fcenturj Vi. 
and Shilling, as in Bayes, Holly, Ebx, Sic. Or in that they arc Hard and 
1 Spiry, as in chereft. And Tryali Urouidbe made of drafting ofRofe- 
Mary, and Bayes, and M*,Vpon a HbUy-Stocke; BeCaufe they are riants 
chat come all muter. It were good to trie it ail'o with Grafts of other 
Trees, either Fruit Trees, oxtvilde Trets • to lee whether they will not 
yeeld their Fruit, or beare their Ltfz//£f,later;and longer in th ewinter ; 
becaufe rhe Sap of th c Holly putteth forth molt in th e printer. It may be 
alfo a Me'zeri on-Tree, grafted vpon a Holly, will prone both ahEarlier, 
and a Greater T ree. 
There be fome plants , that beare rio Flowers; and ybt beare Fruit : 
There be lome, that beare Flowers, and no Fruit . There be fome that 
beare neither Flowersyiov Fruit. Molt of the great Timber-Trees, (as 
Oakes ^Beeches ,Scc.)oca.xe no apparent Flowers ; Some few( like wile) of 
the Fruit-TreeSy As Mulberry,*?all-nut, Sic. And lome Shrubs, ( as iuni- 
per,Holly,Sccjbcare no Flowers, Diuers Herbs alio beare Seeds, (which 
is as the Fruit, ) and yet beare no Flowers: As Purjlane, &c.Thole that 
beare Flowers and no Fruit, are few ; As the Double cherry, the Sallow, 
Sic. But for the cherry,it is doubtful!,whether it be not by Art,or Cul¬ 
ture j For if it be by Art, then Triall would be made, whether apples, 
and other Fruits EloJJ’omes,ttia.y not be doubled. There are fome Few, 
that beare neither Fruit, nor Flower • As the Elme, the Poplars, Box, 
Brakes, Sec: 
There be fonic plants, that flioot ftill vpwards, and can Support 
themfelties* As the gretiteft Part of Trees and Plants : there bee lome 
Other, that Creepe along the Ground: Or Winde about other Trees, or 
Props,a nd cannot lupport themfelues;As Hines,,Iuy^Eriar,Briony,wood¬ 
bines, Hops climdiis,Camomil/, See . The Caufe is, ( as hath beene partly 
touched,) for that all plants (naturally )moue vpwards .* But if the Sap 
put vp too fall, it maketh a (lender Stalk'e, which will not fupporc the 
weight: And therefore thefe latter Sort arc all Swift and Hally Com- 
tncrs 0 
H* ! 
5?4 
T He fir ft and moft Ordinary Helpe is Stercoratiou. The sheeps-Dung 
is one of the bell- Andnext,the2)##£ofi:/»e:And thirdly,that of 
Horfes : Which is held to be fomewhac too hot, vdlefte it be mingled. 
That of Pigeons fora Garden, ora fmall Quantity of Ground,excel¬ 
led^ The Ordering of Dung is* If the Ground be Arable, to fptead it im- 
rhediatly before the plowing and Sowing ■, And lo to Plow it in: For if 
you fpread it long before, the Sunne will draw out much of the FktheJJ'e 
of the Dung; If the Ground be Grazing Ground , to fpread it fomewhac 
late j towards winter-. that the Sunne may hatie the lefte Power to drie it 
vp. As for fpeciall Compojls for Gardens , ( as a Hot Bed,See.) wee haUe 
handled them before. 
The S econd Kind ofCon?poft,is ,tht Spreading of diuers Kinds of Earths 
As Marie-; C.halke,Sea-Sartd,Earth vpon Earth,Pond-Earthy And the Mix¬ 
tures of them.Al^ is thought to be the beftj As hauing moftFatnelfe. 
And j 
Experiments 
in Cqnfotc 
touching all 
Manner of 
Cmpofis, and 
Helps oiGrtKad. 
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