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Experiments 
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touching the 
Putting barite or 
Retardation of 
Germination. 
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3\(jiturall Hijlory : ) 
j Grange, for that the like Rofe-Jlandard was put, at the fame time,into I Va* 
j *er mixed with Horfe-dung, the Horfe-dung about the fourth Part to the | 
j watered in fourc Monethsfpace (while it was obferued) put not forth 
any Leaf is, though diuers Buds at the firft, as the other. 
A Dutch Flower , that had a Bulbous Root, was likewife put at the lame 
time, allvnder Water, fome t wo or three Fingers deepe; And within fe- 
uen dayesfprouted, and continued long after, further Growing. There 
were alfo put in,a Beet-Root , a Borrage-Root, and a Raddifh Root,™ hich had 
all their Leaues cut almoft clofe.to the Roots 5 And within 1 fix weekes had 
faire Leaues • And focontinued till the end of Nouember. 
Note, that if Roots, or Peafe, or Flowers , may bee Accelerated in their 
Camming and Ripening, there is a double Profit • The one in the high Price 
that thofe Things beare when they come early : The other in the Swift- 
nejJeohhzixReturncs :Forinfome Grounds which are flrong, you fhall 
haue a Raddifh&c. come in a Moneth jThat in other Grounds wil not come 1 
in two • And fo make double Returns. 
Wheat alfo was put into the water, and came not forth at all 5 So as it 
feemeth there muftbee fome Strength andBulke in the Body, put into 
the water, as it is in Roots • For Graines or Seeds, the Cold of the water 
will mortifie. But cafually fome Wheat lay vnder the Pan, which was 
fomewhatmoiftenedbytheSuingofthePan 5 which in fix weekes (as 
aforcfiiid) looked mouldy to the Eye, but it was fpronted forth halfe a fin¬ 
gers length. 
It feemeth by thefe Infiances of water, that for Nourifhment, the 
water is almoft all in all, and that the Earth doth but keepe the Plant vp' 
right, andfaue it from Ouer*heat, and Oner-cold •• And therefore is a 
Comfortable Experiment for good Drinkers . It pioueth alfo that our 
former Opinion s ThatDrinke incorporate with Flefh, or Roots, (as in 
Capon-Beere y &c.) will nourifh more eafily, than Meat and Drinke taken 
feuerally. 
The Houftug of Plants (I conceiue) willboth Accelerate Germination , 
and bring forth Flowers and Plants in the Colder Seafins : And as wee 
Houfe ffohCou»tre%P/ams,a.s Limons,0renges } Myrtles , tofauethem; So 
wee may Houfe ourowne Countrey Plants , to forward them, andmake 
them come in the Cold Seafons ; In filch fort, that you may haue f'/V-f 
lets* straw-berries^ Peafe± all Winter : Sothatyoufow,orremouethem | j 
at fit times. This Experiment is tobee referred vnto the Comforting of the j 
Spirit of the Plant, by warmth, aswell as Houfing their Boughes, &rc. So 
then the Meanes, to Accelerate Germination , are in Particular eight, in 
Generali three. 
T O make Rbfes, or other Flowers come late, it is an Experiment of 
Pleafnre. For the Ancients efteemed much of RofaSera, And in¬ 
deed the Nouember-Rofe is the fweeteft,hauingbeene lefle exhaled by the 
Sunne. The Meanes arethefc. Firft, the Cutting of their Tops, imme¬ 
diately afterthey haue done Bearing . And then they will come againej 
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