on one branch, and a Lemon on another branch - j asalfo, ( confo- 
nantly to the Florentine Moimation) one -and the fame Fruit half 
Of tenge and half Lemon 5 and fometimes three quarters of one kind, 
and one quarter of the other. 
3. A Provencal at Paris pretends to keep Orenge-t rees'in that 
T own all the winter long without any Fire , though they remain in 
the Earthy and not be put in Caiffes or Boxes, This is thought to 
be effected by a peculiar fort of Dung. , ufedfor that purpofe, and 
wrought deep into the Ground. 
Q. Why jhould not the Experiment of f&me fuch thing he made 
rf^rLondon, whofe Latitude is but fo little more North- ward than 
that of Paris? 
Inquiries for Greenland. 
To dif charge our Promife made in the l aft T ransadlions, we fall 
fuhjoyn the following Queries, which we alfo purpofe to recom- 
mend in due feafon , to fome of thofe Engiiih Mafiers of ships 
and other fit perfons that [hall s nil into Greenland for the Whale - 
fifhing: Intreat mg withal, as many as have conv.eniency^ toafsifi us 
in thef e recommendations . 
'the Inquiries are 
1. T X THat, and how much is the heat of the Sun there in 
V V themidft of the Summer., compar'd with the heat 
of it in 'England ? to be obferved with a feal’d Thermometer. 
2. What is themoft conftant weather there in Summer, whether 
Clear, Cloudy, Rainy, Foggy ? &c. 
3. What weather is moftufual at fuch and fuch times of the 
year ? 
4. W hat conftancy or unconftancy there is of the Wind to 
this or that quarter of the Horizon ; or to this or that part of th eyear? 
5. What the Temperature of each particular Wind is obferv’d 
to be ? And particularly, whether the North-windbe the coldeft? 
If not, what wind is ? whether is the colder , the E afl or Wefifikc. 
6. What wind is obferved to bring moil tee, and what to make 
a clear water at Sea? 
7. What Currents there are? How faft, and which way they 
fett ? Whether thofe Currents are not ftronger at one time of 
the Moon than at another ? Whether they always run one way ? 
8. What is Obfervable about the Tydes, Spring or Neap? 
How 
