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1 It is reported alfo,that a Citron grafted vpon a. Quince,wi[[ blue fmal 
Pirno Seedy i And it is very probable* that any sown Fruit, grafted vp- 
| on a Stock, thatbeareth a Sweeter Fruit, may both make the Fruit fwee- 
I ter, and more void of the harfh matter of Kernels or Seeds. 
It is reported, that not opely th tTakingout of the P/r/;,but the Stop- 
• ping of the luyceo f the Pith jit om Riling in the Middeft, and Turning^ 
j to rife on the Outfide, will make the Fruit without Core , or Stone ; As j 
i if you fhouki b.ore a Tree cleane thorow,and put a wedge in. It is true, 
I there is lome Affinity betweene the Pith and the ICerneU, becaufe they 
! are both ofa harfh Subftance, and both placed in the Middeft. 
j It is reported, that Trees watered perpetually with Warme Water, wil 
j make a Fruit,with little or no Core , or Stone : And the Rule is generall, 
j that whatfoeuer will make a Wild Tree a Garden-Tree, will make a Gar- 
j den-Tree to hauelefte Core,or Stone . 
T He Rule is certaine, that Plants for want of Culture, degenerate to 
be baferin the fame Kind ; And fometimes, fo farre, as to change 
into another Kinde. i. The Standmglong, and not being Remoued, ma- 
keth them degenerate. 2 . Drought, vnieftc the Earth of it felfebe moift, 
doth the like. 3 . So doth Remouinginto worfe Earth , or Forbearing to 
Compofi the Earth • As we fee, that Water-Mint turneth into Field- Mint • 
And the Colewort into Rape by neglcd,&c. 
Whatloeuer Fruit vfeth to be fee vpon a R oot or a Slip, if it be fowne$ 
will degenerate. Grapesfowney Figs , Almonds, Pomgranate Kernelsfowne 5 
make the Fruits degenerate , and Deconic Wilde. And againe, Moft of 
thofe Fruits that vie tob ce graftedfi they be fee of Kernels,Ot Stones,de¬ 
generate. Itis true,chat Peaches ( as hathbeene touched before)doe bet¬ 
ter vpon Stones Set, than vpon Grafting • And the Rule of Exception 
ftiould feeme to be this 3 That whatfoeuer Plant requireth much Moi- 
fture,profpereth better vpon the stone, ot Kernell, than vpon the Graft. 
For the Stocke, though it giueth a finer Nourifhment, yet it giueth a 
fcanter, than the earth at large. 
if they be very O ld,and yet haue ftrength enough to bring forth 
a plant, make the Plant degenerate. And therefore skilfull Gardiners 
make triail of the seeds, before they buy them,whether they be good of 
no, by putting tlierft into Water gehtly Boyled»And if they bee good* 
they will fprout within Halfc an Houre. 
It is ftrange which is reported, that Bafilioo much expofed to' rhfc 
Sunne, doth turne into ivilde Thyme: Although thofe two Herbs feeme 
to haue fill all Affinity; but Bafil is almoft the only Hot Herbe, that hath 
Fat and Succulent Liv/«ci;WhichdylinefTe,if it be drawn forth by the 
Sunne, it is like it will make a very great Change. 
There is an old Tradition, that Roughs of Oake, put into the Earth, 
1 will put forth wilde fines : Which if it be true ( no doubt) it is not the 
Oake that turneth into a vine,but the Oake-Bough Putrifying, qualifieth 
the Earth, to put forth a Vine of it felfe. 
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Experiment! 
in Confort 
touching the 
Dttjnttwmg 
of Plaatf, And 
of the Tianfmu- 
tation of them, 
one into ano¬ 
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