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|)» It hathbeen generally received; that aPlant watred,with warm W ater, 
| will come up fooner and better, than with cold Water, or with Showers, 
| But the Experiment of watering Wheat with warm Water (as hath been | 
4 faid) fucceeded not; which may be, becaufe the tryal was too late _ 
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“\the Year, viz. inthe end of Odsber. For the Cold then coming upon the 
'|Seed, after it was made more tender by the watm Water, might 
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é a a isno doubt, but that Grafting (for the moft part) doth meliorate | 452. 
| the Fruit... Fhe caufeismanifeft, forthac the nourifhment is better prepared 
inthe Stock, than inthe Crude Earth: Buc yet note well, that there be fome 
| Trees that are faid tocomeup morehappily from the Kernel, than from the 
Graft; as the Peach, and Melocotone. The caufe, I fuppofeto be, for that 
thofe Plants require a nourifhment of great moiftures and though the nou. 
‘| rifhment of the Stockbe finer, and better prepared, yet it isnotio moiftand | 
| plentiful, as che nourifhment of the Earth, And indeed we fee thofe Fruits 
| are very cold Fruits in their Nature. alah) bade SQ" gt 
 I¢hath been’received, that a fmaller Pear grafted upon a Stock that| 453+ 
bearetha greatcr Pear, will becomegrear. But I think it isas true, as that of 
| the Prime-Fruit upon the late Stock, and ¢ Cossroverfo, which we rejected 
before; for the Cions will govern, Neverthelefs, it is probable enough, 
| that if you can get a Cions togrow upona Stock.of another kinde, thar is 
|. much moifter than hisown Stock, it may make the Fruit greater,’ becaufe it 
| will yield more plentiful nourifhment, though itislike ic will makethe Fruit. 
bafer. Butigenerally the grafting is upon a dryer Stock; asthe Apple upon | 
aCrab, the Pear upon-a Thorn, &c.. Yet it is reported, thatin the Low- 
‘| Countreys they will graft an Apple-Cions upon the Stock of aColewort, and 
| it willbear a great flaggy Apple ; the Kernel of which. if itbe fer, will bea 
| Colewort, andnotanApple. It were good rotry, whether an Apple-Cions 
| will profper,if itbe grafted upon aSallow or upon aPoplar,or upon an Alder, 
ot uponan Elm, or upenan Horfe-Plum, which arethe moifteft of Trees. I | 
| have heard that it hath been tryed upon an Elm;and fucceeded. 
| _—_ Te is manifeft by experience, That Flowers removed, waxgreater,be-| 454: 
caufe the nourifhment is more eafily come by intheloofeEarth. It may be, 
that oft regrafting of the fame Cions, may likewife make Fruitgreater; asif 
you take aCions, andgraftit upon a Stock thefirftyear; and thencut it off, 
| and graft it upon another Stock the fecond year, and fo for a third, or fourth 
| year, and then letitreft, it willyield aftetward, whenit beareth, the greater 
| Fruit. 
Of Grafting, there are many Experiments worth the noting, bur thofe We referve 
to! 4 proper place. Ns et te ie 
It maketh Figs better, if aFig-tree, when it heginnethto putforth| 455. 
‘| Leaves, havehis top cut off, The caufe is plain, for that che Sap hath the lefs | 
‘|to feed, andthe lefs way to mount: But it may bethe Fig will come fome- 
| what later, as was formerly touched. The fame may be tried likewife in other 
‘Trees. | ith asc : 
. It isreported,; That Mulberrics will be fairer, andthe Tree more frnit- | 456. 
ful, if you bore the Trunk of the Tree thorow in feveral places, and thruft ) 
| into the places bored,' Wedgesof fome hot Trees 5, as Turpentine, Muaftick-tree, 
| Gusiacum, Juniper, &c. The caufe may be, for that Adventive heat doth chear 
| up the Native Juyceof the Tree. — pia; 2 
| Itisreported, That,Trees will grow greater and bear betrerFruit, if| 457, 
‘| youpuat Sult, or Lees of Wine,orBloodtothe Root. The caufe may betheen- | 
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