2 6am Seen or AO ee ae 
Nail Hiftory ; 
that which is Sowns both by Keeping i it frorn being picked up by Birds, a 
by avoiding the fhallow lying of it. whereby much that is fown,, taker n 
Root. » 
Itis prefcribed by fome of the Ancients, that you take fall Tre s, U pot 
which Figs or other Fruit grow, being yer unripe, and coverthe Trees i 
the middle of Autumn with Dung until the Spring, and then cake thet 1 
-|up in awarm day, and replant them ingood Ground; andby that means, 
{ the former years Tree will be ripe, as by anew Birth, when other Trees o of 
the fame kinde do but bloffom. Bur this feemeth to have no gtcat pro: 
bability. 
Itisreported, That if you take Nitre, and mingle it wit WViter, te 
the thicknefs of Honey, and therewith anoint the Bud, after the Vine is€ut 
| it will fprout forth within eight days. The caufe is like to’ be ne th 
Experiment be true) the opening of the Bud, and of the parts ig 
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ous, by the Spirit of the Nitre; for Nitre is (asit were) the file 
tables. 
Take Seed or Kernels of Apples, Pears, Orenges; ‘or aPeach, or a Plan 
Stone, @c. And put them into a Squill, (which islike agreat Onion) and they] 
| will come up much earlier than in the Earth it felf. This I conceive to beas 
a kinde of Grafting i inthe Root; for asthe Stock of a Graftyielderh better 
prepared nourifhment to the Graft, than the Crude Earth, fe theSquill doth | 
| the like tothe Seed; and, I fuppofe, the fame would be‘done, by putting 
Kernels into a Turnip, orthe like, fave that the Squill is more vigorous 
j and hot. It may be tryed alfo, with putting Onion-Seed into an Onion 5 || 
Head , which thereby (perhaps) will ng ays a larger and earlier 
Onion. . 
The pricking of a Fruit in feveral places, ‘nen it is almoft at his Bh i) 
nefs, and before itripeneth, hath been praétifed with fuccels, to ripen tht 
Fruit more fuddenly. We {ee the example of the biting of Walps or Worms} 
upon Fruit (whereby icmanifeftly) ripeneththe fooner, | 
It isreported, That ~Alga Marina (Sea-Weed) put under the Roots afl 
Colworts, and (perhaps) of other Plants, will further their growch, “The i] 
veriue (-no oe hath relation to Salt, which is a great help to Fel | 
tility. 
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Ithath been practifed tocut off the Stalks of Cucumbers, mutetial 
{ after their bearing clofe by the Earths and then to caft a pretty quantity 
Earth upon the Plantthatremaineth, and they will bear the next year Fruic| 
long before the ordinary time. The caufe may be, forthat the Sap goeth | 
down the fooner, and is not fpent inthe Stalk or Leaf, which remaineth}) 
after the Fruit. . Where nore, thatthe Dying inthe Winter, of the Roots orf 
Plants that are Annual, feemeth to be partly caufed by the ot ae otf 
the Sap into Stalk and Leaves; which being prevented, they will hie ann 
ate, if they ftand warm. vd 
- The pulling off many of the Bloffomsfrom a Fruit-tree, doth inde the 
Fruit fairer. The caufe is manifeft, for thattheSap haththe lefs to nourith 
And it isa common experience, That if you do not pull off fome Blof 
the firft time a Tree bloometh, it will bloffom it felf to death. y 
’ It were goodtotry what would be the effect, if allthe Bloffoms ver 
pulled from aFruit-tree, orthe Acorns and Chefnut.buds, &c. froma 
Tree, for two years together, I fuppofe, thatthé Tree will either put 
the third year bigger, and more eae Fruit’; or on fame years, 
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