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procure, than Unity of Species, It is reported alfo that Vines of Redmd White 

 Grapes, being fet in the Ground, and the upper Parts being flatted, 2nd bound 

 dole together, will put forth Crapes of the feverall Colours, upon the dime 

 Branch •, and Grape-Stones of feverall Colours within the fame Grape •' But 

 the more, after a year or two * the Unity ( as it feemeth ) growing more 

 Perfect. And this will likewife help, if from the firft Vmting^ they be often 

 Watred-, For allMoifture helpeth tollman. And it is pi efcnbed alfo, to 

 binde the asfocn as it ccmeth forth, as well as the Stock ^ at the 

 leait for a time. 



They repoit,that divers Seeds put into a Clout, and laid in Earth well dung- 

 ed, will put up Plants Contiguous • Which (afterwards) being bound in^ 

 their Shoots will Incorporate. The like is faid of Kernels put into a Bottle with 

 a Narrow Mouth,tilied with Earth. 



It is reported, that young Trees of feverall kindes, fet contiguous without 

 any binding,and very often W atred, in a Frmtfull Ground, with the very lux- 

 ury of the Trees, will incorporate,and grow together. Which feemeth to me 

 the likelieft Means, that hath been propounded tor that the Binding doth 

 hinder the Natural! Swelling of the T ree, which, while it is in Motion, doth 

 better Unite. 



There are many Ancient and Received Traditions and Ob- 

 fervations, touching the Sympathy and Antipathy of Plants . For 

 that fome will thrive beft growing near others* which they im- 

 pute to Sympathy : And fome worfejwhich they impute so Antipa- 

 thy. Butthefeare Idle and Ignorant Conceits ; andforfakethe true 

 Indication oi theCaufes ; as the mod part o( Experiment s,that con- 

 cern Sympathies and Antipathies dotfotastoPlantsjichhcrk there 

 anyfuch Secret f riendlbip, or Hatred^* they imagin. And if we 

 (hould be content to call it Sympathy and Antipathy it is utterly 

 miftaken • For their Sympathy is an Antipathy y and their Antipathy is 

 a Sympathy. For it is thus , Whercfoever one Plant drawcth fuch a 

 particular Joyce out of the Earth, as it qualified! the Earth-, fo as 

 that Juyce which remaincth is fit for the other Plant, there the 

 Neighbourhood dothgood-, becaufe the Nourimments are #on- 

 trary, or feverall : But where two Plants draw ( much ) the fame 

 Juycc,there the Neighbourhood burtcth. For the one decciveth 

 the other 



Firft, therefore, all Plants that do draw much Nourifhment from the Earth 

 and fo foak the Earth, and exhauft it, hurt all things that grow by them 

 As great Trees, ( efpecially Jfhes,) and fach Trees, as fpread their Roots, 

 near the Top of the Ground. So the Colewori is not an Enemy (though 

 that were anciently received ) to the Vineon&j - 7 But it is an Enemy to any 

 other Plant ; Becaufe it draweth ftrongly the fatteft Juyce of the Earth. And 

 if it be true, that the Vine, when it creepeth near the Colewort, will turn 

 away This may be, becaufe there it rvrrdeth worfe Nouriftiment For 

 though the Root be where it was, yet (I doubt ) the Plant will bend as it nou- 

 rimeth. 



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Experiment* 

 in Contort, 

 touching the 

 Sympathy and 

 Antipathy of 

 Plants. 



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