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of Seeds in the bottoms of Eaves; and Pors with Seeds fown, hanged | 
mpi in Wells, fome diftance kom the Water ; and fee what the event 
ys age ‘ 
T is certain, that Limber-Trees in Coppice Woods, Brows more uptight, i $32. 
‘more free from under Boughs, than cthofe that ftand in the Fields. The | Expetiments 
H caufe whereof is, for that Plants have a natural.motion to. get to the ae 
|Sun; and befides, they are not glutted with too much nourifhment ; “Procerity, and. 
|for that the Coppice fhareth with them, and Repletion ever hindreth | ees oe 
| ftature. Laftly, they are kept warm, and that ever in Plants helpeth Daring of 
. | mounting. | j | Trees. 
: Mea 
i Trees that are of themfelves full of Heat, ¢ which heat appeareth by| §33.. 
| their inflamable Gums) as Firrs, and Pines, mount of themfelves in heighth 
_| without Side-boughs, till they come cowards the top... The caufe is partly 
| heat, ana partly tenuity of Juyce; both which fend the Sap upwards. As for 
| Juniper, itis but aShrub, and groweth notbig enough i in Brady to maintain a 
| tall Tree. 
It is reported, that a good ftrong Canvas, {pred over a Tine gralt- 534. 
“}ed low, foon after it putteth forth, will-dwarf ic, and make it {pred. 
| The caufe is plain ; ; for that all chings that gtow, willgrow as they finde 
| room. 
| > 9 Trees are generally fet of Roots ot Kerns but if you fet them of Slips,| 535. 
| (as of fome Trees you may; by name the CWulberry). fome of the Slips will 
take ; and thofe that take, (asis reported) will be Dwarfetrees. The caufe 
is, for thata Slip deaweth nourifhment more weakly, than either a Root or 
| Kernel. — 
+ All Plants that put forth sess Sap hattily, havctheit Bodies not propor- | 536. | 
"| tionable to their length, and therefore they are Winders and Creepers ; as | - 
| Iny, Briony, Hops, Woodbine: Whereas Dwarfing equine a dabei 
e forth, and lefsvigor of mounting. 
He Scriptiite faith, ‘That Solomon wrote a Nattira Hiftory ; from the |Experiments 
- Cedar ot Libanus, to the 1° growing upen the Wall ; for fo the beft jin Confort, 
hingthe | - 
| Tranflarions have it. And it is true, that A4of is but the Rudiment of aPlant, and | Rudiments of | 
7 Hain wets) the Mould of Earth or Bark. | Plants, and of 
the Excrefcen=} 
ces of Plants, 
of groweth chiefly upon Ridges of Hoislex tiled or sthalehae and | or Super- 
a Solis the Crefts of Walls, and that Mofsis of a lightfome and pleafant Reais: 
|Green. The growing. upon Slopes is caufed for that Mofs, as on the| 937° 
| one fide it cometh of Moifture and Water, fo on the other fide the 
~| Water mu burt-flide, and not ftand or pool. And the growing upon. 
-) Tiles, or Walls, &c. is caufed, for that thofe dried Earths, having not 
_ | Moitiure (ufficient to put forth a Plant, do practice Germination by put- 
| ting forth Mofs ; though when by age, or otherwife, they grow to re- 
jlent and refolve, they fometimes put forth Plants ; as Wail-flowers. | 
| And almoft all Mots hath here and there little Stalks , befides she low 
| Theunt 
| Mg. groweth upon Alleys, efpecially fuchas lye cold, and upon the | 538. 
| North; asindiversTarrafes. And again, if they be much trodden ; orif 
| they wereatthefirftgravelled: For wherefoever Plants are kept down, the 
| \ 2. putteth forth Mofs. 
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