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Spreading is caufed by the Carrying vp of the Sap, plentifully, without 
Expence • And then putting it forth fpeedUy, and at once. 
There bee diners Herbs, but no Trees, that may be {aid to haue fome 
kinde of Order, in the Putting forth of their Leaues ; For they bane 
loynts or Knuckles, as it were Stops in their Gemination • As haue Gilly¬ 
flowers, Pinkes t Fennell, Corne i Reeds , and Canes. The Can ft whereof is, 
for that the Sap afcendeth vnequallv, and doth (as it were) tire and ftop 
by the way. And it feemeth, they haue fome ClofeneJJ'e and Hardntfjes 
in their Stalke , which hindereth the Sap from going vp, vntill it hath ga- 
| thered into a Knot, and lo is more vrgedto put forth. And therefore, 
| they are moft of them hollow, when the Stalke is drie. As Fennell-Stalke, 
| Stubble, and Canes . 
Flowers haue (all exquifite Figures ; And the Flower-Numbers, arc 
(chiefly) Fine, and Fonre, As in Prime-Rojes, Eritr-Rofts, Single-Musk- 
Rofes , Singlc-Pinhs , and Gilly-Flowers, &c. which haue flue Leaues: 
Lillies,Flower-de-Luces, Borage, Ruglojje, &c. which haue fonre Leaues. 
But fome put forth Leaves not Numbred, But they are euer fmall Ones- 
As Mary-Golds, Trifoile , &c. Wee feealfo, that the Sockets, and Suppor¬ 
ters of Flowers , are Figured ; AsintheFiue Brethren of the Rofe • . Soc¬ 
kets of Gilly-Flowers, &c. alfo are all Figured ; Some Round, Some 
Long; None Square; And manyiagged on the Sides; Which Leaues 
of Flowers feldomc are. For I account the lagging of Ptnkes, and Gilly- 
Flowers , to belike the Inequality of Oake-Leaues, or Fiat-Leaves, or the 
like; But they feldome or neuer haue any fmall Purles. 
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O F slants, fome few put forth their Bloffimes before their Leaves • i 
As Almonds .Peaches, Cornelians , Black-Thorne, &c. But moft put 
forth fome Leaues before their Blofjomes-, As Apples, Peares, plums , Cher- 
ties ,Wbite~Thorne, &c. The Caufei s, for that thole, that put forth fheir 
BloJJemes firft, haue cither an Acute and Sharpe Spirit ; (And therefore 
commonly they all put forth early in the Spring, and ripen very late; As 
moft of the Particulars before mentioned;) Or elfean Oylylnyce, which' 
is apterto put out Flowers, than Leaues. 
Of Plants, fome are Greene all winter \ Others caft their Leaves. There 
arc Greene all winter, Holly , luy , Box, Fine, Hugh, Cyprejfe, Juniper, Bayei, 
Rofe-Mary, &c. The Caufe ofthe Holding Greene, is the Clofeand Corn- 
pad Subflance of their Leaues, and the Pedicles of them. And the Caufei 
of thatagaine, is either the Tough, and Fifcotos luyce of the Plant ; Or.the 
Strengthens Heat thereof. Of the firft Sort is Holly-, Which isoffo Fif- 
cotualuyce, as they make Bird-lime of the Barke of it. The Stalke of luy 
is Tough and not Fragile, as we fee in other fmall Twigs dry. Fines 
veeldeth Pitch. Box is a faft and heauy wood, as we fee it in Bowles. Eugh 
is a Strong and Tough wood, as we fee it in Bowes. Of the fecond Sort is 
Juniper, which isnwood Odorate, and makechahot Fire. Bayes is like- 
wife a Hot and Aromaticall Wood-, And Co is Rofe-Mary to a. shrub. As 
for the Leaues, their Denfity appeareth, in that, either they are Smooth 
.and 
