Century V } I. 



the beft Builders : Some are beft for Plough-Timber ; As A[h , Some for 

 peers , that ate fome-times wet and fome-times dry ; As Elme:Svme ior 

 planchers; As Deale : Some for Tables, Cup-boards, and Desk es-, As wd-mts: 

 Some for Ship-Timber; As Oakes that grow in Moifi Grounds j For that ma- 

 keth the Timber Tough, and not apt to rift with Ordna,.ce ; Wherein 

 lifh and Irifh Timber are thought to excell : Some for Mafts of Sfr^ig As 

 Firre and 7W,becaufe of their Length, Straightneffe , and LightnelTc : 

 Some for Pale ; As Cake : Some for Fuel/; As ^/ib : And fo of the reft. 



The Commingot Trees and Plants in certain Regions , and not in others, 

 is fome-times Cafmll: For many have been tranilated, and have profpered 

 well; As DamMke Rofes , thac have not been knowne in England above an 

 hundred yeares , and now are fo common. But the liking of Plants in 

 certain Soiles, more than in others, is meerly Naturally As the Firre 

 and Pine love the Mountaines ; The Poplar, willow. Sallow, and Alder , love 

 Rivers, and Moii Places: The Ajh loveth Coppices ; But is beft in Standards 

 alone : Juniper loveth Cbalke ; And fo doe moft Fruit-Trees : Sampire 

 groweth but upon Roches : Reeds and Often grow where they are wafhed 

 with winter : The Vine loveth Sides -of Hils , turning upon the South-Eaft 

 Sun, Sec. 



The Putting forth of certain Herbs difcovereth of what Nature the 

 Ground where they put forth, is: As Wilde Thyme fheweth good Feeding- 

 Ground for Cattell: Bettony and Strawberries fheweth Grounds fit for Wood: 

 CamomiU lheweth Mellow Grounds fit for wheat. Muftard-Seed, growing after 

 the Plough, fheweth a good Strong Ground alfo for Wheat: Burnet fheweth 

 good Meadow : And the like. 



There are found , in divers Countries , fome other Plants that grow out 

 of T rees , and Plants, befides MijJ'el-toe : As in Syria, there is an Herb cal- 

 led CajJ'yw , that groweth out of tall Trees, and windeth it felf about 

 the fame Tree where it groweth 5 And fome-times about Thorns. There is 

 a kinde of Folypode, that groweth out of Trees, though it windeth not. So 

 likewifc an Herb called Fmnos, upon the Wilde dice. And an Herb called 

 Hippoph<eflon upon the Fullers Thorn ; Which, they fay, is good for the Fal- 

 ling Sickneft. 



It hath been obferved,by fome of the Ancients, that howfoever Cold 'and 

 Eaflerly winds, are thought to be great Enemies to Fruit-, yetneverthelefle 

 South-winds are alio found to do Hurt-, Efpecially in the Blojjomingtime $ 

 And the more, if Showers follow. It feemeth , they call forth the Moifture 

 too faft.The West-winds are thebeft.lt hath been obferved alfo, that Green 

 andopen winters dohmt Trees; Infomuch as if two or three fuch Winters 

 come together^/wtW-Tm^and fome other Th^will die.The Caufeis the 

 fame with the former, becaufe the Lnft of the Earth over-fpendeth it felf 3 

 Howfoever fome other of the Ancients have commended warm Winters. 



Snones, lying long, caufe a Fruitfull Teare; For firft, they keep in the 

 Strength of the Earth Secondly, they water the Earth, better than Rain; 

 For in Snow, the Earth doth (as it were) fuck the Water , as out of the Teat. 

 Thirdly ,the Moifture of Snow is the fineft Moifture; For it is the Froth of the 

 Cloudy Waters. 



Showers, if they come a little before the Ripening of Fruits, do good to 

 aWSucculent and Moifi Fruits • As Vines, Olives, Pomegranates - Yet it is ra- 

 ther for Plenty , than for GobdnefTe ; For the beft wines are in the Drieft 

 Vintages: Small Showers are likewife good for Come, foas Parching Heats 

 come not upon them. Generally, Night-Showers are better than Day- 



N 1 Showers . 



