j\Qiturall Hijiory : / 
as a Cane 5 Or as Round as a Spheare s Or formed like a Crofle. You! 
may haue alfo Apples , in the forme of Peayes, or Limons.^ You may haue 
alfo Fruit in more Accurate Figures ; As we laid of Men, Beafts, or Birdsj 
according as you make the Moulds. Wherein you muft vnderltand, 
that you make the Mould big enough, to containe the whole Fruity 
when it isgrowne to the greateft: For elfe you will choake the Sprea¬ 
ding of the Fruit y Which otherwife would fpreadit (elfe, and fill the 
Concaue, andfo be turned into the Shape deli red - .As it is in Mould- 
workes of Liquid Things. Some doubt may bee concerned, that the 
Keeping of the Sunne from the Fruit , may hurt it: But there is ordina- 
rie experience of Fruit that groweth Coutred. Outre alfo, whether 
fome fmall Holes, may not be made in the Wood, to let in the Sunne. 
And note, that it were belt to make the Moulds partib’e, glued- °or ce¬ 
mented together, that you may open them, when you"take out the 
Fruit . 
It is a Curio fit)', to haue Infcriptions, or Engrauingi , in Fruit, or Trees. 
This is eafily performed, by wmingynt\\ a Needle, or Bodkin , or Knife_j, 
or the like, when the Fruit, or Trees are young i For as they grow, fothe 
Letters will grow more large, and Graphical!. 
■- Tenerifi £ meos ineidere Arnores 
Arbor thus, ere [cent ilia, cr<fcetis A mores. 
You may haue Trees apparelled with Flowers , or Herbs, by Boring 
Holes in the Bodies of them, and Putting into them Earth holpen with 
Muckty and Setting Seeds, or Slips, of Violets, Strawberries , mlde-Thyme, 
CamomiUy and fuch like in the Earth. -Wherein they doe but grow, in the 
Tree, asthey doe in Pots', Though (perhaps) with fome Feeding from 
th t Trees. It would be tried alfo with Shoots of Fines, and Roots of Red* 
Rofes ; For it may be, they being of a more .Ligneous Nature, will in¬ 
corporate with the Tree it fclfe. 
It is an ordinary Curio fit), to Forme Trees and shrubs, (as Rofemary , 
Juniper, and the like,) into Sundry Shapes ■, which is done by Moul¬ 
ding them within, and cutting them without. But they are but lame 
Things, being too fmall to keepe Figure: Great Cajlles made of Trees 
vpon Frames of Timber, with Turrets, and Arches, were matters of 
Magnificence. 
Among IdCuriofities, I fliall place Colouration , though itbefomewhat 
better: For Beauty in Flowers is their Preheminence. It is obferuedby 
fome, that GiUy- Flowers, Sweet williams, Violets , that are Coloured, if they i 
be neglected, and neither Watred, nor New MonldedpnorTranfpIan- 
ted, will turneIT£#f<\ And it is probable, that the white with muchcul 
ture, may turne Coloured. For this is certaine, that the w hite Colour 
commeth of Scarcity of Nourifhment; Except in Flowers that are onely 
white, and admit no other Colours. 
It is good therefore* to fee what Natures doe accompany what Co¬ 
lours For bv that you (Ball haue Light, howto induce Colours, by Pro¬ 
ducing thofe Natures . whites are more Inodorate, (for the mod part,) 
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