H 



■1^^ The feventeenth BooJce of 



and that ever fince all chaftitic and honeft life hath been exiled. But above all the prodigies that 

 were ever fcene or heard^therc is one that paiTeth.and the fame happened in our age, about the 

 very time that ^iero the Emperour came to his unhappie end and fall: For in the Marrucine ter- 

 titoric there was an Olive garden belonging to Featf^ Mamlli^, a right worfliipf ull knight of 

 Rome, which of it fclfe remooved all and whole as it flood over the broad high way, to a place 

 where lay tillage or crable ground : and thecorne lands by way of cxchangCjCrofTed over the faid 

 caufey againc,and were found in lieu of the Olive plot or horty ard aforefaid* 



Chap, xxvi* 

 ^ The remedies for the mdadies and dtfeafa of Trees, 



NOw that I have declared the difeafes of trees, meet it is that I fhould fet downe the cure 

 and remedies thercto.Where^this one thing would be firft noted,that of Remedies/omc 

 5) be common to all treeSjOthers appropriate to certaine. Common be thefe folIowing,To 

 ?3 bare and cleanfe the rootSjto hill and banke them again^that is to fayjto give aire unto the roots, 

 33 and let the wind into them : and contrariwife to cover them3& keep both wind and weather from 

 33 them : to water them^or to derive and divert water from them : to refrefh their roots with the fat ~ 

 33 liquorof dung: to difcharge them oftheit burden^by pruning their fuperfluousbranches.//(f?» 

 3) To give their humors ilTuejand as it were by way of Phlebotomie to let them bloud -.and to skice 

 3i and fcrapc their barke round about^in manner offcarification.To take downe their ftrength and 

 33 keeps them underjihatthey be not too luftie and prowd. Alfo^if the cold hath caught their buds t 

 3> orburgeons,andthcrby caufed themtolooke burntjroughjandunpleafantjtoflickejpoliifb and 

 33 fiiiooth them againe with thepumifliftonc. Thefe verily bee the divers remedies to cure trees: 

 howbeit,ufed they muft bee with great difcrction: for that which is very good for orie^is not fo 

 good for another ; and fome trees require this courfe and others thatjto bee taken with them. As 

 for examplCjthc CyprelTc tree cannot abide cither to be dunged or watered,it hateth all digging 

 and delving about it, it may not away with cutting and pruning, it is the worfe for all good Pliy- 

 ficke, nayjalireraediestoothersjaremifcheefcsioitjandinoneword, goe about to medicine 

 itjyou kill it.All Vinesjand Pomgranat trees efpeci ally, love alife river fidesjand defire to be wa- 

 tered :for thereby will they thrive and profper.The J?ig tree alfo it felfe is nourifhed and fed in wa- 

 teric grounds : but the fruit that it bearech,is the poorer by that meanes. Almond trees if they be 

 plied with diggingjwill either not bloiime at alitor elfe llied their flowers before due time.Nei- 

 ther muft any yong plants or trees, newly grafted, be digged about their roots,beforc they have 

 gathered fuff^icient ftrength,and begin to bearefruit.Molt trees are willinginough to be disbur- 

 dened oftheit fiiperfluous and over.rankebraunches,likeas we men canYpareournailes to bee 

 pared,and bufh ot hairc to be cut when they be overgrowne. As for old trees,they would bee cue 

 down hard to the groundjfor commonly they rife againe of fome fhoot fpringingfrom the root: 

 and yet not all of them.Regard therefore muft be hadjthat none be fo uied but fuch(as wee have 

 noted before,) as are able of nature to abide it. For trees to be watered at the roots in the heat of 

 fummer,it is good.but in winter it is as bad-In the fall of the leafe it may be holefome,it may alio 

 bchurtfull, and therefore the nature of the foile would be confidered: for the grape-gatherer in 

 Spaine,meetcth with a good Vintage, notwithftanding the Vines ftand in a marifli and fennic ^ 

 ground 3 howbeit, in moft parts of the world befides, it is thought good husbandrie to draine 

 away from their roots the very raine water that falleth from abovCjin Autumne. About the ri- 

 fingof the Dogge-ftar,trees defire moft of all to be well watered: and yet they would not have 

 too much thereof, even in that time 5 for in cafe their rootes beeover-drenched and drowned 

 therewith, they will catch harme. Herein alfo the age of treesistobecrefpeded, which inthns 

 cafe preferibeth what is meet and fufficient: for young trees bee lelfeihirftiethan others. Alio, 

 cuftome is a great matter. For fuch as havebeencufed unto watering, muft not chaunge their 

 old woont, but they require moft of all others to be ufed fo ftill . Contrariwife, thofe trees that 

 grow upon drie grounds naturally, deiirenx) more moifture than that whichis needfujl. In the y 

 territoric about Sulmo, in Italic , and namely^ within the liberties of Fabianum, the Vines 

 that beare the harder and fourer grapes, muftof necelTitic bee watered: and nomarvaile, for 

 the verie lands and corne-fields ufe to have water let in unto them. And here a wonderfull thing 

 is to be oblcrved^This water cheriilieth the corne, but killeih ail the hurtfuil grafle among : and 



