no 
Experiments 
in Conforc, 
touching the 
Melioration of 
Fruits, Trees , 
and Plants. 
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Wee will fpeake now, Low to make Frmts i Flowers , and ! 
£00^ larger ; in more plenty 5 and I wee ter * chan they vfel 
to bee j And how to make the Trees themfeiucs, more Tali j 
moreSprcad 5 and more Hailie and Sodden j than they vie 
to be. Wherein there is no doubt, but the former Experiments 
of Acceleration , will feruc much to thefe purpolcs. And a- 
1 game, that thele Experiments , which wee (hail now fer do wne, 
doe feme alio for Acceleration ; becaufe both Effects proceed 
from thcEncrcafe of Vigour in the Tree : But yet to auojd 
Confufion ; And becaufe fomcof thcMeancs etc more pro¬ 
per for the one Effe&, and fome for the other, wee will handle 
them apart. 
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It is an allured Experience ,that an Heap of Flint b or stem 3 laid about the 
Bouome of a v/ilde-Trce y (as an Oake, Elme, Afh ,&c.) vpon the firft Plan¬ 
ting, doth make itprolper double as much, as without it. ThcCmfeb y 
[ for that it retaineth the Moifture 5 which falleth at any time vpon the Tree y 
and fuffereth it not to bee exhaled by the Sunne. Againe, itkeepethrhe 
Tree war me, from Cold Blafts and Frofts, as it were in an Houle. It may 
be alfo, there is lomewhat in the Keeping of it Heady au the firft. Quart ,if 
Laying of Straw fome Height about the Body oi&Tret, will not make the \ 
Tret forwards.For though the Root giueth the Sap,yet it is the Body that 
draweth it. But yom muftnote, that if you lay Stems about the ftaikeof 
Lettuce, or other Plants,that are more fofr,it will ouer-moiften the Roots, 
fbas the Wormes wilfeat them; 
A Tree, at the firft Setting, fhouid not bee sbaken y vntillit hath taken 
Reet ft&y : And thereforeLome haie puttwo little Forkes about the Bot- 
tome of their 7 V*«,-tokeepe them vpright- Butaftera ycares Rooting, 
fhen Shaking doth thtTree good, by Loofenihgof the Earth, and (per¬ 
haps) by Exercifing fas it were) add Stirring the Sap ofthe Tree, j 
| Generally, the Cutting away of Bougbes and Suckers ac the Root and 
Body, doth mal e Trees grow high - And contrariwile, th c Bowling and 
cutting of the Top, maketh them grow fpread, and Bufhy. As we fee in : 
Pollards bsliftjaf) Jyfirn/eoniwM atari! 
It is reported, that to make bsfty Growing Coppice- Woods, the,way is, to 
I ukeivill&w y Sallow, Popkr , Alder , offome feuen vc-ares growth ; And to . 
fet them, not vpright, but a-fiope^areafonable depth vnder the Grounds 
And then, in Head of one Root, they will put forth many, and fo carry 
more Shoots vpon a Stemme. ^ ■' ' > . 
When von would haue many new Roots of Fruit-Trees, take a L ow. 
Tree , andbowit, andlay all his branches a-fiat vpon the Ground, and 
caft Earth vpon them $ And euery Twigge will take Root. And this is a | 
very profitable Experiment for Coftly Trees - (for the Boughes will make] 
T r ' Scockesl! 
