NATUR ALL 



HISTORY. 



V. Century* 



E will now enquire ©f Plants or Vegetables; And 

 we (hall doe it whh diligence. They are 

 the principall Part of the Third dayes worker. 

 They are the firft Producat , which is the 

 f Word of Animation ; For the other Words 

 are but the Words of Ejfenes - 9 And they are 

 of excellent and generall Uie, for Food, Medicine, and a Num- 

 ber of Mechanicall Ans e 



There were fown in a Bed, Turnip-Seed, Raddifh-Seed,Wheat,Cucu///ber-Seed 

 zndPeaje. The Bedwe calf a Hot- Bed, and the Manner otitis this. There 

 was taken Horfe-dnng, old, arid well rotted; This was laid upon a Bank, 

 half a root high, andfupponed round about with Planks-, and upon the 

 Top was caft Sifted Earth, tome two Fingers deep; And then the Seed 

 fprmkled upon it, having been deeped all night in Water Mixed with Cow- 

 dung. The T urnip-Seed, and the wheat t csmt. up half an Inch above Ground, 

 within two dayes after, without any Watering : The reft the third day. The 

 Experiment was made in October ; And(it may be)in the Sprmg,the Accelera- 

 ting would have been the fpeedier. This is a Noble Experiment -,For,without 

 this help, they would have been four times as long in coming up. But 

 there doth not occurre tome, at this prefent, any ufe thereof, for profit ^Ex- 

 cept it mollld be tor Sowing oi Peafe, which have their price very much in- 

 creafed, by the early Coming. It may be tried alio with Cherries, Straw- 

 berries, and other Fruit, which are deareft, when they come early. 



There was Wheat, fteeped in Water mixed with Cow-dung ; Others in Wa- 

 ter mixed with Horje-Dung $ Other in Water mixed with Pigeon- Dung; O- 

 ther in Urine otMan ; Other in Water mixed with Chalk Powdred Other 

 in Water mixed with Soot, Other in Water mixed with Afbes, Other in Wa- 



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Experiments 

 in Confort, 

 couching the 



Acceleration 

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