Thefe vcnteenthBooke of 



graffedj rauftbcwelhidandclcanlcdrromthebtaunchesallaboutt^^^ where y on meane G 

 10 praaifc this feat, becaufe they fliould not fucke the fap from theneejandchufe the neateft 

 and frimmeft part,which fecmeth nioft frdli and lively : then cut fortha fcutchcon of thebarke, 

 [but be carefull that your inftrumcnt pierce no farther than the baike, nor enter in to the quicks 

 wood; Jwhichdonej takefrom another tree the likefcutclieonof thebarke, favingtheeycojc 

 bud thereonjandfetitin the place of the other; but foequall this niuftbe tothe.pJace andfb 

 clofe joyned and united to it, that a man may fee no token at all or apparence in the joynt^ of 

 any wound or skarre made 5 to the end, that prefendy they may concorporaiejthat no humor of 

 thcfap may iffue forth, nor fo much as anywind get between: and yet. to make ili^eworkc, the 

 bcttci^ way is to lute it well and clofe with ciay^and then to bind it fafl.Tfais devife ofgr^fting t lujs 

 with the (cutcheon, was but lately found out^by their faying^that favour all new and modeine in- 

 ventionsrhowbeitlfindthattheauncientGreekes havewritten thereof; yea and Cato^lfo out 

 owne countryman, who ordained to gratfeboth Glive^and Fig treeinthat order : and (as he was 

 a man very diligent and curious in all things that he tooke m hand).hee hath fet dpwne the juft 

 meafure and proportion of the fcutcheon : for hee would have the barkes both the one and the 

 other, to be cut out with a chizell foure fingers lung, and three in breadth, and fo to clofe up all 

 in manner aforefaid, that they might growxogither ; and then to be dawbed over with that mor- 

 tcr of his making aforefaid : after which raanner^ Apple trees alfb may be graffed* - . 



" Some therebe, who have intermingled and comprehended under thiskind of graffingwidi 

 the fcutcheon5that devifc of makingin the fide a clefr, and namely in vines ; for they take forth 

 a little fquare pcece with thebarkcjand then fet in an iippe very hard and clofcjon rhat fide where | 

 it is plaine and even, to the very marow or pith. Ccrtes, neare to Tulite in the Tyburtines coun- 

 trey, I iiave Icenc a tree graffed all thefe waies abovcfaid, and the fame laden with all, manner of 

 friuts jone bough bearing Nuts,another fierries,here hung Grapesjthere Figs ; in One part yoii 

 lliould fee Peares, in another PomcgranatsjandtoconcludejUokindof Apple orother fruit, 

 but there it was to be found : mary this tree lived not long. Howbeit, let us ufe what diligence we 

 can, yet never lliall we be able with all our experiments,to attaine unto the depth of Natures fe- 

 erets. For fome trees iherebe, that come up of thernfelves, and by no Art and induflrie of man 

 will be made to grow ; fuch alfo love ordinarily to be in wild forrefts and in rough deiarts,where 

 they prolpcr well; whereas the Plane tree .will beare allmanner of graffing beftof any other; 

 and next untoit,the wild hard Oke : but both, the one and the other corrupt and marre the taft 

 of what fruitibever is graifed thereupon.Some trees there be,that refufe not to be engraffcd up^ 

 on any ftock, and what way foever they be graffed it skills notjas Fig trees and Pomegranar trees. 

 As for the Vine, it will not beare the fcutcheon ; neither any tree befidcs that hath a thin.barke, 

 or which doth pill and rift; no nor fuch as be dry or have fmall (lore offap within them can away 

 with inoculation. Howbeit this manner of graffing ismoft fruitfull of ail other j and next coir, 

 thatwhichisdoneby way of fcutcheon or cmplafirc:yet trees fo graffed, beof all others moft 

 tender and feeble: as alfo fuch as refl and ftay upon the barke only, are with the leaflwind that 

 is/ooneff difplanted and laid along on the ground. The fureft and firongefl way therefore is, to 

 graffe imps upon the head of a If ocke, yea and more plentifull by farre than to fow them of feed, 

 or plant them otherwifc. £ 



Chap. Xvii. 

 n hijlorie^ jhewing the example and ^reofe herepf, 



IN thisdifcourfe and qucflion concerning grafts, I cannot pafTe over the rare obiervationof 

 one example, pra^iifea by C<?r^///^aknightof Rome borne at AiefterThis gentleman of 

 Rome, in a fcrmc that he had within the territorie of Naples, chaunced to grafie a Cheftnut 

 with an impe cut from the fame tree : This graft tooke and bare faire Cheflnuts and pleafant to 

 the tail;, whichof him tooke their name. After thedeceafe ofthisgenileman,his heire(who had 

 been fomctime his bondflaveand by him enfranchifed) grafted the forefaid Corellian Chelfnut 

 tree a lecond time : and certainly betweene them both was this difference , The former Corel-* 

 lianbarethemoreplentie,but the nutsof the other twice graffed were the better. As for other 

 forts of graffing or planting, mans wit hath devifed,by obfcrving that which hathfalneoutby 

 chaunce : thus ace we taught to fet broken boughs into the ground^wben wee faw how fiakes pit- 

 ched 



