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NAT U R ALL 



HISTORY. 



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Experiments 

 in Conforc, 

 touching 

 Curio fitics 

 about Fruits 

 and Plants 



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W Xj5££&<£^ Ur Experiments wc take care to be , ( as we have 

 ^^CT^^W often (aid,) either Experimental Fruftifera, 

 J f iffOn |.| or Lucifer a 5 Either of life , or of Difcwery; 

 ^^©HtyjK? For we hate lmpoftures : And defpifc Curiofi' 

 ^S5^^^i^ ties. Yet becaufe we mud apply our Selves 

 2^*SP&fcmsM fomewhat to Others , we will fet down fome 

 Curiosities touching Plants. N 



It is a Curioftty to have [ever at Fruits upon one Tree-? And the more 5 

 when fome of them come -E^/y , and Tome come Late •? So that you may 

 have, upon the fame T ret, Ripe Fruits all Summer. This is eafily done, by 

 Grafting of feverall Cions , upon feverall Boughes , of a Stock , in a good 

 Ground, plentifully fed. So you may have all Kinds of Cherries? and all 

 Kinds of Plums, and Peaches,, and Apricots? upon one Tree 5 But I conceive 

 the Diverfay of Fruits muft be men, as will graft upon the fame Stock. And 

 therefore I doubt, whether you can have Apples, or Peares? or Orenges? upon 

 the fame Stock, upon which you graft Plums. 



It is a Curiofity to have Fruits of Divers Shapes ,and Figures. This is eafily 

 performed by Moulding them , when the Fruit is young, with Moulds of 

 Earth, or Wood. So you may have Cucumbers? &c. as Long as a Cane } Or 

 as round as a Sphere-, Or formed like a Crofs. You may havealfo Ap- 

 ples?^ the form of P cares, or Limons. You may have alfo Fruit in more Ac- 

 curate Figures -? As we laid of Men, Beajls, or Birds, according as you make 

 the Moulds, Wherein you muft understand, that you make the Mould big 

 enough, to contain the whole Fruit ? when it is grown to the greateft : For 

 elfe you will choak the Spreading of the Fruit ? Which otherwife would 

 fpread ltfelf, and fill the Concave, and fo be turned into the Shape defired 5 

 As it is in Mould-works of Liquid things. Some doubt may be con- 

 ceived, 



