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merlypubliflit) by thofe two Worthy and Qbferving perfons 
Dr. 3^ Beale, and Dr. EzerelTongc. 
To the i.Dr.s. Ic will be difficult to enumerate all the Ve- 
getables that will grow the wrong end fet do wnwards in the 
ground. To mention fome, befides thofe mention* d in that 
£)uery ( viz. Elders and Brim ) there are Sallies^ Willom, the 
Black- Elder, Vines, and mod Shtubbs^ two or three of their 
joynts being cover'd in the mould, and the Stem cue off near the 
overmoft Joynt, which fhould be half cover'd in the mould, and 
the mould fomewhat raifed,as itfpirts out and grows. D.Tongc 
agrees, faying, that Curran Trees, and fuch like, as are ot a 
foft wood, and quick growers, feem moft apt to this improve- 
ment. 
To the sd. Dr. B. That the branch of a Plant, being laid 
in the Ground, whilft yet growing on the Tree, and there taking 
root, being cut off whilft fo growing, will grow on both ends, 
if it be well rooted in the Propagation y and the like care had of 
thelaft knot or joy nt, as was before prefcribed. D;. T % faith, 
that Layers of thofe Tree?, mentioned in the former Query, m\\ 
grow on both ends,snd aptly parted when they have fpread roots 
both wayes,make two plants out of each Layer. 
To the 3d. D\ B, In the Tapping oi Trees, the juice cer- 
tainly afcends from the root, and after 'cis conco&ed to partake 
of the nature of the Plant (which feeds as well on the Air, as the 
juice furnifh'd through the root) itdefcends (as the Liquor in a 
Limbec ) to the orifice, whence it i(Tue$. Batray, the learned 
Scot, affirms, that he had calculated experimentally, that theli- 
quor, which may be drawn from the Birch in the Springtime, 
is equiponderant to the whole weight of the Tree , branches, 
roots^and all together: Whence he inferrs, that itxlefervesour 
diligence, fully to enquire into the manifold benefits that may be 
made by the Tappings of all forts of Vegetables $ fome at the 
Roots, fome in the Body, eitherfrom the Bark, or the Timber 5 
lome under the chief Branches (which is noted by V. Helmont to 
be the proper place for the juice of the Birch -J fome from the 
Fruiry Kernel, B'offoms, Seeds, or Husks containing feeds 5 as 
Dr. Harvy had a way of filiiog his Silver-box with a purer fort 
of Opium* taken from the ffttsks of Poppy- feed, being prickt 
after 
