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Sap: And we fec,that it ispoffibie, to make a Tree put forth onely ii loj- 

 fome-j without Fruit; As in Cherries with Do^/e Flowers ; Much more in 

 fwi without Stej,or Co#m It is reported,that a C«ww of an grafted 

 upon a Colewort-flalk , fendeth forth a great ^f/>/>/<? without a Ccdr? . It is not 

 unlikely, that it the Inward Pith of a T >w,were taken out,fo that the Juice 

 came onely by the Bark , it would work the EffeB. For it hath been obfer- 

 vedi that in Pollards if the water get in on the Top,and they become Hollow, 

 they put forth the more.We add alfo , that it is delivered for certain by 

 fome,that if the Cio/<s be grafted,the Small End down-wards,it will make 

 Fruit have little or no Coares, and Stones. 



' I ^obacco is a thing of great Price , if it be in requeft. For an Acre of it 

 J_ will be worth,(as is affirmed,) two Hundred Pounds, by the year,to- 

 wards Charg.The Charge of making the Ground,and otherwife,is great, 

 but hothing to the Profit. But the Enghjh Tobacco jhath fmall credit,as being 

 too Dul^ and Earthy : Nay, the Virginian T obacco, though that be in a Hotter 

 Climate, can get no credit , for the fame Caufe: So that a Trial to make 

 Tobacco more Aromatical , and better Con-co&ed here in England, were a 

 thins of great profit. Some have gone about to doe it by Drenching the 

 Englifh Tobacco , in a. DecoBion, or Infujion of Indtan Tobacco; But thole are 

 but Sophiftications, and Toyes •; For Nothing that is once Perfect , and 

 hath runne his Race, can receive much Amendment. You muft ever re- 

 fort to the Beginnings of Things for Melioration, The Way of Maturation 

 oiTobacco muft, as in other Plants, befaom the ifo3f,Either of the Earth, or 

 of the Smne: We fee fome Leading of this in Musk-Melons ; which are 

 fowed upon a Hot Bed, Dunged below, upon a Bank turned upon the South 

 Sun, to give Heat by Reflection ; Laid upon Tz7<?5,which increafeth the Heat-, 

 And Covered with Straw to keep them from Cold. They remove them al- 

 fo, which addeth fome Life : And by thefe Helps they become as good in 

 England, as in Italy, or Provence. Thefe, and the like Meanes, may be tried 

 in Tobacco. Enquire alfo of the Steeping of Roots, in fome fuch Liquour, as 

 may give them Vigour to put forth Strong. 



UEdfof the Same - 3 for the Maturation of Fruits; Yea, and the Heat of Vi- 

 vifcationck LivingCreatures •, are both reprefented and fupplyed, by 

 the Heat Fire, And like wife, the Heats of the Sunne, and Life, are re- 

 prefented one by the other. Trees, fet upon the Backs of Chymnies , doe ri- 

 pen Fruit fooncr. Vines,tha.t have been drawn in at the Window of a Kit- 

 chin , have fent forth Grapes ripe a Moneth (at leaft) before others. Stoves, 

 at the Backe of Wals, bring forth Orenges here with us. Egges, as is repor- 

 ted by fome, have been hatched in the warmth of an Oven. It is repor- 

 ted by the Ancients ,that the Eftricb Layeth her Egges under S^,where the 

 Heat of the Sunne difclofeth them. 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the 



Melioration of 

 Tobacce. 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching feveral 

 Heate, work- 

 ing the fame 

 Efeffs. 

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Arley in the Boyling fwelleth not much ; Wheat fwelleth more; Ricecx- Experiment 



treamly; Info much as a Quarter of a Pint (unboyled) willarife to 

 a Pint boyled The Caufe(no doubt)is, for that the more Clofe and Com- 

 pact the Body is, the more it will dilate : Now Barley is the moft Hollow; 

 wheat more Solide than that; and Rice moft Solideof all. Itmaybeaifo, 

 that fome Bodies have a Kinde oiLentour, and more Depertible Nature than 

 others ; As we fee it Evident in Colouration-^ ox a fmall Quantity of Saffron, 

 will Tin& more, then a very great Quantity, ol Br afll, or Wine, 

 E 3 Fruit 



Solitary tou* 

 ching Swelling 

 and Dilatation 

 in Boyling. 



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