3 8 The Englijh Gardner. 
This may be a Efficient fatisfa&ion or refolvefrom a meer 
labouring Gardner, who hath neither time to make more 
experiments, nor learning to exprelsthe reafon and cauft in 
a Philofophical way: which would have been very accepta¬ 
ble to Scholars, &c. but I hope it may be reafonable fa¬ 
tisfadion to thofe young praditioners in the Art of Garde¬ 
ning, for whofe fakes I chiefly write theft fnftradions. The 
way of Cure follows. 
As I laid,if your fruit-trees are offuch kind as are more than 
ordinary fubjed to Canker, or the nature of iyour ground 
more inclining your trees thereto, your diligence Is to be the 
more,in often viewing and fearchingyour Nurfery or Planta¬ 
tion,efpecially ofyour youngeft,and upon the firft opportunity 
to cut out the lead fpeck of Canker you meet with 5 you 
may know when you have cut it out diffidently by this,if af¬ 
ter the cutting thereof, the Sap in a little time after appears 
of a reddifh colour, it is not fufficiendy cutout § but if on 
the contrary it continue frefh and green, it is align of found- 
nefs: this clean cutting ofit out,! have found to be fufficient 
for the Cure of the place focut. But Befide the cutting of it 
out, fomeufe applications to the place, as Cow-dung and 
Pili mingled, others Horfe-dung mingled with Clay, feme 
Hogs-dung, or dung of a Jakes § others,' after they have cut 
it out, and hack’d it round about the cut, do wafh it often 
with ftrongVineger,or you may (lack a Lime-ftone in a little 
water pifs or lye,and being pretty thick,apply to the place,be¬ 
ing as I faid firft cut out § others ufc means to prevent the Can¬ 
kering, by laying feme ftore ofhogs-dung in the hole where 
they plant their trees, or feme round about where the tree 
roots are to run 5 and this I have heard feme affirm with much 
confidence for a certain prevention § feme life Buck-afties, 
other ufe Buck-afties Fern, and Nettles \ others in cafe their 
ground begravelly, or of a nature indimog thereto, where 
they are to plant, oft ftore of good fhort Lome, Clay, or the 
Scowring of'Ponds, all which may prove very beneficial in 
one kind or other jbutl have oft obftrved,asI laid before,that 
where 
