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the likejSaue that the Squillis more Vigorous and Hot.lt maybe tried 
alfo, wich puttipg Onion-Seed into an Onion-Head, which thereby(per 
haps ) will bring fortha larger, and earlier Onion. 
. The Pricking of a Fruit in feuerali places, when it is almoft at his 
Bignefle, and before it ripeneth, hath beene pra&ifed with fucceffe. to 
ripen the Fruit more fuddenly. Wee lee the Example oithe Biting of 
Wafyes^ or wormes, vpon Fruit, whereby it ( manileftly ) ripeneth the 
fooner. 
It is reported, that Alga Marina ( Sea-rpeed ) put vnder the Foots of 
Cole worts, and ( perhaps ) of other Plants, will further their Growth. 
The vertue ( no doubt) hath Relation to Salt, which is a great Helpe 
to Fertility. r 
1 1 hath beene pradifed, to cut off the Stalkes of Cucumbers, imiiie- 
diatly after their Bearing, dole by the Earth ; And then rocafta pret- 
tie Quantity of Earth vpon thepW that remaineth j and they will 
bearc the next yeare Fruit, long before the ordinary time. The' Caufe 
maybe, for that the Sap goeth downe the fooner, and is notfpentin 
the StalkeorLeafe, which remaineth after the Fruit. Where note, 
that the Dying,i n the Winter, of the Roots oi Plantsfhox. are Annuall, 
feemeth to bee partly caufed by the Over-Expence of the Sap into 
Stalkeand Leaues •, which being preuentcd,they will fuper-annate. If 
they hand warme. 
The Pulling off many of the Blojfomes from a Fruit-Tree,doih make 
the Fruit fairer. The Caufe is maniteft • .For that the Sap hath the leffe! 
tonourifo. And it is a Common Experience, that if you doe not pull 
off fome Blojfomes, the firft time a Tree bloometh* it will bioffotoe it 
felfe to death. 
It were good to try, what would be the Effed, if all the B/offomes 
were pulled from a Eruit-T ree>, Or the A corner and chefnut-bud's , &c. 
from a fvilde Tree, for two yeares together. Ifuppofethac the Tree wili 
either put forth the third yeare,bigger,and more plentiful! Fruit -, Or 
elfe the fame yeares, larger Leaues,bccaufe of the Sap ftored vp/ 
It hath beene generally recc-iued, that a plant watered with warme 
water,will come vp fooner and better, than with Cold Water,of with 
Showres. But our Experiment ofwateringwheat with mirme water ( as 
hath beene laid)focceeded not s which may be, beeaufe the Tryah&as 
too late in the Yeare, <vi\. in the End of OBober. Fo’r the Cold then 
comming vpon the Seed, after it was made more tender by the Warme 
Water, might checkeir. 
There is no doubt,but that Grafting ( fdr the mod Part) d®th melio¬ 
rate the Fruit. The Caufe is manifeft. For that the Nourifhment is bet¬ 
ter prepared in the Stocke , than in the Crude Earth : But yet note well , 
that there be fome Trees, that are faid to come vp more happily from 
the ICcrnell, than from the Graft 5 As the ?^,and Melocotone. The 
Caufe. I fuppofe to be, for that thoCe Plants requirea Nouri foment of 
great Moifture- And though the Nourifhment of the stocke be finer, 
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