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the Hafie of the tyw'f put forth, and the WW of Nourijhment to put forth a 

 and the Clofene(Je of the caufe Prickles mBoughs-, And there 

 fore they are ever like a Pyramis, for that the Moifture fpendeth after a little 

 Putting forth. And for Prickles in Leaves, they come alfo of Putting forth 

 more Iuyce into the Leafe, that can fpread in the Leafe fmoothj and therefore 

 the Leaves otherwife are Rough, as Borrage and Nettles are. As for the 

 Leaves of Holly, they are Smooth, bnt never Plaine,b\ii as it were with Folds, 

 for the fame Caufe. 



There be alfo Plants, that though they have no Prickles, yet they have a 

 Kinde of Downey or Velvet R ine,wpo\\ their Leaves-, Roje-Campion,Stock- 

 Gilly-F lowers, Colts-Foot-, which Downe or i\T^ commeth of a SubtilSpirit, 

 in a Stf/> or F^f Subfiance.Yov it is certain, that both Stock-GiHy-F lowers, and 

 Rofe-Campions, ftamped, have been applyed, ( with fuccefle, ) to the Wrefts 

 of thofe that have had T ertian, or Quartan Agues, And the Vapour of Colts - 

 Foot have a Sanative vertue, towards the Lungs -, And the Leafe alfo is Heal- 

 i ng in Surgery. 



Another kinde of Excrescence is an Exaudation of Plants, joyned with Pu- 

 trefaction • As wee fee in Oake- Apples, which are found chiefly upon the 

 Leavs of Oakes-, And the like upon Willowes : And Countrey People have 

 a kind of Predictions that if the Oake- Apple, broken, be full of Worms,h is a 

 Signe of a PeJlilentTear; Which is a likely Thing, becaufe they grow of 

 Corruption. 



There is alfo upon Sweet, or other Brier, a RneTuft, or Brujh of -Mtfjffc of 

 divers Colours Which if you cut , you ihall ever finde full of little white 

 Worms. 



]T is certaine, that Earth taken out of the Foundations of Faults and Houfes, 

 and Bottomes of and then put into Pots, will put forth Sundry Kinds 

 of Herbs ? But fome Time is required, for the Germination-, For if it be ta- 

 ken, but from a Fathome deep,it will put forth the Firft Tear-, If much dee- 

 per, not till after a Tear, or T wo. 



The Nature of the Plants growing out of Earth fo taken up, doth fol- 

 low the Nature of the Mould it felf -, As if the Mould be Soft, and Fine , it 

 putteth forth Soft Herbs -, As Grafj'e, Plantine, and the like •, If the Earth 

 be Harder and Courfer, it putteth forth Herbs more Rough, as Thiflles, 

 Firrs, &c. 



It is Common Experienc e ,that where A/leys are clofe Grave lled,t\\z Earth 

 putteth forth, the firft yeare, Knot-Grafje, and after Spire-Grafje. The Caufe 

 is, for that the Hard Gravel, or Pebble at the firft Laying, will not fuffer 

 the Graffe to come forth upright, but turneth it to finde his way where it 

 can-, But after that the Earth is fomewhat loofenedat the Top, the Ordi- 

 nary Grafje commeth up. 



It is reported,that Earth,bemg taken out of Shady and Watry Woods, fome 

 depth, and Potted, will put forth Herbs of a Fat and Iuicie Sabftance As 

 Penny-Wort, Pnrjlam-, Hcufleckei Penney-royall, &c. 



The Water alfo doth fend forth Plants, that have no Roots fixed in the Bot- 

 tome But they are lefle PpfecT Plants, being almoft but Leaves, and thofe 

 Small ones : Such is that we call Duck-Weed-, Which hath a Leafe no big- 

 ger than a Thyme Leafe, but of a freiher Greene , and putteth forth a little 

 String into the Water, fair from the Roitotne. As for the Water- Lilly, it hath 

 a Root mtht Ground : And fo have a Number of other Herbs that grow in 

 Ponds. 



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Experiments 

 in Comfort, 

 touching the 

 Producing of 

 Pafetl Plants 

 without Seed. 



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