pi 



3\Qtturall Hijiory- 



Drink incorporate with Flefh, or Roots, ( as in Capon-Beer, &c. ) r wiU"nou- 

 rifh more eafily, than Meat and Drink taken feverally. 

 41 z The Houfing of Plants ( I conceive ) will both Accelerate Germination, and 



bring forth Flowers, and Plants in the Colder Seafons ; And as we Houfe Hot 

 Conntrey Plants,^ Limons, Orenges, Myrtles, to lave them ;So we may Houfe 

 our own Countrey plant s,to forward them, and make them come in the Cold 

 Seafons-, Infuchfort, that you may have Violet*, Strawberries, Peafe, all 

 Winter : So that you low, or remove them at fit times. This Experiment is 

 to be referred unto the Comforting of the Sprit of the Plant, by Warmth, as 

 well as Houfing their Boughs, &c.So then the Meanes, to Accelerate Germina- 

 tion, are in Particular eight, m General three. 



IT O make Rofes, or other Flowers come late, ir is an Experiment of Plea- 

 in conforr, I fure. For the Ancients efteemed much of Kofi Sera. And indeed the 

 jj^kingthe November- Rofe is the fweeteft, having been lets exhaled by the Sun. The 

 or^SrZrion 1 Meanes are thefe. Firft, the Cutting off their Tops, immediately after they 

 of Germination have done Bearing And then they will come again the L me year about 



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November :But they will not come jult on the Tops, where they were cut,but 

 out of thole Shoots which were (as it were,) Water- Boughs. The Caufe is, for 

 that the Sap, which otherwife would hav e led the Top, ( though after Bear- 

 ring, ) will,by the difcharge of that, divert unto the Side-Sprouts •, And they 

 will come to bear, but later. 



The Second is the Pulling off the Buds of the Rofe, when they are Newly knot- 

 ed-j For then the Side- Branches will bear. The Caufe is the lame with the 

 former : For Cutting off the Tops, and Pulling off the Buds, work the fame Ef- 

 fect ; in Reteniion of the Sap tor a time, and Diverlion or it to the Sprouts, 

 that were not fo forward. 



The Third is the Cutting off" ibme few of the T op-Boughes in the Spring- 

 time, but fuffering the lower Boughes to grow on. The Caufe is, for that the 

 Boughes do help to draw up the Sap more rtrongly : And we fee tiiat in 

 Powling of Trees, many do ule to leave a Bough or two on the Top, to 

 help to draw up the Sap. And it is reported alio, that if you graft upon the 

 Bough of a Tree, and cut off fome of the old Boughes, the new Cions will 

 perilb. 



The Fourth is by Laying the Roots bare about Ghrijlmas, fome dayes. The 

 Caufe is plain, for that it doth arreft the Sap, trom-going upwards, for a 

 time 5 Which Arreft, is afterwards releafed by the Covering of the Root 

 again with Earth • And then the Sap getteth up, but later. 



The Filth is the Removing of the Tree, fome Moneth before it Buddeth. 

 The Caufe is, for that fome time will be required after the Remove, for the 

 Refetling, before it can draw thejuyce^ And that time being loft, the 

 BlolVom muft needs come forth later. 



fj The Sixth is the Grafting of Rofes in May, which commonly Gardiners 

 do not till fuiy ; And then they bear not till the Next Year j But if you 

 graft them mMay, they will bear the fame year, but late. 



The Seventh is the Girding of the Body of the T ree about with fome Pack- 

 thread-, For that alio in a degree, reftraineth the Sap, and maketh it come 

 up more late, and more Slowly. 



v. The Eighth is the Planting of them in a S hade, or in a Hedge. The Caufe 

 is, partly the Keeping out of the Sunne, which hafteneth the Sap to rite • 

 And partly the Robbing of them of Nourilhment, by the Stuff in the 

 Hedg, Thefe meanes may be pra&ifed upon other,- both Trees,and Flowers, 

 Mutatis Mutandis. Men 



