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| differences that concern their ule: As Oak, Cedar, and Cheffqut, are 
| the beft builders. Some are beft for Plough-timber, as Afh; fome for Peers, 
|thar are fometimes wer and fometimes dry, as Elm ; fome for Planchers, as 
‘Deal; fomefor Tables, Cupboards and Desks, as Walauts; fome for Ship- 
‘timber, as Oaks thatgrow in moift Grounds, for that maketh the Timber | 
|rough, and not apt torift with Ordnance, wherein Englifh and trifh Timber 
| arethoughtto excel) fome for Maftsof Ships, as Firr and Pine, becaufe of 
‘| theirlength, ftraightnefs, and lightnefss fome for Pale, as Oak s fome for, 
Fudl, asAfh: And fo of the rett. fom ahi} | +i 
| + Thecoming of Trees and Plants in certain Regions, and notin others,| 6549. 
| is fometimes cafual 3 for many have been tranflated, and have profpered, 
well ; as Damask, Rofés, that have not been known in England above an! 
hundred years, and row are fo common. But the liking of Plants in, 
| certain Soyls more then in others, is meerly Natural ; as the Firr and 
Pine love the Mountains; the Poplar, Willow, Sallow, and Alder, love’ 
| Rivers and moift places; the Afh loveth Coppices, but is beftin Standards 
alone; Juniper loveth Chalk, and fo do moft Fruitetrees 5 ‘Sampire 
groweth but upon Rocks ; Reeds and Ofiers grow where they are walhed 
| with Winter s che Vine-loveth fides of Hills curhing upon the South-Eaft | 
| Sun, &c. 6) J G4i9 
The putting forth of/certain Herbs; difcovereth of what nature the 
| Ground where they putforth is; as wilde Thyme fheweth good Feeding 
Ground for Cattels Bettony and Strawberries (hew Grounds fit for Wood ; 
Camomile fheweth mellow Grounds fit for Wheat; Muftard-feed growing 
| after the Plough, fheweth agood ftrong Ground alfo for Wheat; Burnet 
| fheweth good Meadow, andthellike, CO SAEBTH 217 
| There are foundin divers Countreys, fome other Plants that grow oiit | 
| of Treesand Plants; 'befides Miffeltoe: As in Syria there is an Herb called | 
Caffyiw, that groweth out of tall Trees, and windeth it {elf about the fame | 
| Tree whereit groweth, and fometimes about Thorns, There is akinde | 
of Polypode that growerh out of Trees, though it windeth nor: So like. | 
| wife an Herb called Faunos upon the Wilde Olive ; and an Herb called Hip: | 
| popbefton upon the Fullers Thorn, which, they fay, is good for the Falling - 
| ficknefs. joni abet AEE) Oa 
It hath been obferved by fome of the e4ucients, that howfoever cold | 
and Hafterly winds arethought to be great enemies to Fruit, yet névetthe. 
lef South-winds are alfo found to do hurt, efpecially in the Blofloming 
|time, and the more, if fhowers follow. It feemeth they call forth the 
moifture too fat; The Weft winds are thebeft. It hath been obfetved allo; 
| that green and open Winters do hurt Trees, infomuch, as if two of three 
}fuch Winters come together, Almoad-Trees, and fome other Treés will die. 
The caufe is the fame withtheformer, becaufe the Luft of the Earth over- 
| fpendeth it felf ; howfoever fome other of the Ancienshave commended | 
warm Winters. bade 
_» Snows lying long canfe a fruitful year. For firft,they keep in theftrength | 
of the Earth: Secondly, they water the Earth better then Rain; for in| 
Snow the Earth doth (as it were) fuck the Water asout ofthe Teat: Third- 
ily, the moifture of Snow is the fineft moifture, for itis the Froth of the 
Cloudy Waters. J 1008: 5 EB) L 1Ost 
© Showers, if they come a little before the ripeningof Fruits, do good to 
(all fucculent and moift Fruits ; as Vines, Olives, Pomezranates; yet itis rather 
for plenty then for goodnefs, for the beft. Wines arein the dryeft vee 
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