f Century* ioy 
i Roots of Trees, doth fet them forwards. But to doe it vnto Herbs* j 
r w -rhout Mixture of miter or Earth, it may bee thefe Helpds are too | 
Hot. j 
The former CMeants of Helping Germination, are either by the Good- 
nejftand Strength of the Nourishment ; Or by the Comforting, and Exci- 
\emg the Spirits inth e Plant, to draw the Nourifhment better. And of 
! this latter kinde, concerning the Comforting of the Spirits at the Plant , \ 
* are alfothe Experiments that follow 3 Though they bee not Applicati- 
| ons to the Root, or Seed. The P Unting of T rees war me vpon a frail, againft 
lithe South, or South'-Baft Sunne, doth haften their Commingon, and 
j Ripening ; And the South-Ealt is found to bee better than the Sduth- 
1 Weft, though the South-Weft. bedthe HotteifGoaft. Butthecaufeis 
j chiefly, for that the Heat of the Morning fucceedeth the Cold of the 
j Night:and parcly,becaule (many times) theSoiith-Wcft Sunne is too 
\ Parching. So likewife the Planting of them vpori the Bade of a Chimney, 
where a Eire is kept, doth haften their.Comming oh, and Ripening : Nay 
more, the Drawing of the Roughes into the In fide ofa Roome, where a Fire 
is continually kept ,workcth the fame Etfed: Which hath been tried with I 
Grapes 5 Info much as they will come a Moneth earlier, thanthe Grapes 
|pbi©a($jrtw priMabav yH oinc) yllfiiDm jrftf .oBinom ftiw j 
j Bendesthc two Me anti of Accelerating Gemination, formerlydefcribedy 
|That is to lav, the Mending of the 2 yourifhment 5 and CortijoMhgoi the 
Spirit of the Plant . there is a Third j Which is the Making way for the 
Eafie Commingle the Noitri(bment , and Drawing it. And therefore Gentle 
Digging \mdLoofening of the Earthabout the Roots oiTrees . And the Re- 
mouing tierbia. nd Flowers into new Earth, once ih two yeares) (which is 
the fame thing; For the new Earth is etier loofer) doth greatly further the 
Pro$ering,andEdfli#e(feo£Plants. J ; _ v ii 
But the-rftoft admirable Accelerationhy Facilitating thQjNourifhment, 
is that of Water. For a Standard of a Damaske Role with the Root on, 
wasletih aCliamBefiTvhererio Fife was, vprigfetiii' an- -Qyityhin. Panne, || 
full of Faire water, without any Mixture, halfe ar foot : vnder the Watery |' 
the StandArdbdng mote than two foot high aboue.the water t Within 
the Space of ten dayes-fne Standard did put fottha faire Greene Leafe, 1 
and forrie ! other littleBUds, which ftdodat a ftay, without&fty ShewoB 
decay or Withering, more than leuen Dayes ..But after wards that Leafe* 
faded, butt he young Buds didTprouton ; which afterward opened irito 
faire Learies, in the fpaceof three Moneths; And continii&hib a While’ ; 
after/tiliw-pon Rcmohall wee left the Triall. 'But note -that’ th &.Leaned ; 
were fomewhat paler, and lighter-coloured, than the Leawwfflj to bed j| 
abroad. Norcthat thefirft Buds were in the End of October • And it is 
likely that if it had bdene intlrc'Spmg tmcf w would'feau^.put forth" !; 
with greater ftfength, and (it mayibee )> cofhaue ^rowne oh to beare ' 
Flowers. By this Mt&ftesf,iyou ih&y ihaue ‘(as; it leemeth) Rofes let in- 
j theniiddeft hHPoolt ,; 
I tet of RateneCe and 1 ‘fcleafure, though bf Email* Vie^ Thi^iisithe morej | , T * 
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