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'AQjtural! idijtory : 
Being flip poled to grow of fome Concretion of Slimelroxn the Water, 
where the Sttnne beateth hot, and where the Sea ttirreth little. As for f 
Alga ftAartna ( Sea-weed,) and Eryngum ( Sea Tbijlle ) both haue Roots • • 
| but the Sea-weed vnderthe *mnr,the Sea-Thtflle but vpon th e shore. 
| The Ancients haue noted,, that there are fome Herbs, that grow 
| out otSnow, laid vp dole together, and Putrifled • And that they are 
I all Bitter • And they name one fpecially, Flomus, which we call Moth- 
.! Mullein. It is certainc, that worms arc found in Snow commonly, like 
j Earth-wormes-, And therefore it is not vnlike, that it may likewife put 
forth Plants . 
The Ancients haUe affirmed, that there are fome Herbs, that grow 
out of stone-, Which may be, for that it is certainc, that Toads haue bin 
found in the Middle of a Free-Stone. Wee fee alfo,that Flints, lying 
aboue Ground, gather Mojfe-, And wall-flowers,and fome other Flowers, 
grow vpon Walls -,?>ut whether vpon the Maine Bricke,or Stone, or whe¬ 
ther out of the Lime or chinkes s is not well obferued . For Elders and 
Ajhes haue beeneleene to grow out of Steeples : But they manifeftly 
grow out oCclefts In fo much as when they grow big, they will dif- 
ioyne the Stone. And befides it is doubtfull, whether the Mortar it felfe 
putteth it forth,or whether Come Seeds be not let fall bytfird/.There be 
likewifetf0cfe-/ftr^BinI fuppofe thole are,where there is Come Mould 
or Earth, It hath likewife beene found,'that great Trees growing vpon 
Quarries, haue putdowne thein Root into the Stone. 
In fome Mi ties inGermahy reported,theregrow in theBotcomc 
Vegetables • And the work-FoUostv fe to fay, they haue Magi call Venue*, 
And will not fuffer Men to gat heft hem. 
\ The Sea-Sands feldome bear e plants. Whereof the Caufl is yeel- 
ded,by fome of the Ancients,Cox that the Sunne exhaleth the Moijlun, I 
before it can incorporate witlvthe Earth, and yeeld aNourilhment for \ 
the Plant. And it is affirmed alfo^that Sand hath ( alwaies) his Rmm 
clay-. And that there be no Vdnes of Sand, any great depth within the ■ 
Earth. 
It is certainc, th&t fome plants put forth for a time, of their owne 
Store, without any Nourifhment Cxom Earth,water,Stone, Sec. Of which : 
Vide the Experiment 29. 
I T is reported,that Earth,' hat was brought out of the Indies, and o- ! 
ther Remote Countries, for BallafloCShips, caff vpon fome Grounds in j 
Italy, did put forth Forraine Herbs , to vs in Europe not knowne - And j 
that wjiich is more, that of their Roots, Barkes, and Seeds, contufedto- j 
gether, and mingled with other Earth, and well Watred with Warm 
Water, there came forth Herbs much like the Other. j 
Plants brought out of Hot Countries, will endeuour to put forth, at | 
the fame Time,that they vfually do in their owne climate-, And therforef 
to preferue them,there is no more required, than to keepe them from if 
the Iniury of Putting backe by Cold. It is reported alfo, that Grains oof] 
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