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chat qualifieth the Earth,and prepareth it for their Growth. 
483 
, This Obferuation, it ic holdeth, (as it is very probable ,) is of great 
vfe for the Melioratingoi Tafie in Fruits , and Efculent Herbes j And or the 
Sent of Flowers.Fox I doe not doubt, but it the Figge Tree doe make the 
Kew more ttrong,and bitter,(as the Ancients hauc noted,) good ft ore 
of Rew planted about the Fig-Tree,vt ill make theF^ more tweet.Now 
the Taps that doe molt offend in Fruits *and Herbes, and Roots,axe Bit¬ 
ter-, Harrp Sowre And jvatrijh , or Flajhy. It were good therefore to 
make the Trulls following. 
Take mmcwood,ox iteip,and let it neere Lettuce, or Coleflory , or Ar- 
tichoake -, And fee whether the Lettuce , or the ColeJiory,&c, become not 
the Tweeter. 
484 
Take a Seruice-Tree , or a Cornelian-Tree, or an Elder-Tree , which 
wceknow haue Fruits of harfh and binding Iuyce, and let them neare 
a Fine, or Figge-Tree , and fee whether the Grapes, or Figges, will not be 
the Tweeter. 
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Take Cucumbers,ox Pumpio ns,axid fet them(here and therc)amongft 
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Muske-Melions, and tee whether th ^Melons will not be moreWiny,and 
better tailed.Set Cucumbers (likewife) amongft Radijh, and fee whe¬ 
ther the Radijli will not be made the more Biting. 
Take Sorrell, and fet it amongft Rafpes, and fee whether the Rafpes 
will not bee the Tweeter. 
487 
Take Common Briar, and fet it amongft violets, or tvall-Flowers, and 
fee whether it wil not make x\seViolets,oxtvaU-F lowers tweeter,and lefie 
Earthy in their Smell.So fet Lettuce,ox Cue umbers,, amongft Rofemary , 
or Bayes , and fee whether the Rofemary, or Bayes b will not be the more 
Odorate,or Aromaticall. 
488 
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Contrariwife, you muft take heed, how you fet Herbs together,that 
draw much the like Iuyce. And therefore I thinke Rofemary will leefe in 
Sweetneffeifit be fet with Lauenderpx Bayes,ox the like.But yet,if you 
wil corred the ftrength of an Herbe,you thall do well to fet other like 
Herbs by him,totakt him downe s As if you fhould fet T anfey by Ange- 
Uca,i t may be,the Angelica would be the weaker,and fitter for Mixture 
in Perfume. And if yon fhould let Rew by Common worme-wood, it may 
be, th Qivormewood Would turne to be liker Roman mrmewood. 
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This Axiome is of large extent-And therefore would be feuered,and 
refined by Triall. Neither muft you exped to haue a Grojje Difference 
by this kinde ofCulture,but only Further Perfection. 
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Triall would be alfo made ix\HcrbsP oifeiwus ,andP urgatiue p\\ote ill 
Quality (perhaps) may be difcharged,or attempied,by Setting ftron- 
ger Poifens , or Purgatiucs, by them. 7 
It is reported, that the shrub called Our Ladies Seale, ( which is a 
Kind o( Briony, ) and Coleworts, fet neere together, one or both will 
die. The Caufe is, for that they bee both great Depredatours of the 
Earth,and one of them ftarueth the other. The like is faid of a Reed, 
and a Brake •, Both which are f'ucculent 5 And therefore the One de- 
ccineth 
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