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And fow in it Purjlane-Seed , or Lettuce-Seed-fhor in thele Experiments, 
ids likely enough, that the earth being accuftomed to fend forth one 
Kinde of NourilBmenr, will alter the new Seed. 
The fi fth Rule fhall be,to make the Her be grew contrary to bis Nature^ 
As to make GroundrHcrbs rife in Heighth: As for exam pie-, Carry Camo- 
mill, or wilde-Thyme,or the Greene Strawberry,\povr Stickcs,as you doe 
Hops vpon Poles and fee what the Euent will be. 
The fixth Rule (hall be, to make Plants grow out of the Sunne , or Open 
Aire-, For that is a great Mutation in Nature • And may induce a 
Change in the Seed : As barrell vp Earth , and fow fome seed in it,and 
put it in the Bottome of a Pond j Or put it in fome great hollow Tree-, 
Trie alfo the Sowing of Seeds, in the Bottomes of Caiies. And Pots 
with Seeds fowne, hanged vp in Wells, fome diftance from the Wa¬ 
ter, and fee what the Euent will be. 
I T is certaine,that Timber-Trees in Coppice mods, grow more vpright, 
and more free from Vnder-Bcughes, than thole that Band in the 
Fields: The Caufe whereof is,for that Plants haueaNaturallMotion 3 to 
get to the Sunne j And befides, they are not glutted with too much 
Nourifhment • For that the Coppice (hareth with them; And Repletion 
euer hindreth Stature \ daftly, they are kept warme^And that euer in 
plants helpeth Mounting. 
T m j j,that are, of themfelnes, full of Heat,(which Heat appearethby 
their JnjlammableGummes,)as Pirns, and P/m,mount of themfelues in 
Heigth without Side-Boughes, till they come towards the Top. The 
Caufe is,partly Heat \ And partly Tenuity of Iuyce Both which fend 
the Sap vpwards.As for Juniper , it is but a shrub, and groweth not big 
enough in Body, to maintaine a tall Tree. 
It is reported, that aGood Strong Canuas,fyri&d ouer a Tree grafted 
low,foone after it putteth forth,will dwarfe it,and make it fpread. The 
Caufe is plaine • For that all things that grow, will grow as they finde 
Roome. 
Trees are generally fet of Roots, or Kernels filut if you fet them of Slips 
( as of (om e Trees y on may, by name theMulberryJfome of the slips will 
rake •, And rhofe that take, ( as is reported,) will be Dwarfe-Trees. The 
Caufe is, for that a slip draweth Nourifhment more weakly,than either 
a Root, or Kernell. 
All Plants, that put forth their Sap haftily,haue their Bodies not pro¬ 
portionable to their Length • And therefore they are winders,and Cree- 
pers$ As fuy,Briony,Hops,woodbine:Whete& Dwarfing requiretha flow 
Putting forth,and lefle Vigour of Mounting. 
The Scripture faith; that Salomon wrote a Naturall Hifiory , 
from the Cedar of Libanus, to the Mojfegrowing vpon the Wall : 
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