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fhed them betimes; The Caufe is, for that the late Camming forth fheweth 
i a Moiflurc more fixed; And the other more loofe, and more ealily,re¬ 
folded. And the fame Caufeis^ that Wilde Trees la It longer than Garden- 
Trees . And m the fame kinde, thole whofe Fruit is Acide, more than 
thofe whole Fruitis fweet. 
Nothing proenreth the Lifting of Trees, Bufhes , and Herbs, Co much, 
as often Cutting : For euery Cutting caufeth a Renouation of the lnyce 
of the Plant 5 That it neither goeth fo farre, nor rifethfo faintly, as when 
the Plant is not Cut .•Tnlbmuch iats Annuall Plants , if you tut them fea- 
fonably, and will fpare the v.fe of them, and futfer them to come vp ftili 
young, will laft more Yeares than oae; As hath beene partly touched; 
Such as is Lettuce, Purjlane , Cucumber, and the like. And for Great Trees, 
we lee alrnoft all Ouer-growne Trees, in Church-yards, or neare Ancient 
Buildings, and the like, are Pollards, or Dot sards, and not Trees at their 
full Height. 
Some Experiment would be made, how by Art to make Plants more 
La fling than their ordinary Period 5 As to make a Stalke of Wheat, See. 
laft a whole yeare. You mu ft euer prefuppofe, that youhandleit fo, as 
the winter killeth it not; For we fpeakeonly of Prolonging the Natitrall 
Period. I conceiue, that the Rule will hold ; That whatfoeuer maketh 
the Herbe come later, than at his time, will make it laft longer time: It 
were good trie it, in a Stalke of Wheat, See. fet in the Shade, and en- 
compaffed with a Cafe of tvood , not touching the Straw, to keepe out 
Open Aire. 
As for the Preferuation of Fruits, and Plants, as well <vpcn the Tree, 
or Stalke, as gathered, weJMlhandleitvpdsr the Title of Conferuation oj 
Bodies. 
T He Particular Figures of Plants , we leaue to their Defections ; But 
fome few things, in generall, we willobferue. Trees and Herbs, in 
the Growing forth of their Boughes and Branches , are not Figured , and 
keepe no Order. The Caufe is, for that the Sap, being reftrainedinthe 
Rinde, and Zterlb, breaketh not forth at all; (As in.the Bodies of Trees, and 
StafkeioC Herbs,) till they begin to branch; And then, whenthey make 
an Eruption, they breake forth cafually, where they finde beft way, in 
the Barke or Rinde. It is true, that fame Trees are more fcattered in their 
Boughes i As Sallow-Trees, wardcn-Trees, Quince-Trees, Medlar-Trees , Li- 
mon-Trees, Sec. Someare more in the forme of a Pyr&mis, and come al- 
moft to tod . 1 ; As the Peare-Tree, (which the Critickes will haue to bor 
roW'his name of Fire,) Orenge-Trees , Fir-Trees , Seruice-Trees , Lime- 
Trees, Sec. And fome are more fpred and broad; As Beeches, Hornbeams, 
See. The reft are more indifferent. The Caufe of Scattering th q Boughes, 
is the Hafty breaking forth of the sap* And therefore thofe Trees rife 
not in a Body of any Height, but branch neerethe Ground. The Caufe^s 
of the Pjramis, is the Keeping in of the Sap, long before it branch; And 
the fpending of it when it beginneth to branch, by e quail degrees. The 
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