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to its Fruit bearing, occafioned by the Coldnefs 
of the Land the Tree grows in, whether it is 
wet or dry, or their being planted too deep. If 
it proceed from the Coldnefs of the Earth, lay 
Sea-coal Afhes mixed with Horfe-dung, &c . — 
If it proceed from Moifture, drain the Land 
well ; but if it proceed from deep Planting, (as 
too commonly it does) if the Trees are fmall, 
it is the beft Way, in very moift Weather, to 
draw them up higher; but if they are too large 
for that, there is no Remedy but replanting 
them, or to plant new ones in their Room.— 
To cure the Mofs in Stajfordjhire , it is faid, 
they burn off the Mofs of their Trees in Dece?n~ 
her with a Wifp of Straw ; but the common 
Way is to rub it off young Trees with a Hair- 
Cloth, or to fcrape off with a wooden Inftru- 
ment that may not break the Bark of the Tree. 
He alfo fays, he knew one that had an Apple- 
Tree very much run over with Mofs, and he 
made a Stye under it, in which he fatted Hogs, 
and it cured it. But as Mofs is fometimes caufed 
for Want of Sap, which is commonly theReafon 
why old Trees are more moffy than young, it is 
good to lop off feveral Branches of fuch Trees, 
which will make them profper the better, and be 
lefs moffy, efpecially where Trees are moffy 
that grow on dry Land. — Mofs is thought to be 
only Excrefcences produced from the Earth, and 
are no lefs perfect Plants than thofe of greater 
Bignefs, having Roots, Branches, Flowers and 
Seeds, yet cannot be propagated by Art. One 
Reafon, 
