476. 
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477. 
_{ that as in Fruit-Trees, ‘the Graft maketh a greater Fruit; foi Drees th 
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4 Soil Seed, or Root, and the injury of the Weather) coming either. of theig} 
‘| overgrowing with Mofs, or their being hide bound, ortheirplanting toa] 
| deep, orby ifluing of the Sap too much into the Leaves: Forall theft three} 
| Fountains of Waters there being rare, divers forts of Beafts come from} 
| feveral parts\to drink, and fo being refrefhed, fall to couple, andmany} 
| times with feveral kindes. The compounding or mixture of Kindes iin 
| Plants is not found out; which neverthele(s, if it be poflible is more ai 
| command than that of Living Creatures, for that their luftrequiret 
| touching Plants, to findeiteut, for fo you may have great variety of new] 
|-Fruit, or doubleth the Flowers, &c: But it hath not the power to make 
{ new Kind. FortheCions ever over-ruleth the Stock. " i 
| feveral colours, upon the fame Branch ; and Grape-ftones of fev 
{lours within the fame Grape: But the more, after ayear or two, t 
| (as it feemeth) growing moreperfed. And this will likewifehelp, if 
sa Nag ng eS tt AE ERY re cree raelaccsumehintit aaii-aec niet aminiammeanece tile ere aces ies AE agen alah sho 
. - ol eel V+ Mi y = 3 es. ee 
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Natural Fiftory ; 
that.all Seeds; Roots, potted, and fo fet into the Barth, ba ae th 
better... , a j* Of! 3 Sid “Ute i UMOrgy AWOF® VG | lie oh y 
_. The cutting off the Leaves of Raddihh, or other Roots;in the besinnin; 
of Winter before they wither; ‘and covering again the Kout, fomething| 
highwith Earth, will preferve the Root all Winter, and make‘itbigger in} 
the Spring following, «as hath been partly touched before. Sothat th reli 
a doubleufe of this cutting off the Leaves: Forin Plants,w herethe Rooti 
the Efculent, .as Raddith, and Parfnips, it will makethe Root the greate 
and fo itswilldoto the Heads of Onions, and where the Fruit isthe efculeng} 
by ftrengthning the Root, it willmake the Fruitalfo theereatéry lo 
. It isan. Experiment of great pleafure to make the Leaves of ‘fhaddy 
Trees, larger than ordinary. It hath beentryed (for certain) that a'Ciong} 
of a Wecch Elm, grafted upon the ftock of an ordinary Elm; will putfortl 
Leaves, almoft as broad as the brim of ones Hat. And itis very ‘likely 
bearno Fruit, it will make the greater’Leaves. It would berryed therefor 
in Trees of that kinde chiefly ; as-Birch, Afr, Willow, and efpecially the 
Shining Willow, which they call Swallow-Tail; becaufe of the pleature-of th 
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The Barrennefs of Trees by accident ( befides the weaknely of the 
are remedies mentioned before. he f wlabeaies ri “i. 
Wt {ee that in Living Creatures that have Male and Female, there i 
‘copulation of feveral kindes, andfo Compound Creatures; asthe} 
(Mule, that is generated betwixt the Horfe and eA; and fome other} 
Compounds which we call Monftets ; though more rare: And itis held} 
that that Proverb, CAfrica femper aliquid Monftri parit, cometh, for that the] 
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voluntarymotion; wherefore it were oneof the moft notable Experim 
Fruits, .andflowers yet unknown, Grafting doth it not, that mendeth the 
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It hath. been fet down by one of the Ancient, That if you take two 
Twigs of feveral Fruit Trees, and flat them on the fides, and then binde 
them clofe together, andfet themiinthe ground, they will come up inone 
Stock ; but yet they will put forth in their feveral Fruits withoutany 
mixture in the Fruit. Wherein note (by the way) that Unity of Conti 
ance, is eafier to procure, than Unity of Species. Ic is reported alfo,’ 
Vines of Red and White Grapes, being fet in the Ground, and th 
parts being flatted, and bound clofetogether, will put forth Grapes 
