elm, Afh, &c.) upon the firlt planting, 
| doth make itprofper double-as muchas without it. the canfeis, for that 
J itretaineth the moifture which falleth at any time uponthe Tree, and fuffer- 
eth itnotto be exhaledby theSun. Again, it keepeththe Tree warm from 
{cold Blafts and Frofts, asit were inanHoule, It may be alfo, there is fome- 
| what in the keeping of itfteady atthe firft. :Quere, if laying of Straw fome 
| height abour the Body of a Tree, will not make the Tree forwards : For 
| thoughthe Root giveth the Sap, yetitisthe Bodythat draweth it, But you 
muft note, thatif you lay Stones about the Stalk of Lettuce, or other Plants 
{that are more fofr, it will over-moiften the Roots, fo as the Worms will cat 
jthem. © } 
A Treeat the firk feiting, fhouldnotbefhaken,-untilit hathtakenRoot} 423 | 
fully ; And therefore fome have put too dittle Forks about the bottom of 
| their Trees, to keep themupright ; but after a years rooting, then fhaking 
| doth the Tree good py loofning of the Earth, and (perhaps) by éxercifing 
(as it were) and ftirring the Sap of the Tree. 
; Generally, thecutting away of Boughs and Sucke 
Body, doth make Trees grow highs andcoarrariwif@) th 
|ting of the top, maketh them grow, fpred, and ‘bi 
} lords, &c. itl 
| It isreported, That to make hafty growing Coppice-wood, the way isy} 425+ 
| totake Willow, Sallow, Popler, Alder, of fomefeven yearsgrowths and{ 
attheRoot and} 424: 
ut. 
as we fee In Pol- 
rs 
|to fer them, not upright, buta-flope, a reafonable depth under the Ground ; 
and then inftead of one Root they willput forth many, andfocarry more § 
jfhoots uponaStem. ~ q 
When you would have many new Roots of Fruit-Trees, take alow] 428: 
| Itee, andbowir, and lay all his Branches a flat uponthe ground, and cait , 
Earth upon them, and every twig willtake Root, Andthis is a very profitable 
Experiment for coftly Trees s ¢ forthe Boughs will make Stocks without 
charge ) fuch as are eApricots, Peaches, Almonds, Cornelians, Mulberries, Figs; 
Ores 
