Century VI. 



The fifth Rule (hall be, to make the Herb grow contrary to his Nature * 

 As to make Ground- Herbs rife in Heighth : As for example 5 Carry C^wo- 

 mile, or Wild-Thyme, or the Green Strawberry* upon Sticks, as you do //^j 

 upon Poles 5 And fee what the Event will be. 



The fixth Rule (ball be,to make Plants grow out of the Sunne,or Of en Air ^ 

 For that is a great Mutation in Nature; And may induce a Change in 

 the Seed: As barrell up Earthy and low fome Seed in it, and put it in the B ot- 

 tome of a Pond t, Or put it in fome great hollow T ree Trie alfo the Sow- 

 ing of Seeds in the Bottomes of Caves * And Pots with Seeds fown, 

 hanged up in Wels, fome diftance from the Water, and fed what the event 

 will be. 



1 T is certain, that Timber-T rees in Coppice Woods, grow more upright, and 

 I more free from Under-Boughs, than thofe that Itand m the Field* ; The 

 Caufe whereof is, for that Plants have a Naturall Motion, to get to the 

 Sunne-, And befides,they are not glutted with too much Nourifhment For 

 that the Coppice (hareth with them And Repletion ever hindereth Stature •, 

 Laftly, they are kept warm And that ever in Plants helpeth Mounting. 



T rees, that are,of themfelves, full of Heat, (which Heat appeareth by their 

 Inflammable Gums ,) as Firrs, and Pines, mount of themfelves in Heighth 

 without Side-Boughs, till they come towards the Top. The Caufe is partly 

 Heat-, A nd partly Tenuity of Juyce Both which fend the Sap upwards^ 

 As for Juniper % it is but a shrub, and groweth not bigge enough in Body, to 

 maintain a tall Tree. 



It isreported,that a Good Strong Canvas •, fpread over a T ree grafted lo\Vj 

 foon after it putteth forth, will dwarf e it, and make it fpread. The Caufe is 

 plain-,For that all Things that grow, will grow as they find Room. 



T rees are generally let of Roots, or Kernels $ But if you fet them of Slips, 

 (as of fome Trees, you may, by name the Mulberry,) fome of the Slips will 

 take ; And thofe that take/as is reported)will be Dwarf -T rees. The Caufe 

 is, for that a Slip draweth Nourifhment more weakly, than either a Root, or 

 Kernell. 



All Plants that put forth their Sap haftily, have their Bodies not propor- 

 tionable to their Length-, And therefore they are Winders and Creepers As 

 Ivy, Briony, Hops^ Woodbine ■' Whereas Dwarf ng requireth a flow Putting 

 forth,and lefs Vigour of Mounting. 



The Scripture faith, that Solomon wrote a Naturall Hiflorjp : 

 from the Cedar, of Libnnus, to the Mofi growing upon the Wall: 

 Forfo the bell: Tranflations have it. And it is rrue that ftfofi is 

 but the Rudiment of a Tlmt; And (as it were) the Mould of 

 Eanb^ovBark, 



Mofs groweth chiefly upon Ridges of Houfes, tiled or thatched ^ And up- 

 on the Crejls of Walls. And that Mofs is of a lightfome and pleafant Greer $ 

 The Growing upon Slopes is caufed, for that Mofs, as on the one fide it 

 cometh of Moilture and water, fo on the other fide the Water muft but 

 I Slide, and not ftand or Poole And the Growing upon Tiles, or Walls, 

 &c. is caufed, for that thofe dried Earths, having not Moiflure fuffici- 

 ent to put forth a Plant, do praftife Germination by Putting forth Mofs: 

 Though when by Age, or other wife, they grow to relent and refolve, t they 



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