Bacon, Francis
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Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries
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that which is Sown; </
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by avoiding the ſhallow lying of it, whereby much that is ſown, taketh no
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which Figs or other Fruit grow, being yet unripe, and cover the Trees in
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the middle of Autumn with Dung until the Spring, and then take them
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up in a warm day, and replant them in good Ground; </
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the former years Tree will be ripe, as by a new Birth, when other Trees of
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the ſame kinde do but bloſſom. </
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the thickneſs of Honey, and there with anoint the Bud, after the Vine is cut,
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it will ſprout forth within eight days. </
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ous, by the Spirit of the Nitre; </
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tables.</
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Stone, &</
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will come up much eatlier than in the Earth it ſelf. </
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a kinde of Grafting in the Root; </
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prepared nouriſhment to the Graft, than the Crude Earth, ſo the Squill doth
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the like to the Seed; </
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Kernels into a Turnip, or the like, ſave that the Squill is more vigorous
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Head, which thereby (perhaps) will bring forth a larger and earlier
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Onion.</
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neſs, and before it ripeneth, hath been practiſed with ſucceſs, to ripen the
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Fruit more ſuddenly. </
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upon Fruit (whereby it manifeſtly) ripeneth the ſooner.</
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Colworts, and (perhaps) of other Plants, will ſurther their growth. </
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ue (no doubt) hath relation to Salt, which is a great help to Fer-
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after their bearing cloſe by the Earth; </
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Earth upon the Plant that remaineth, and they will bear the next year Fruit
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down the ſooner, and is not ſpent in the Stalk or Leaf, which remaineth
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Plants that are Annual, ſeemeth to be pattly cauſed by the over-expence of
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the Sap into Stalk and Leaves; </
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Fruit fairer. </
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the firſt time a Tree bloometh, it will bloſſom it ſelf to death.</
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