3\(aturall Hifiory; 



fometimes put forth Plants As Wall- Flowers. And almoft all Mof? hath 

 here and there little Stalks, beficies the low Thrum. 



jtfflj? groweth upon Alleyes, efpecially fuch as lie Cold, and upon the 

 North A s in divers Tarrafles : And again, if they be much trodden - y Or 

 if they were at the mil:, gravelled - For wherefoever Plants, are kept down, 

 the Earth putteth forth Mofi. 



old Ground, that hath been long unbroken up, gathereth Mofi: And 

 therefore Husbandmen ufe to cure their Pajlure-Gronnds, when they grow 

 to Mpjtj by Tilling them for a year, or two : Which alfo dependeth upon 

 the fame Caufe^ For that the more Sparing and Starving Juyce ©f the 

 Earth, infumxient for Plants, doth breed Mofi. 



oldTrees are more Mofsie, (farre) than Tcung-? For that the Sap is not 

 fo frank as to rife all to the Boughes, but tyreth by the Way, and putteth 

 out Mofi. 



Fountains have Mo/ growing upon the Ground about them 



Mufcofi Fontes-, — — 



The Caufe is,for that the Fount aines draine the Water from the Ground Adja- 

 cent, and leave but fufficient Moifture to breed Mofs: Andbefides, the 

 Coldnefs of the Water conduceth to the fame. 



The Mofs of Trees, is a kind of Hair ^ For it is the J uyce of the T ree, 

 that is Excerned, and doth not AlEmilate. And upon great T rees the Mofs 

 gathereth a Figure, like a Leaf. 



The Moifler Sort of T rees yeeld little Mofs ^ As we fee in Afis, Poplars, 

 Willows, Beeches, &c. Which is partly caufed for the Re, Ion that hath been 

 given,of the frank Putting up of the Sap into the Boughs And partly, for 

 that the Barks of thofe Trees, are more Clofe, and Smooth, than, thole of 

 Oakes, and Ajhes Whereby the Mofs can the hardlier iffue out. 



In Clay-Grounds, all Fruit-Trees grow full of Mofs, both upon Body and 

 Boughes h Which is caufed, partly by the Coldnefs of the Ground, whereby 

 the Plants nouriih lefs And partly by the Toughnefs or the Earth, whereby 

 the Sap is ihut in, and eannot get up, to fpread fo frankly, ai it mould 

 do. 



We have fa'id hcretofore,that if T rees be Hide-bound, they wax iefs Fruit- 

 full, and gather Mofs. : And that they are holpen by Hacking, &c. And 

 therefore by the Reafon of Contraries, if Trees be bound in with Cords, 

 or fome Outward B ands, they will put forth more Mofs: Which (I think) 

 happeiveth to T rees that ftand Bleak, and upon the Cold Winds. It would 

 alfo be tried, whether, if you'eover a T rce, fomewhat thick upon the top, af- 

 ter his Powling, it will not ga ther more Mcjs. I think alfo^the Watrmg of 

 Trees with Cold Fountain Water, will make them grow full of Mofs. 



There is a Mofs the Perfumers have., which cometh out of Apple-Trees, 

 that hath an Excellent Sent. <$u<ere particularly for the Manner of the 

 Growth, and the Nature of it. And for this Experiments fake,being a Thing 

 of Price, I have fet down the laft Experiments, how to multiply, and call on 

 Mcffes. 



Next unto Mofi, I will fpeak of Mufhromss ; Which arc 

 iikewifean^;.^/^ Plann The Mufhromes have two fir«nge 

 Properties • The One, that they yeeld To Delicto us a Meat; The 

 other, that they come up fo baftily, As in a Night, and yet they 

 are Vnfoyptt, And therefore fuch as are Upftarts in Statejthey 



call 



