Bacon, Francis, Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries
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            by neglecting, and not removing, prove ſingle. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4731" xml:space="preserve">And the way to do it ſpeedily,
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            is to ſow or ſet Seeds, or Slips of Flowers; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4732" xml:space="preserve">and as ſoon as they come up, to
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            remove them into new ground that is good: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4733" xml:space="preserve">Enquire alſo, whether inocu-
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            lating oſ Flowers, (as Stock-Gilliflowers, Roſes, Musk-Roſes, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4734" xml:space="preserve">c.) </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4735" xml:space="preserve">doth
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            not make them double. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4736" xml:space="preserve">There is a Cherry-Tree that hath double Bloſſoms,
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            but that Tree beareth no Fruit; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4737" xml:space="preserve">and, it may be, that the ſame means which
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            applied to the Tree, doth extreamly accelerate the Sap to riſe and break
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            forth, would make the Tree ſpend it ſelf in Flowers, and thoſe to become
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            double, which were a great pleaſure to ſee, eſpecially in Apple-trees, Peach-
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            trees, and Almond-trees, that have Bloſſoms Bluſh coloured.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4739" xml:space="preserve">The making of Fruits without Core or Stone, is likewiſe a curioſity,
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            and ſomewhat better; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4740" xml:space="preserve">becauſe whatſoever maketh them ſo, is like to make
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            them more tender and delicate. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4741" xml:space="preserve">If a Cions or Shoot fit to be ſet in the
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            Ground, have the Pith finely taken forth (and not altogether, but ſome of it
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            left, the better to ſave the life) it will bear a Fruit with little or no Core or
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            Stone. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4742" xml:space="preserve">And the like is ſaid to be of dividing a quick Tree down to the Ground,
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            and taking out the Pith, and then binding it up again.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4744" xml:space="preserve">It is reported alſo, that a Citron grafted upon a Quince will have ſmall
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            or no Seeds; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4745" xml:space="preserve">and it is very probable, that any ſowre Fruit grafied upon a
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            Stock that beareth a ſweeter Fruit, may both make the Fruit ſweeter, and
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            more void of the harſh matter of Kernels or Seeds.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4747" xml:space="preserve">It is reported, that not onely the taking out of the Pith, but the ſtopping
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            of the Juyce of the Pith from riſing in the midſt, and turning it to riſe on the
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            outſide, will make the Fruit without Core or Stone; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4748" xml:space="preserve">as if you ſhould bore a
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            Tree clean thorow, and put a wedge in. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4749" xml:space="preserve">It is true, there is ſome affinity be-
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            tween the Pith and the Kernel, becauſe they are both of a harſh ſubſtance,
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            and both placed in the midſt.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4751" xml:space="preserve">It is reported, that Trees watered perpetually with warm Water, will
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            make a Fruit with little or no Core or Stone. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4752" xml:space="preserve">And the rule is general, That
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            whatſoever will make a wilde Tree, a Garden Tree, will make a Garden Tree
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            to have leſs Core or Stone.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4754" xml:space="preserve">THe Rule is certain, That Plants for want of Culture, degenerate to be
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0144-06" xlink:href="note-0144-06a" xml:space="preserve">Experiments
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              in Conſort,
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              touching the
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              Degenerating
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              of Plants, and
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              of the Tranſ-
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              mutation of
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            baſer in the ſame kinde; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4755" xml:space="preserve">and ſome times ſo far, as to change into another
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            kinde. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4756" xml:space="preserve">1. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4757" xml:space="preserve">The ſtanding long, and not being removed, maketh them dege-
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            nerate. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4758" xml:space="preserve">2. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4759" xml:space="preserve">Drought, unleſs the Earth of it ſelf be moiſt, doth the like. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4760" xml:space="preserve">3. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4761" xml:space="preserve">So
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            doth removing into worſe Earth, or forbearing to compoſt the Earth; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4762" xml:space="preserve">as we
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            ſee, that Water-Mint turneth into Field Mint, and the Colewort into Rape by
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            neglect, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4763" xml:space="preserve">c.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4765" xml:space="preserve">What ſoever Fruit uſeth to be ſet upon a Root, or a Slip, if it be ſown,
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            will degenerate; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4766" xml:space="preserve">Grapes ſown, Figs, Almonds, Pomegranate Kernels ſown,
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            make the Fruits degenerate, and become wilde. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4767" xml:space="preserve">And again, moſt of thoſe
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            Fruits that uſe to be grafted, if they be ſet of Kernels, or Stones degenerate.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4768" xml:space="preserve">It is true, that Peaches (as hath been touched before) do better upon Stones
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            ſet, than upon grafting: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4769" xml:space="preserve">And the rule of Exception ſhould ſeem to be this,
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            That whatſoever Plant requireth much moiſture, proſpereth better upon the
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            Stone or Kernel, than upon the Graft. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4770" xml:space="preserve">For the Stock, though it giveth a finer
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            nouriſhment, yet it giveth a ſcanter, than the Earth at large.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4772" xml:space="preserve">Seeds, if they be very old, and yet have ſtrength enough to bring forth a
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            Plant, make the Plant degenerate. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4773" xml:space="preserve">And therefore skilful Gardiners make tryal
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            of the Seeds, before they buy them, whether they be good or no, by </s>
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