JsQiturall Hijlory* 



f.ceived, that the Keeping of the Sun from the Fruity may hurt it:But there , 

 i, is ordinary experience of Fruit thatgroweth Covered, gu&n alfo, whether 

 ! fome fmall Holes, may not be made in the Wood,to let in the Sunne. And 

 I note, that it were beft to make the Moulds partible, glued, or cemented to- 

 I gether, that you may open them, when you take out the Fruit. 

 I It is a Curtofit j, to have Inf mpfans-fi*. Engravings ,in F nut, ox T rees. This 

 ' is eaiily performed , by Writing with a Needle , or Bodkin , or Knife, or the 

 ■ like, when the Fruit, or Trees are young h For as they grow, fo the Letters 

 I will grow more large, and Graphicall. 



j — Tenerifjue meos incidere Amores 



Arbor ibus, ere (cent iU&, ere feet is Amores. 

 You may have Trees apparelled with Flowers, or Herbs, by Boring Holes in 

 J the B odies of them, and Putt ng into them Earth holpen with Muck, and Set- 

 ' ting Seeds, ox Slips, ox Violets, Strawberries, Wild-Thyme, Camomill, andfuch 

 likein the Earth , Wherein they do but grow , in the Tree , as they do in 

 | Pots - Though (perhaps)with fome Feeding from the 7>w. as It would bee 

 j tried alfo with Shoots of Fines, and Hoots of Red-Rojes ; For it may be 6 they 

 being of a more Ligneous Nature, will incorporate with the Tree it felt. 

 5 It is an ordinary "curiofity, to Fo?m Trees and Shrubs, ( as Rofemary, Juni- 



I per, and the like, ) into Sundry Shapes • Which is done by Moulding them 

 j within, and Cutting them without. But they are but lame Things, being 

 I too fmall to keep Figure : Great Caftles made of Trees upon Frames of 

 Timber , with Turrets , and Arches , were anciently matters of Magnifi- 

 cence. 



Amongft Curiosities, I fiiall place Colouration, though it be fomewhat bet- 

 ter : For Beauty in Flowers is their Preheminence.lt is obferved by fome,that 

 G illy- Flowers, Swcet-Williams ,Viclets, that are Coloured, if they be negle&ed, 

 and neither Watered, nor New Moulded, nor*Tranfplanted,wilI turn white. 

 And it is probable , that the White, with much culture , may turn Coloured, 

 For this is cei tarn, that \X\r white Colour con eth of Scarcity of Nourish- 

 ment:, Except in Flowers that are only White, and admit no other Co- 

 lours. 



It is good therefore, to fee what Natures do accompany what Colours ; 

 For by that you mall have Light , how to induce Colours , by Producing 

 i thofe Natures. Whites are more Inoc orate, ( for the moft part ) than Flowers 

 I of the lame kind Coloured ; As is found in Single white Violets, White- Rofe 

 White Gilly- Flowers, White Stock-Gilly-Flowerspx. We find alfo, that Blof- 

 foms of T rees that are While, are commonly Inodorate • As Cherries, Peares, 

 Blums ; Whereas thofe ox Apples, Crabs, Almonds, and Beaches, are Blulhy, 

 and Smell fweet. The Cauje is, For that the Subitance that Maketh the 

 Flower, is of the thinneft and fmelt of the Plant • Which alfo maketh Flow- 

 ers to be of fo dainty Colour'. And if it be too Sparing , and Thin , it at- 

 tained! no Strength of Odour Except it be in fuch Plants, as are very Suc- 

 culent Whereby they need rather to be fcantcd in their Nourilhment, than 

 replenifhed, to have them fweet. As we fee in White Satyrion , which is of a 

 Dainty Smell And in Bean-Flowers, &c.And again, if the Plant be of Na- 

 ture , to put forth White Flower s only , and thofe not thin , or drie , they 

 ar e commonly of ranck and fulfome Smell- As May-Flowers, and White 

 Lillies. 



8 Contrariwife , in Berries , the White is commonly more Delicate, and 



Sweet inTaft, than the Coloured y As. we fee in White Grapes , InWhite 

 Rafpes In White Strawberries-, In White Currdns,8tc.7he Caufe is,fbr that 



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