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The Ancients have affirmed, that there: are: Come Herbs thar grow o ut 
of Stone, which. may be, for thatiris certain,» that Toads ‘have been-fou d 
in the middle of aFreeftone. We {ce alfo, char Flints lying, above grout “i 
gather Mofss and Wall-flowers, and{ome other Flowersgrow upon W ails.| 
But whether upon the main Brick or Stone, or - whether ott of the Lime, or] 
Chinks;' isnot well obferved. For Elders and Afhes have been feen to.grow | 
ontof Steepless -but they manifeftly grow.ourof Clefts, infomuch as, when L 
they grow big, they will disjoyn theStone. ‘And befides, it isdonbtful, whe} 
ther the Mortar itfelf putteth:ir forth, or whether fome Seeds banor tee): 
fall by Birds. There be likewife Rock-Herbs, but I fuppofe thofear 
whete there is: fome’ Mould. or.Earth. It hath likewife.been found, thar} 
great Trees, growing upon Quarties, have put down their Root iméthe | 
Stone. - 2croVe 
In fome Mines in Germany, as is reported, there grow in the bottom | b 
Vegetables; andthe Workfolks nfeto fay, Tiaey have CAlagical Vertue, and | 
will not fuffer mentogether them. 5: - d bins a 
The Sea-fands feldom béar. Alanis, Whereof the caulesi is vicidad’ by] 
fome of the Ancients, forthat the Sun exhaleth the Moifture, before it:can| 
incorporate with the Earth, and yield a Nourifhment for the Plant. And, itis | 
affirmed alfo, that Sand hath (always) his Root in Clay ; and thattherebe| — 
no Veins of Sand, any great depth within the Earth. : 
Itis certain, that fome Plants put forth fora time ot ate own fore; h 
without any Dichici hmaih eee ele aas Watts Stone, Sc Of, which, »vide she ‘- 
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[t® reported, That Earth rhiat was brought: out of the Indies, and kia 4 
remote Countrcys for Ballaft for Ships, caft upon fome Grounds in lealy, did 
put forth Foreign Herbs, tousin ‘Europe not known ; and, that which is more 
that of their Roots, Barks, and Seeds, contufed together, and mingled with | 
other Earth, and well watred with warm Water, there came forth Herbs “t 
much like the other. po ie 
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Plants, brought out of hot Countreys, will endeavor toput forth atthe | ~ 
fame time, that they doukt dointheir own climate ; and therefore to] 
preferve them, there isnomore required thanto keep them-fromthe injury| — 
of putting back by Cold. It is reported alfo, that Grain ous of the hotter 
Countreys tranflatedinto the Colder, will be more foreward thanthe ordi~ | 
ary Grain of the. cold Countrey. Ic is likely, that this will prove better ig } . 
Grains, thanin Treés 3 forthatGrains are but Annual, andfothe vertue of | 
the Seed isnot worn out, whereasina Tree, it is embafed by the Groundaaiy 
which it isremoved, | - 
Many Plants, which growin the hotter red being fetin the onda 
will neverthelefs, even in thofe cold Countreys, being fown of Seeds | 
late in the Spring come up and abide moft. part of the Summer + .as we | 
finde it in Orenge, and Lemmgn Seeds, &c. , The Seeds whereof, fo 
in the end of c4pril, will bring forthexcellent. Sallets, mingled: with other | 
|Herbs.. And I doubt nor, but the Seeds of. Clove-Trees, and. Pepper- | | 
Seeds, &e. If they cowldcome bislist Gresa, en to be Somnus would | 
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