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j Length, Straiglnheffe, and l'ightne'fle: Some for Pale\ As Oake: Some 
» for Fuell - As Afb: Andfoofthe re It. 
The Camming of Trees and Plants in certairie Regions , and hot in o- 
tilers, isfometimes Cafuall : For many haue beiene tranllated, and haue: 
proffered well y As Dammke-Rofes, that haue not beeneknovvnein Eng¬ 
land abotiean hundred yeares, and noware fo common. But the liking 
of Plants in certaine Soile's, more than in others, ismeerely Naturally As 
the Ftrre and Fine loue the Mountaines . The Poplar , WiUow, Sallow, and 
Alder , loue Ritters, and Moift Places : The Ajb loueth Coppices ; But is belt 
in standards alone • Hamper loueth C bailee • And fo doe moft Fruit-Trees : 
Sampire groweth but vpon Rocket : Reeds and Ofiers grow where they 
are waited with Water : The Vine loueth Sides of Hills , turning vpon the 
ROuth-Eaft Sunne, &c. 
The Putting forth of certaine Herbs difeouereth of what Nature the 
Ground where they put forth, is: As Wilde Thyme rtieweth good Feeding 
Ground for Cat tell: Betony an d Strawberries fhew Grounds fit for Wood: 
Camomill fheweth Mellow Grounds fit for wheat. Muttard Seed , grow¬ 
ing after the Plough , fneweth a good Strong Ground alfo for wheat : B*r~ 
net fheweth good Meadow : And the like. 
There are found^ in diners Countries , fome other Plants , that grow 
Out of Trees and Plants , befides Mifel toe: As in Syria, there is tmHsrbe 
! called CdJJytas , thatgroweth out of tall Trees, and windeth it felfe about 
the lame Tree where it groweth- And fometimes about Thornes. There 
isakindeof Polypode, that groweth out of Trees, though it windeth not. 
So Lkewife an Herbe called Faunos i vpon the wildeOliue. And an Herbe 
called Hippifpbafion vpon the Fullers Thorne ; Which, they fay, is good 
for the Failing-Sicknejfe. 
Ithathbeeneoblerucd, by fonocof th t Ancients, thathowfoeuerO^ 
and Easterly Winds, are thought to bee great Enemies to Fruit -, yet ne- 
uertheleffe South-winds are alfo found to doe Hurt, Efpecially in the 
Bloffomsng time • And the more, if Showers follow. It feemeth they call 
forth the Moiflure too fall. The weft-winds are the beft. It hath beene 
obferued alfo that Greene and Open winters doe hurt Trees ; Info much as 
it two or three fuch winters come together, Almond-Trees, and fome o- 
ther Tnrf.r, will dve. The Caufe is the fame with the former, becaufe the 
LvH of the Earth ouerfpendeth it felfe 5 Howfoeuer lome other of the 
Ancients haue commended war me Winters. 
Snowes s lving long, caufe a Fruit full Yeare : Forfirft, they keepein the 
Strength of the Earth • Secondly, they water the Earth, better than Raine ; 
For in Snow , the Earth doth (as it were) fuckc the Water, as out of the 
Rente. Thirdly, the Moiflure of Snow is the fineft Moifture ; For it is the 
Froth of the Cleudy waters. 
Showers , if they come a little before the Ripening of Fruits, doe good 
to all Succulent and Moift Fruits . As Vines, Oliues, Pomegranates ; Yet 
it is rather for Plentie, than for Goodnefie • For the beft Wines are in 
the Drieft Vintages : Small Showers are likewife good for Come , fo as 
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