128 I 3\[aturall Hijlory: 



which is nourifhed with the Salt-Water h And when the ebbeth, you 

 {hall fee the Roots, as it were, bare without Bark, (being as it feemeth corro- 

 : ded by the Salt,) and grafping the Sands like a Crab Which neyerthtlefs 

 beareth a Fruit. It were good to try fome Hard Trees, as a Service-T ree, or 

 ! Hrre-Treejoy fetting them within the Sands. 



There be of Plants, which they ufe r for Garments, thefe that follow. 

 Hemp, Flax, Cotton Nettles, (whereof they make : Nettle-Cloth,) Sericum, 

 which is a Growing Silk \ They make alfo Cables of the Bark of Lime-Trees. 



Stalk thatmaketh the Filaceous Matter, commonly-, Andfome- 

 timesthe Downthzt groweth above. 



They have,in fome Countries, a Plant of a Rofie-Colour, which fhutteth in 

 the Night, Openeth in the Mornings and Openeth wide at Noon which 

 the Inhabitants of thofe Countries fay,is a Plant that S/eepeth.ltere be ^/^p- 

 ers enough then •, For almoft all Flowers do the like. 



Sbme Plants there are, but rare, that have a M ofjie or Downie Root h And 

 likewife that have a Number of Threds, like Beards 5 As Mandrakes •, where- 

 of Witches, and Impofiours make an ugly /aw^, giving it the Form of a Face 

 at the T of of the Root, 2nd leave thofe Strings to make a broad down to 

 the Foot. Alfo there is a Kind of Nard, in Creet, (being a Kind of Phu) that 

 hath a Root hairy, like a Rough-footed- Doves foot. So as you may fee, there 

 are of Roots, Bulbous Roots, Fibrous Roots, and Hirjute Roots. And,I take it, 

 in the Bulbous, the Sap hafteneth moft to the Air, and Sun In the Fibrous, 

 the Sap delighteth more in the Earth, and therefore putteth downward : 

 And the Hirfnte is a Middle between both That befides the Putting forth 

 upwards,and downwards •, putteth forth in Rounci. 



There are fome Tears of T wj,which are kembed from the Beards of Goats: 

 For when the Goats bite and crop them, efpecially in the Mornings, the Dew 

 being on, the Tear cometh forth, andhangeth upon their Beards: Of this 

 Sort is fome kind of Ladanum. 



The Irrigation of the Plane-T ree by Winejs reported by the Ancients, to 

 make it Fruitfull. It would be tried likewife with Roots •, For upon Seeds it 

 worketh no great Effe&s. 



The way to carry Forrein Roots, a long Way, istovefTel themclofein 

 Earthen Fefjels. But if the Vefjels be not very Great, you muft make fome 

 Holes in the Bottome, to give fome Refrefhment to the Roots j Which o- 

 therwife(as it feemeth,~)will decay, and fuffocate.. 



The ancient Cinnamon, was, of all other Plants, while it grew,the Drieft h 

 And thofe Thinas, which are known to comfort other Plant s, did make 

 that more Sterilf: For in Showers it profpered worft : It grew alfo amongft 

 Bujhes of other kinds, where commonly Plants do not thrive: Neither did 

 it iove the Sun : There might be one Caufe of all thofe Effe&s h Namely, 

 the fparing NouriQiment, which that Plant required, guare, how far Caf- 

 fia, which is now the Subftitute of Cinnamon, doth participate of thefe 

 Things. 



It is reported by one of the Ancients, that Cajfia, when it is gathered, is 

 put into the Skins oiBeafis, newly fleyed ; And that the Skins Corrupting, 

 and Breeding Wormes, the Wormes do devour the Pith and Marrow ot it, and 

 fo make it Hollow, But Meddle not with-the Bark, becaufe to them it is 

 bitter. , 



There were in Ancient Timelines, of fan e greater Bodies, then we know 

 any • For there have been Cups made of them,and an Image or Jupiter. But 

 it is like they were Wild-Vines ; For the Vines that they ufe for Wine, are fo 



often 



