Qentury V. 



99 



It is obferved by fome , that all Herbs wax fweeter , both Irk Smell and 

 Tatt, if after they be grown up fome reafonable time, they be cut, and fo 

 you take the latter Sprout. The Caufe may be for that the longer the Juyce 

 ftayeth in the Root , and Stalk , the better it conco&eth. For one of the 

 Chief Caufes , why Grains , Seeds, and Fruits , are more Nourifhing than 

 Leaves, is the length of time, in which they grow to Maturation. It were not 

 amifs to keep back the Sap of Herbs , or the like, by fome fit means , till 

 the end of Summer whereby ( it may be ) they will be more Nourifhing* 



As Grafting doth generally advance and Meliorate Fruits,above that which 

 they would be, if they were fetof Kernels, or St ones ^ in regard the Nourifh- 

 ment is better conceded , So ( no doubt ) even in Grafting , for the fame 

 caufe , the Choice of the Stock doth much - 7 Alwayes provided , that it be 

 fomewhat inferiour to the Cions. For otherwife itdulleth it. They commend 

 much the Grafting of Peares, or Apples, upon a Jjhtince. 



Beiides the Means of Melioration of Fruits, before mentioned , it is fet 

 down as tried, that a Mixture of Bran , and S wines-Dung ■> Or Chaff and 

 S wines- Dung ( efpecially laid up together for a Moneth to rot, ) is a very 

 great Nouriiher, and Comforter to a Fruit-T ree. 



It is delivered, that Onions wax greater, if they be taken out of the Earth, 

 and laid a drying twenty dayes, and then fet again And yet more, if the 

 outermoft Pill be taken off all over. 



It is delivered by fome, that if one take the Bough of a Low- Fruit-Tree, new- 

 ly budded, and draw it gently, without hurting it, into an Barthern Pot perfo- 

 rate at the bottom to let in the Plant , and then cover the Pot with Earth, it 

 will yeeld a very large Fruit, within the Ground. Which Experiment is No- 

 thing but Potting of Plants without Removing,and Leaving the Fruit in the 

 Earth. The like/they fay,)will be effected, by an Empty Pot without Earth 

 in it, put over a Fruit, being propped up with a Stake, as it hangeth upon the 

 T ree :. And the better, if fome few Pertufions be made in the Pet. Wherein, 

 befides the Defending of the Fruit, from Extremity of Sunne or Weather , 

 fome give a reafon , that the Fruit , Loving and Coveting the open Aire and 

 Sun, is myited by thofe Pertufions, to fpread and approach, as near the open 

 Air, as it can -, and fo enlargeth in Magnitude. 



All Trees^ in High and Sandy Grounds, are to be fet deep And in JVatry 

 Grounds, more mallow. And in all T rccs , when they be removed ( efpecial- 

 ly Fruit-T rees ) care ought to be taken, that the Sides of the Trees be coafted, 

 ( North and South, &c. ) as they itood before. The fame is faid alfoof Stone 

 out of the £htarry, to make it more durable ^ Though that feemeth to have 

 lefs reafon-, Becaufe the Stone lyeth notfo near the Sunne, as the Tree 

 groweth. 



Timber Trees in a Coppke Wood , do grow better , than in an Open Field ; 

 Both becaufe, they offer not to fpread fo much , but fhoot up ftill in Height \ 

 And chiefly becaufe they are defended from too much Sunne and Wind , 

 which do check the Growth of all Fruit b And fo ( no doubt ) Fruit-Trees, 

 or Vines, fet upon a WaU, againft the Sunne*, between Elbowes or Buttrefles 

 of Stone, ripen more, than upon a Plain Wall. 



It is faid, that if Pot ado Roots , be fet in a Pot filled with Earth , and then 

 the Pot with Earth be fet likewife within the Ground , fome two or three In- 

 ches, the Roots will grow greater 1 , than Ordinary. The Caufe may be, for that 

 Having Earth enough within the Pot to nourifh them • And then being 

 flopped by the Bottom e of the Pot from putting Strings downward, they 

 muft needs grow greater in Breadth, and Thicknefs, And it. may be,' 



K 2 that; 



