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R It is reporced, thatthe Bark of white or Ked Popiar, (which are of tae 
| moifteft of Trees) cut fmall, andcaftinto Furrows welldunged, will caufe 
the ground to pur forth Aubromes, ct all feafons of the year fit tobceaten, 
| fome add ro the mixture Leaven of Bread, rcfolved in Water. 
It is reported, that if a Hilly-field, where che ftubble is ftanding, be fet on 
| fice, in the fhowry {eaton, it will put forth great ftoreof Atushromes. 
' < Itisteporteds that Harts-Horn fhaken, or in {niall pieces, mixed with 
} Dung,and watred, puttethup Mushromes. And we know that Hartt-Horn is 
of a fat and clammy fubftance: And it may be Ox-Horm would do the 
like. ‘ 
547. 
548. 
} Ithath been reported, thoughit be fcarce eredible,that Ivy hathgrown |} 
j outof a Stags-Hors; which they {uppofe did rather come from a copfrica- 
tion of the Horn upon the Ivy, than from the Hornit felf. There is nor} 
known any fubftance, but Earth, andthe Procedeurs of Eatth, (as Tile- 
| Stone, &c.) that yicldethany Mofs;or Herby fubftance. There may betryal 
| made of fome Seeds, as that Fennel-Sced, Muttard-Seed, and Rape-Seed, 
putintofomelirtle holes made in the Horns of Stags, or Oxen, to (ee if they 
‘} will grow. 
There isalfo another unperfeé Planr,that (in fhew) is like agreat Muth 
‘Jrome: And it is fometimes as broad as ones Hat, which they call a Tosds- 
| ffool; but it isnot Efculenr, and it groweth (commonly) by a dead Stub of 
Ja Tree, andlikewi(e about the Roots of rotten Trees; and rherefore feemeth 
| to takehis Juyce from Wood purified. Waich fheweth by the way, that 
| Wood putrified yieldetha frank moifture. : 
| Tiere isa Cake that groweth upon the fide of a dead Tfee, thathath |. 
| gotren no name, butitis largeand of a Chefaur colour. and hard and pithy ; 
| whereby it fhouldfeem, that even dead Frees forget not their putting forth, | 
fo more than the Carcafies of Meus Bodies that put forth Hair and Nails for | 
‘ja time. 3 1 
| Thereis a Cod or Bag that groweth commntonly inthe Fields ; that at } 
| firft ishard like a Tennis-Ball, and white; and after growth of a Mufhrome 
\colour, and full of light duft upon the breaking; and is thought tobe dan-} 
| gerous for the eyes, ifthe Powder get into them, andto be good for Kibes. | 
1Belike it hath aCorrofive, and fretting Nature. nid | | 
} — There is an Herb called Fews-Ear, that groweth upon the Roots, and} 
| lower parts of the Bodies of Trees, efpecially of Elders, and fometimes Afhes. 
Vic hatha ftrange propriety; forinwarm Water, itfwelleth, and opencth ex- | 
frreamly. Ic isnot greeny but of adusky brown colour. And itis ufed for} 
| quinanciesy and inflamations in the Throat, whercby it feeméth tohave a| 
| mollifving, andlenifying vertue, | | 
) There is a kinde of Spongy excrefcence, which groweth chiefly upon 
the Roots of the Lafer-Free, and fométimesupon Cedar, and other Trees. 
[Itis very white, and light, and fryablex' which we call Agarick. It is famous in. 
Phyfick for the purging of tough Flegm. And it is alfoan excellentopencr 
| for the Liver , but offenfive to the Stomach ; and in tafte ic is, at che firft 
1 fweet and afcer bitter. . Oe ! 
We finde no Super-Plant, that is a formed Plant, but A@ifeltoe. They | 
Phave anidie Tradition, that there is a Bird called a CViifel-Bird, that feedeth 
fupon a Seed, which many t-mes fhe cannot difgeft, and fo expelleth ic |: 
whole with her Excrement ; which falling upon a Bough ofa Tree, that]: 
hath fome rift, purtcth forth A4feltoe. But this is @ Fable; for it is not 
probable, that Birds fhould feed upon thatthey cannordifgeht, But allow 
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