s dung in a glafs^covering it witli Saltpeter-water(abovc-mentionedJand ex» 
poling it to the Sun^which willfoon niake themburft and fproutv whereup- 
on tliey are to be put in a rich ground at a draw's depth, well fenced from 
cold winds,and covered with tkaw in a fharp air^each feed by it felf,a hands 
breadth diftant from one another, watering theoi in dry weather with rain- 
water mingled with flieeps-dung,expofed for.a while to the Sun, and then, 
powred off and mix'd with a little Salt- peter- water i which being carefully 
done will not only haften the growth of the(e young plants, but alfb keep 
them from all (uch Vermine. 
■ Difcourfing of the Sedum majm arhorefcens^^oMttyfts^thzt its upper, as> 
well as lower,branches,{hoot down into the ground, and there become new- 
\T00tsiand then he teaches,that all forts of plants,whcnthey come up, may be 
fecured from theannoiance of Birds, Mice, and other Vermin, by infuiing 
their feed for a while in the cxpreffed Juyce of Houfe-leck> which, he faith, 
will alfo meliorate the fruit. 
Speaking of Pf«2/f,henoteSjthat being planted in the wane of the Moon, 
they yield few leaves and ftore of peafe \ but if at the time of the increafe of 
'the Moon the contrary^as alfo,that thofe that have been attached by worms, 
do yield the beft and fweeteft peafe. If you will have Peafe 2 or 3 weeks 
fooner than others, plant them in an open, dry and funny ground in No^. 
vtntb. after the laft quarter of the Moonjbefore the frofl corns in, and do not 
x:over them,that fo they may (hoot no, or little, root at the feafbn s and they 
will (hoot and grow the following Spring,before others be fet , efpeciallyif 
they ftandin long rows, a foot and a half diftant from one another , for the 
•Sun freely to play on them. 
• Treating of Melons and Cucumbers gives good diredions for the Cul- 
ture of thtformer'm thefe parts, and for procuring greater or fmaller fruit 
of the Utter^ as alfo for prefcrving thefe all winter long. 
Of the Cfl;?yo/^W^r^^<^/p^,he teaches a way of obtaining double onts from 
fingle, viz. by keeping only the Heart or main-fiioot or Item, and gathering 
the feed thereof, and doing the like the next year with the feed produced of 
the former, and then fowing this fecond feed the third year. 
Defcribing the Juca gloriofz & Americana flamentaf£^<irA direding the 
manner of cultivating it, he affirms (p have had one. of them grow in his 
own garden, producing the hrft tim£ three-hundred and fixty tour flowers 
upon one only i\cm at one and the.fame time altogether. 
Confidering the Viffaciis j^inojk Amsricanu^^ f the I'^afel of Afnerica) he 
notes this peculiar init,that it (huts moft of its. leaves from beneath fo dole, 
that the rain fall ing into th€m,cannot run out again ,but is there ftay'd,till by 
drought the leaves (hrinkingdo open a little, whereby the rain-water links 
downward,and moideningthe root,refrelhes and recovers the whole plant.. 
Mentioning the Ferrmn equinum voluhile (by him efteem'd the fame with 
the Contrayerva,)hc faith to have had fome of the feed, come out v^Ameri- 
ca.ztid fent him from St.L?/j^r,which, having infus'd in Saltpeter-water and 
horfedung ina g1afs, and fet upon a warm iron-oven,till it fwelled and broke, 
lie put it in a pot fiU'd with good mould and ftandingina warm place i 
whereupon it foon began to appear above ground., and fhoc that year to the 
height of 3 foot, the next year yet higher, and then produced alfo 2 or 3 
flowers,wh:ch,^> ithout leaving any feed, perifiied. ^ ^ 
Concerning the UmmSanvnm ( manured ^ia^ J he takes notice that it 
