Plmics Natural! Hiftoriei 



A forac call their oilcts or cics,in a trench of a fpan dcapth rand thofc two foot Jind an halfc afim^ 

 dcr.Thcfe reeds doc tpultiplic and cncreafc of thcmfelves (if a plotbc once planted with ihero) 

 after the old plants be cxiirpcd &dcftraicd. Andfurcly^ihis is fotind nowadaicsto bccthe bcttet 

 and the more profitable vtay,cven to commit all to Nature^ tathct ili^nko giicld andw<xd thciB 

 out where they fccme 'to grovrover thickjas the pra^^fc"w|s inold tiiiiCrif^M tbemiaBncr ofithcit 

 roots isjto crecpc one within anothetjandi^d be fo interlaced coiTttinudlly^ asifrbeyjwcri&twiftec^ 

 together. The'fit and proptr time to plant and fct ihcfe'eahcs or rceds is a littlc Worf the Csf 

 lends of Marchs to wit^bcfbrcihc oilets or ciesabovefaid begin c-dfwcll They gtow^antiil mi£|- 

 winterjat which time they waixchard, which is a figne tbatthc^y hiyctdone groj^ngjfandiihi$»B 

 thconely fcafe alio for to cut them. Likewife, the gr6tirid would be digged aboucthcmjas nd- 



B ten as Vincs.The order of planting them is two manner of waieSj. for ekber tha roots bee laid 

 overthwart or acrofTe, and but Iballow within the ground (and looke how many jcitedihcrbecia 

 the root/o many plants will fpring above the earth;), or ellc they be pitched downeright^within 

 a grave or trench of a foot deapth, fo^is tbere bee two cies or buds under the ground , and the 

 third above^but clofe and meet with it : but-ihis caveat- isW be given,tha't thcKead thereof may 

 bend forward toward the earth/or fcare that it driwke in any deaw, which might ftand and fettle 

 upon it.Thisalfo is obfervedjthatthey be cut ever in rb'e wane of thtPMxxDnc: asiiifd^ before 

 they are cmploied about Vineyards for tabeare up Vines^ they would ha^'ca whdc ycar4^dr£- 

 ingjfbrliich are more profiublethanthC'greenew v^;:-:. ; '.iiu.OiU n . : . [;£i-;; - 



The bcft ftaies to bcare up Vines, are made of the Ghei^niit tree pforwhy ? the wiobd isr geh* 



C lie and tractable 5 tough withall, and enduring long : befidesj it liarh this propcrciey that cudit 

 VBhenyou hft, it will ipring againe more plentifully tharrany WiilovibJ. ItlovethiO grow iwa 

 gentle and fandie ground, but principallyjif the fame ftand Upon a mqiftgraveUoria hote cimh 

 full of httie pebblesjand namelyjwherethere is goodf^oreof fuch foft ftpnesjas^wiiifoon cruia- 

 ble into grit : neither makes it any matter how much tbeplace be teddowed,nor hcw coid and 

 expoied to the Northerne winds/orfuch it liketh w'#ynough, yea^akhoughifbee' theiide ot 

 hanging of an hill, as bleake and cold as may bee. But cor^trariwif^i it may nqi abidc the red 

 French earthjthe chaikie or marie groundjnor in one word,any that is batde and friutiuli.Sec it 

 is of a Nut,as we have beforefaid; but itcommedi not upjUnlcflc there bee five ina heape piled 

 togetherjand thofe of the faireft and biggeft forr,MoreoVer,the plot wherein yotr meawe to have 



D Ciieitautsgrow,muft be ouvertly broken upalofc/rom betwcdie November and Februarie :ia 

 which time the Nuts u(e to bee loofe, and to fall of themfelves from the tree, andipring undcr»« 

 neath,finding the ground light and hollow under them.Bctwixt each heape fet in'a^nneraforer 

 faidjthere ought to be a foot fpacecvery way^and the trench wherein they befet,df a fpan depth. 

 Out of this piotjas out of a feminarie and ncurce gardcnstbefe young plants are to be tranflaied 

 into anothcrjand then they muft be fet two foot afunder.Howbeit,they ought to bee above two 

 yeares'old fir(l,before they be removed and replantcd.Moreovcria man niaycncreafe Ghcihmc*- 

 trees by propagation : to wifjby couching and trenching the braLincbbs thereof, as they grow to 

 the mother : and there is not another tree againe that fooner taketh that way,than it dothifonhc 

 root thereof being laid bare, the whole braunch muif be enterrcdalqng in thctrenchmadeiot 



E the purpofe,lcaving out the end onely above ground. Thus fhall you have one tree fpring from 

 it,and anocherfrom the root.Howbeitjplanted in this wife,itlovcth not to be tranflated jitcan^ 

 not lodge elfewhere, but dreadeth and hateth all change of foilc- ; andtbercforji fUch plots^ 

 ground as doe aflourdcoppilesof Cheftnut-trees, are ftorcd with ji>lantscomrtiirtg of matrons 

 ornut-kernelsjrathcrthan quick-fetsorplantsfetwiththeroot.Fortheorderingand dreffingof 

 them,there is no other labour required^than in theoihets before rehearfed 5 natiiisl^/ortlie two 

 fir ft yeares enfuing to dig the ground loofe about their roots, and to proine or cut away the ffli. 

 perfluous twigs:forever after they will fhift well ynough,and manure themfelves,by rcafon that 

 t heir ownefhade will kill thofefuperfluouswater-fhoots that fpring out cither from the root ot 

 the fides of die tree.Acoppifeof thefe trees iscut ordinarily within every fevcnthyearc: and one 



F acre of them will yeeld props ynoughfortofervcavineyardof twentie acres: for bcfidcsthas 

 one pole of them will abide to be cloven and make two props apeecej they willlaft very well un- 

 lill the nexcfall of the wood or coppis be paft. 



Moreover,the Maft-tree called E(culus,is planted and commcth up in like f6rt:hbwbcit,paP 

 fmg untoward and unwilling they are to grow,and therefore chey ftand ten yearcsafclcaft baorc 



