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Small fhowers are likewife good for Corn, fo as parching heats co 
not‘upon them.,) Generally, Night-fhowers are betrer then Day thawed 
for that the Sun followeth not fo fait upon chem: And we fee, even 
in watering by the Hand, ir is belt in Summicr. time to water iM the | 
Evening. imir¥ 
665. The differences of Earths, and the tryals of thonial are worthy. tobe| 
diligently enquired. The Earth that with fhowers doth eafily foften, is com. 
mended; and yet fome Earth of that kinde willbe very dry and hard before | | 
the fhowers. The Earth chat cafteth up from the Plougha great¢lod, is not} 
fo good as that which cafteth upa{mallerclod. ‘The Earth that putterh forth | 
Mofs eafily,, and may be called Mouldy, isnot good. The Earth that fmek | | 
leth well upon the Digging, or Ploughing, is commended. as containing { i 
the Juyce of Vegetables almoft already prepared. It is thought by fome, that z. 
the ends of low Rain-bows fall. more pon one kinde of Earth then upon | 
another: Asit may wellbe, for that Earth ismof rofcide, and therefore it B 
is commended fora fign of a good Earth. The poornefs of the Herbs {it is} 
plain). fheweth rhe poorsefs of the Earth, and efpeciilly, if they bein colour} 
ae dark: Butif che Herbs fhew withered or blaited at the top, it fheweth | 
the Earth to be very cold; and fo doth the Moflire(sof Trees. The Earth | 
whereof the Grafs is foon parched with the Sun and toafted, is commonly 
forced.Earth, and barren inhisown nature. The tender, cheffom, and mellow 
Earth is the beft ;: being meer Mould, between the two extreams of Clay | 
and Sand, claceialls, if itbe not Loamy-and Binding. The Earth that after | 
Rain, will (carce be Rloughed iis: eran fruitiuls for it is cleaving, and | 
fullof Juycesy* , > 1497) 
666. It is ftrange, cnichh is obferved by five of the ye that Dutt | 
helpeth the fruitfulnefs of Trees, andof Vines by name; infomuchs as they | 
caft Duft upon them of purpofe. Ic fhowld feem thatithat pcwdring, when | 
4 fhower cometh,, maketh akinde of foyling to the Tree, being Barth ‘and | 
Water finely laid on. And they notes that Countreys where the Fields and | 
_| Ways are dufty, bear the beft Vines, | 
667. | °~< Itis commended by the Ancients for an,excellenthelp to Trees, to al ; 
the Stalks and Leaves of Lupines about the Roots, or to Plough them jnto } 
che Ground, where you will {ow Corn. The burning alfo of the cuttings of} 
Vines, and cafting them upon Land, doth much goed. And it was gencral- | 
ly received of old, that dunging of Grounds whenthe Weft-wind bloweth, | 
and in the decreafe of the Moon, doth greatly helps. the Earth (asit Me 
being then more thirfty, and open to receive the Dung. 
663. ‘The Graffing of Vines upon Vines (as Itake it) is notnowinule, The | 
Ancients had it, and chat three ways ; the firtt was Infition, which is bell 
ordinary manner of-Graffing : The.fecond was Terebratios , through the 
middle.of the Stock, ‘and putting.in the Cions there.; And the third was | 
Paring. of two Vines that grow together tothe Marrow, and bind thes 
clofe. 
660. | ssansbhe Difcales, and ill Accidents of Corn,,.are worthy tobe enquired, aul 
‘ would be, more -worthy to beenquired , if it were in Mens power toh 
| thenys whereas many .of them)are not to be remedied. The Mildew is« 
| ofit the, greateft,;, which ( out ‘of. quettion..)cometh by,clofenefs _ of 
and therefore in Hills, or large Champatn Grounds ,. it feldom cor 
fuch..as.is with us York’s .Woald. . This cannoi-be remedied, other 
chen, that;in Countreys of fmall enclofure the. Grounds ibe turned 
larger Fields :. Which 1 have known to do. 028 | in, fome in 
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