Century . V I* 
j There bec alio plants, that though they haue no Pr ickles, yet they I 
>! haue a kindeof Downy or Vcluet Rine , vpon their Leaues■, As Rofe-Cam -1 
I pion,Stock-Gilly^Flowers,Colts-Foot $ which Downe, or Afc/p commeth of! 
a Subtill Spinty in a Soft or Fat Subftancc. for it is certaine, that both j 
Stock-Gilly-Flowers , and Rofe-Campions , ftamped,hauebecnc applyed, j 
; (with fuccefle) to th ctvrejls of thole that haue had T ertian, or Quartan j 
1 Arues- And the Vapour ot Colts-Feot hath a Sanatiue vertue, to wards the 
Limy, And the Lew/ealfo is Healing in Surgery. 
Another Kinde ol Excrefcenfe is an Exudation of Plants, ioyned with 
Putrefaction-, As wee fee in Oake-Apples, which are found chiefly vpon 
the Leaues ol Oakes*, And the like vpon tui Howes : And Cfluntrey Peo¬ 
ple haue a kinde of Predittion , that if the Oake- Apple, broken, be full of 
mrmesja. is a Signe of a Pejlilent Teere 5 Which is a likely Thing, be- 
caufe they grow of Corruption. 
There is alfo vpon Sweet, or other Brier,a fine Tuft,oxBrujlo of Mojje, 
ofdiuers Colours * Which if you cut, you (hall euer finde full of little 
| White wormes* 
I i ‘ L .Ju*. * • 
I T is certaine, that Earth, taken out of the Foundations of Vaults and 
Hoiifes,and Bottomes of Wells ', and?then put into Pots, will put forth 
; Sundry Kinds of Herbsd&ut fome Time is .required, for theGermination*, 
iorifitbe taken,butfroma Fathome deepe; it will put forth the Firft 
Teere If much deeper, not till after a> Teere, or Two. 
The Nature of the Plants growing out itfEmhCo taken vp, dothfol-! 
low the Nature of the Mould it felfe ; As if the Mould be Soft,and Fine, 
it putteth forth Soft Herbs ; As GraJfej plantine , and the like If the 
Earth be Harder and Courier, it putteth forth Herbs more Rough, as 
T hijlles,Firrts,&c. 
It is Common Experience , that where Alleyes are dole Grduelled, the i 
Earth putteth forth, the firltyeere, Knot-graffe, and after Spire-grajfe [ 
The Caufe is,for that thcHard Grauell, or Pebble at the firft Laying, will j 
not fuffer the Graffe to come forthvpright, bucturneth it to finde his 
way where it can 5 But after that the Earth is fome^vhat loofened at the 
Top, the Ordinary Graffe commeth vp. 
It is reported, that Earth, being taken out of shady and tvairy mods,. 
fome depth, and Potted, will put forth Herbs of a Fat and Iuycy Sub- 
llance • As Penny-wort, P ur(lane , Heuflecke,Penny- royally & c . 
The ^m* alfo doth fend forth Plants, that haue no Roots fixed in 1 
the Bortome-But they arc Idle Perfect Plants, being almoft but L.eauci, \ 
and thofe fmall ones: Such is that wee call Duck'Weed • which hath a 
Leaf no bigger than a Thyme-Leafe, but ofafrefher Greene, and put¬ 
teth forth a little String into the water, farrefromtb eBottome, As for 
the ivater-Lilly, it hatfi a Root in the Ground : And fo haue a Number of . 
other Herbs that grow In Ponds* 
It is reported by lome of the Ancients, and fome M-odeme Tefiimony j 
jtikewife, that there be fome Plants,that grow vpon the Top cr thc-.f^/. | 
I __ N _.__Bei ng ' 
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5 60 
I 
5^1 
5^2 
Experiment! 
in Confort 
touching the 
Trediuirigof 
Pt>fc£i l Lantt 
without Seed. 
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