Bacon, Francis, Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries

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            that all Seeds, Roots, potted, and ſo ſet into the Earth, will proſper the
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            better.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4394" xml:space="preserve">The cutting off the Leaves of Raddiſh, or other Roots, in the beginning
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0134-01" xlink:href="note-0134-01a" xml:space="preserve">474.</note>
            of Winter before they wither; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4395" xml:space="preserve">and covering again the Root, ſomething
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            high with Earth, will preſerve the Root all Winter, and make it bigger in
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            the Spring following, as hath been partly touched before. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4396" xml:space="preserve">So that there is
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            a double uſe of this cutting off the Leaves: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4397" xml:space="preserve">For in Plants, where the Root is
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            the Eſculent, as Raddiſh, and Parſnips, it will make the Root the greater;
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4398" xml:space="preserve">and ſo it will do to the Heads of Onions, and where the Fruit is the Eſculent,
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            by ftrengthning the Root, it will make the Fruit alſo the greater.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4400" xml:space="preserve">It is an Experiment of great pleaſure to make the Leaves of ſhaddy
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0134-02" xlink:href="note-0134-02a" xml:space="preserve">475.</note>
            Tre@s, larger than ordinary. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4401" xml:space="preserve">It hath been tryed (for certain) that a Cions
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            of a Weech Elm, grafted upon the ſtock of an ordinary Elm, will put forth
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            Leaves, almoſt as broad as the brim of ones Hat. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4402" xml:space="preserve">And it is very likely,
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            that as in Fruit-Trees, the Graft maketh a greater Fruit; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4403" xml:space="preserve">ſo in Trees that
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            bear no Fruit, it will make the greater Leaves. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4404" xml:space="preserve">It would be tryed therefore
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            in Trees of that kinde chiefly; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4405" xml:space="preserve">as Birch, Aſh, Willow, and eſpecially the
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            Shining Willow, which they call Swallow-Tail, becauſe of the pleaſure of the
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            Leaf.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4407" xml:space="preserve">The Barrenneſs of Trees by accident (beſi@es the weakneſs of the
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0134-03" xlink:href="note-0134-03a" xml:space="preserve">476.</note>
            Soil Seed, or Root, and the injury of the Weather) coming either of their
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            overgrowing with Moſs, or their being hide bound, or their planting too
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            deep, or by iſſuing of the Sap too much into the Leaves: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4408" xml:space="preserve">For all theſe three
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            are remedies mentioned before.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4410" xml:space="preserve">WE ſee that in Living Creatures that have Male and Female, there is
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0134-04" xlink:href="note-0134-04a" xml:space="preserve">Experiments
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              in Conſort,
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              touching
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              Compound
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              Fruits and
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              Flowers.</note>
            copulation of ſeveral kindes, and ſo Compound Creatures; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4411" xml:space="preserve">as the
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            Mule, that is generated betwixt the Horſe and Aß; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4412" xml:space="preserve">and ſome other
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            Compounds which we call Monſters, though more rare: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4413" xml:space="preserve">And it is held,
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            that that Proverb, Africa ſemper aliquid Monſtri parit, cometh, for that the
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            Fountains of Waters there being rare, divers ſorts of Beaſts come from
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            ſeveral parts to drink, and ſo being refreſhed fall to couple, and many
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            times with ſeveral kindes. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4414" xml:space="preserve">The compounding or mixture of Kindes in
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            Plants is not found out; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4415" xml:space="preserve">which nevertheleſs, if it be poſſible is more at
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            command than that of Living Creatures, for that their luſt requireth a
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            voluntary motion; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4416" xml:space="preserve">wherefore it were one of the moſt notable Experiments
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            touching Plants, to finde it out, for ſo you may have great variety of now
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            Fruits, and flowers yet unknown. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4417" xml:space="preserve">Grafting doth it not, that mendeth the
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            Fruit, or doubleth the Flowers, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4418" xml:space="preserve">c. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4419" xml:space="preserve">But it hath not the power to make a
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            new Kind. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4420" xml:space="preserve">For the Cions ever over-ruleth the Stock.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4422" xml:space="preserve">It hath been ſet down by one of the Ancient, That if you take two
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            Twigs of ſeveral Fruit Trees, and flat them on the ſides, and then binde
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            them cloſe together, and ſet them in the ground, they will come up in one
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            Stock; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4423" xml:space="preserve">but yet they will put forth in their ſeveral Fruits without any com-
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            mixture in the Fruit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4424" xml:space="preserve">Wherein note (by the way) that Unity of Continu-
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            ance, is eaſier to procure, than Unity of Species. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4425" xml:space="preserve">It is reported alſo, That
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            Vines of Red and White Grapes, being ſet in the Ground, and the upper
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            parts being flatted, and bound cloſe together, will put forth Grapes of the
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            ſeveral colours, upon the ſame Branch; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4426" xml:space="preserve">and Grape-ſtones of ſeveral co-
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            lours within the ſame Grape: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4427" xml:space="preserve">But the more, after a year or two, the unity
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            (as it ſeemeth) growing more perfect. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4428" xml:space="preserve">And this will likewiſe help, if </s>
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