The feveiiteeiltli Eooke of 



tlicrcofjfo ebbe they will run within the ground, which is not good for the trees; for in cafe they G 

 fpi-eadaioft, they will wax the thicker, and fo by that means theftrcngth and vertue of the Olive 

 will turne all into the roots. 



As touching all the kinds of OiivBtrces^howmay they be; alfo in what ground they ought 

 to be let, and wherein they will like and live beftjlikewife, whaccoalt of the heaven they fliould 

 regard ; we have (hewed fulficiently in our difcourfe and trearifc of Oile. Mago hath given ofden 

 in his bookcs of husbandrie, that in planting them upon high groundSj in drie places, and in a 

 vcine ofclayjthefeafonfhould bee betwccncAutumne and midwinter: but in cafe you have a 

 fat, moift, or waterifh foilc, hec fetteth downe a longer time, namely, from harveft to mid win- 

 ter. But this rule of his you muft take to be refpeaive to the climat of Africke only ; for in Italy 

 at this day verily,mcn ufe to plant moil: in the Spring: howbeitifaman hath a mind to be Aomo j| 

 alfom Autumne, hee may be bold to begin after the ^quinox;for during thefpaceof foriie 

 daiestogither,cvcn tothefettingof the ^Brood-henftarre, there areno more but fourteenc 

 dales ill tor planting. In Barbaric, the people have this pradifc peculiar to themfelves, For to 

 graftin a wild Olive ftocke5whereby they continue a certaine perpeiuitic ; for ever as the boughs 

 that were gratfed and (as I may fay) adopted firft, wax old and grow to decay, a fecond <^uickcly 

 putteth forth a frefh, taken new frctm another tree, and in the fame old ftockc Hiewcth young 

 and lively J and after it a third fucceffivelyjandasmany asneedjfoas by this meanes they take 

 order to eternize their Olives : infomuchas one Olive-plot hath been knownc to have profpered 

 ingoodeftate,3worldof yeares. This wild Olive aforefaid, may be gtafied cither with fionsfec 

 in a clifc, or els by way of inoculation with the fcutcheon aforelaid . But in planting of Olives, I 

 this heed muft be taken,that they be not fet in a hole where an Oke hath been flocked up by the 

 root : for there be certain Ganker-worms(calIed Erucas in Latine,or Rauc£e)breeding in the root 

 of an Oke, which eat tlie fame, and no doubt will doe as much by the Olive tree . Moreover, it 

 is found by experience better for Olive trees, that theirfets be not interred in the ca-rrh, nor yet 

 dried, before they be planted. Alfo, the fame experience hath taught, that for old Olive trees 

 (overgrowne with a kind of mofTie skurfc) it is pafTing good, ech other yeare to faspc and claw 

 them welljbetweene the Spring and Equinox, and the nfing oftheffar Vergiliie or the Brood- 

 hen :likewife to bcflow mbile round about the root ;mary every yeare they would bee digged '- 

 round about the root and laid bare after chefunfiead, with a trench made two cubits broad and ' 

 a foot deepe : as alfo once in three yeeres, it wefe not amifTe to cherill:j them with good dung. ^ 

 Over and bcfides, the fame MagoU\\\i^ that Almond trees ought to bee planted betweene the ■ 

 fettingof Atdurus andthefhorcefl day of the yeare. AsforPcaretrecs,they arenottobc fet 

 all at one and the fame timc,for they blofloine not all alike: they that beare either the long or 

 round Peares5have their feafon from the occukation of the Bfood hen ihrrc, until) midwinter;* 

 All other forts, and principally thofe that regard either the Eaii or the Noith, are to be planted 

 in mid-winter, namely, after the retreat of the flarrecalled Sagitta^ [/. the Shaft.] TheLawrell 

 would bceput into the ground, from the iSglcflarre, unto the fallof thc5haft aforefaidcfor- 

 certemly the obfcrvation of the time, pertinent to planting of trees, agrceth much -what aftcci 

 this manner ; and for the mofl part men doe accord and of dairie, that it ibould be done in the 

 Spring and Autumnc principally . Another feafon there is about therifing of the Dog-ilarte, 

 which few men takeknowkdge of, bccaufeitis not fo generally pradifed, nor foundalike j^ro- 

 fitablc to all countries: bowbeit I muft not overpalfe it in riience,confioering that my purp'ofe^ 

 is nottofpeakeof this or that countriSssdifpofuionjbut to fcarcb intO the naiureof all things. 

 InCyrenaica therefore (a region in Africke) they ufc'tc> fct trees aboutthe time that^heEtefian 

 Northern winds doe blow f in Greece likewife they doe the fame ;gnd namely in LacfDoia they 

 fuppofe that to be the hcSk time for the Oh ve tree : and in the Ifland Os, the manner is then to 

 plant vines alfo. In all other parts of GteecCj they malcteBd doubt to inoculate, and to' graffe irt 

 that feafon 5 but in no wife will they plant whole trees' ttien'. But herein it skilleth much to con- 

 fider the nature of each tra(5l and rcgion":lbr in iEgyp^i fhey fet, plant,- and replanE,€very mo- 

 ncth of the yeare : in /Ethiopia likeivile, and ^IhSia i Snd generally jifiall countries wherefocver-' M 

 it raincth notin Summer. Setting chcie rdpeas afk^e,tfees require of neceffuiefo be |>lantc^^ 

 in Autumne. Like as therefore there bee three ieafons of-planting trees, lb there are ks m^y 

 wherein they bud and piitfoorth newfhbotSjUoWitythtiSpnhg^ihe rifingofthcDog^ 

 and the apparition of Ar (^urus. And verily this is a thing worthic to be noted^ I%t noroncly 



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