Qcntury VI. 



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will neverthelelfe, even in thofe Cold Countries, being Town of Seeds late 

 in the <prin^, come up and abide raoft part of the Summer As we finde it 

 in Oreng'^ and Limon-Seeds, &c. The Seeds whereof fown in the End. of A 

 prilj will bring forth excellent S diets, mingled with other Herbs. And I 

 doubt not, but the Seeds of Clove -T rets, and Pepper-Seeds,Scc. if they could 

 come hither Green enough to be fown, would do the like. 



THere be fome Flowers, Blo\Jomes> Grains, and Fruit, which come more 

 Farly-, And others which come more Late in the Yeare. The Flowers 

 that come early, with us,are, Prime- Rofes, Violets, Anemonies, Water-Daffa- 

 Wli$*i Crocus VernusjwA fome early Tulippds. And they are all Cold Plants, 

 Which therefore, ( as it fliould feem, ) have a quicker Perception of the Heat 

 of the Sunne Increafing, than the Hot Herbs have-, As a Cold Hand will foon- 

 er find a little Warm! £,than a Hot. A nd thofe that come next after, are Wall- 

 Flowers, Cowflips, Hyacinths, Ro{e-maryFlowers,8cc. And after them Pinks, 

 Bofes,Flowerdel;ices,8cc.and the latell are Gilly-F lowers, Holly-Oakes, Larkes- 

 Foot,dcC. The Earlieft Blcfjoms are, the Bluff oms of Peaches, Almonds, Corne- 

 lians, Mczerions, &c. And they are of fuch T rets, as have much Mcifture, 

 either Watery, or Oily. And therefore Crocus Vernus alfo, being an Herbe,x\m 

 hath an Ojlie j»y«,putteth forth early. For thofe alfo finde the Sunne foo- 

 ter than the Drier Trees. The Grains are,firft Rie and wheat; Then Oats and 

 Barley-, Then Peafe and Beams, For though Green Psafe and Beanes be eaten 

 {boner, yet the Drie Ones, that are ufed tor Horfe-Meat, are ripe laft ; And 

 it feemerh that the Fatter Graine cometh firft. The Earlieft Fruits are, 

 Strawberries, Cherries, Gooseberries, Corrans-, And after them Early Apples, 

 Early Pears, Apricots, Rajps-, And after them, Damafins, and moft Kindeof 

 Plums, Pe aches, &c. And the lateft are Apples,Wardens,Grapes, Nuts, Quinces, 

 Almonds, Sloes, Frier-berries, Heps, Medlars, Services, Cornelians,^. 



It is to be noted, that(commonly) T rees that ripen latejl, Bloffcmc foonefl: 

 As Peaches, Cornelians, Sloes, Almonds, &c. And it feemeth to be a Worke 

 of Providence, that diey blollome fo foone •, For otherwife they could not 

 have the Sunne long,eSbugh to ripen. 



There be Fruits, (but rarely, ) that come twice a Tear-, as fome Pears, 

 Strawberries, &c. And it feemeth they are fuch,as abound with Nourifh- 

 ment-, Whereby after one Period, before the §unne waxeth too weake,they 

 can endure another. The Violet alfo, amongft Flowers, cometh twice a 

 Year Elpecially the Double White ; And that alfo is a. Plant full of Moi- 

 fture, Rofes come twice, but it is not without Cutting, as hath been formerly 

 faid. 



In Mufcovia, though the Come come not up, till late Spring, yet their 

 Harvefl is as Early as Ours.The Caufe is, for that the Strength of the Ground 

 is kept in with the' Sr t o\t, And we fee with us, that if it be a long Winter, \t is 

 commonly a more Plentiful! Year : And after thofe kinde of Winters like- 

 wife, the flowers, mi Come, which are Earlier, and Later, do come com- 

 monly at once, and at the fame time ? Which troubleth the Husbandman 

 many times < For you (kill have Red- Rofes, and Damask Kofes, come toge- 

 ther And likewife the Harvefl oi wheat ^j^rky. But this happeneth 

 ever^for that the Earlier itayeth the Latter-, Srfftiot that the Later cometh 

 fooner. 



There be divers Fruit-T xees, in the Hot Countries, which have Blofjomes, 

 and Foung Fruit, mid Ripe Fruit, almoft all the Yeare, fucceeding one ano- 

 ther. And it is faid, the Orenge hath the like with us, for a great Part of 



Summer * 



Eperinients m 

 Confort, 

 touching the 

 Seafotis in 

 which Plants 

 come forth. 



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