the top of it forne milk and rain- water^mingled in equal quanciry,or 
foaie Niter-wacer mingled with pigeon-dung, c^^* 
The Nutmeg tree^xx, ^tt\m^\% offo render a nature^tbat of 3j^rw, 
that were fent him, he could, in fpighc of all his care, lieep auve no 
more but one,and chat no longer £han 2 J years. 
Delivering the culture of that rare African 
teaches ageneral way to mai^e all fortsof hard exotic feeds thrive 
' in thefe partSj-z//^;. Take fomefrefiiHorfe-dungjpucit ina glafs^and 
upon it your feed; powr thereon forne Salpeter-water,thatis,Rain- 
water,wherein forae Salpeter hath layn a while infufed, foas to co* 
yer thefcedjthen place it upon an Oven,continually ,bHC moderate- 
iy,kept warm,or in a hot Sand^furnace^and you will find it roon [o^ 
fwell^and beginning to burft,take it our gently, andat the iocreafe 
of the M4j?-Moon,!ay it ina pot filled witha common Tandy Earth 
mlx't wichhorfe-dungof 2 years old, and hen-dung of one year old^. 
and fome mold of /otten trees ; let this earth not be above 2 ftraw 
breadths deep ; and put this pot ina very warm place, to wit, in 
horfe-dung,foraforthnight,and thenrefrelh it by putting it in new 
warm horfe-dung until Jme^ covering it in the night with glafies ; 
and it will J2r/>^^^,thrive exceeding well. 
Speaking of che Gfans U^gue^tma^othcrwlfc call*d BaUf7m Mi* 
: repjica, or Ben Arabum^^ very rare Tree,y ielding a moft fragrant and 
h ghly efleem'd oyhhc is very particular in defcribing the extraor* 
, dinary care he uled in cultivating fuchj as were fent to him, in Hoi- 
hnd. 
In the 2d.Book,treating of Sbruh, he Felates,that he hath kept/or 
fome time, 2 young Ckve^frees{kni him out of the Ifles of Amboinei^^ 
fo as that one of them flioc in one year 3 inches higher, than it was 
before adding the manner of his ordering them. He alfo takes no- 
tice, that thofe trees of this kind, which grow in Java, or Ceiloni, 
bear little or no fruit^and chat they love much heat and rain,and do 
exceedingly draw to ihemfelves the moifture of the ground 
encompairmg chem , foas that almoft nothing near them \\\\\ 
grow. 
Defcribing the Shrub,ca!led Agnmcafim^t notes,that as anciently 
the Athenian Ladies, keeping the Anniverfary of their Goddefs Ve- 
\ »^,filled theirbedsv\/ith the Leaves of this Plant,to obviate uncha- ^ 
ftity;fo fome of the ItalianMonks this day not only fill the pillows, 
they lye on, with the leaves^bloflToms and feed of the fame, but alfo' 
I lye about their middle fome of the branches thereof, toprefervc 
their chart ity. 
In his defcription of ordering of 2?()/^-/f^^/, he fets down a way to 
Jiavealwaysbig and beautifulRofcs^which is^by cutting them down 
