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‘} bur in Vines ; which, if it were transferred unto other Treesand Shrubs, (as 
| Rofes, &c.) 1 conceive, would advance them likewife. ) 
1} _It hath been known; that a Fruit-tree hath been blown up (almoft) by 
‘the Roots, and fet up again, and the nexc year bare exceedingly. The 
}| caufe of this was nothing but the loofening of the Earth, which comforterh 
}any Tree, and is fitto be praétifed more than it is in Fruit-trees: For 
1) Trees cannot be fo fitly removed into new Grounds, as Flowers and Herbs 
may. 
| new Mould to the Roots, isthe way. We fee alfo that Draught-Oxen put 
| into ficfh Pafture, gather new and tender flefh ; and in all things, better 
{ nourifhment than hath been ufed, doth help to renew, efpecially, if itbe 
| notonely better but changed, and diffcring from the former, .__ 
| If an Herb be cut off from ‘the Roots in thebeginning of Winter, and 
/then the Earth be trodden and beaten down hard withthe Foor and Spade, 
the Roots willbecome of very great magnitude in Summet.* The reafonis, 
for that the moifture being forbiddento come up inthe Plant, ftayethlonger 
intheRoot, and*fo dilateth it. And Gardiners ufe to tread down any loofe | 
Ground afterthey have fown Onions, or Turnips, &c, | 
|the Root to grow to an exceflive bignefs. The caufe is, for that being it | 
| felf of afpungy fubftance, it draweth the moiftute of the Earth toit, andfo 
| feedeth theRoot. This is of greateft ule for Onions, Turnips, Parfnips, and 
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| +The fhifting of Ground is a means to better the Tree and Fruit; bur 
| with thisCaution, That all things do profper beft,; when thty are advanced 
| tothe better. Your Nurfery of Stocks ought tobe in amore barren Ground, 
| than the Ground is whereunto youremove them. Soall Grafiers prefet their 
“Cattle from meaner Paftures to better. We fee alfo, thathardnefs inyouth 
j lengthneth life, becaufe it leaveth a cherifhing to the better of the Body in 
Age: Nay, in exercifes it is good to begin with the hardeft, as Dancing in 
; thick Shooes, &c. | [ 
| __Ithath been obferved that hacking of Trees in their Bark, both down- 
jright, and acrofs, fo as you make them rather in flices, than incontinued 
| Hacks, doth great goodto Trees, and efpecially delivereth them from being 
| Hide bound, and killeth their Mots. Marea, ef : 
Shadeto fome Plants conduceth to make them large and profperous 
}more than Sun; as inStrawberries, and Bays, &c. Therefore amongit Straw- 
| berries, fow here and there fome Botrage- Seed; and you fhall finde the Siraw- 
| berries under thofe Leaves, far more large than their fellows. And Bays you 
| muft planttothe North, or defend them fromthe Sun by a Hedg Row ; and 
| when you fow the Berries, weed not the Borders forthe firft half years for 
| the Weed giveth them Shade. | | 
| Toincreafe the Crops of Plants, there would be confidered; not onely 
| the increafing the Luft of the Earth, or of the Plant, bur the faving alfo of 
that whichis fpilt. So they have lately made atryaltofer VVheat 3 which 
| neverthelefs hath been left off, becaufe of the trouble and pains; yet fo 
much is true, that there is much faved by the Setting, in Be el 
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If Panicum be laid below, and abourthe bottom of aRoot, it will catfe. 
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7} both to the Acceleration and Melioration of Fruits, is pra@tifed in nothing es 
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