1C? 
NAT VR A LI 
HISTORI E. 
V. Century. 
E E will now enquire of Plants or Vege- 
tables : And wee (hall doe it with dili¬ 
gence. They are the Principal! Parc 
of the Third Dayes Worke. They are 
the firft Producat, which is the Word 
of Animation : For the other Words 
are but the Words of Ejfence ; And 
they arc of excellent and general! Vfe, 
rorFood,Medicinc,anda Number of Mechanical! Arts. 
There was'fownc in a Bed, Tump- Seed , Radiffj-Seed, wheat , Cue am > 
her-Seed, and Peafe. The Bed wee call a Hot-Bed, and the Manner ofjt is 
this. There wasraken BJorfe-Dung^ old, and well rotted ; This was laid 
vpon a Banke, halfe a foot high, and fupported round about with Plankesj 
And vpon the Top wascah Sifted Earth* fome two Fingers deepc ; And 
then the Seed fprinkkd vpon it, hauing beene fteepedall night in water y 
Mixedwith Core-dung. 'TheTunttp-seed, and the wheat came vp halfe 
an Inch aboue Ground, within two dayes after, withctitanv Warring. 
The Reft the third day. The Experiment was made in OBober • And (it 
may bee) in the Spring, the Accelerating would haue beene thefpeedier. 
This is a Noble Experiment • For without thishelpc, they would haue 
K 2 beene 
Experiments 
in Contort, 
toHcbihg the 
deceleration of 
Gemination. 
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