2824The Hiſtory of Life and Death.
three or four years;
as the Violet, Straw-berry, Burnet, Prim-roſe, and Sorrel.
But Borage
and Bugloſ@, which ſeem ſo alike when they are alive, differ in their deaths; for Borage
will laſt but one year, Bugloſs will laſt more.
and Bugloſ@, which ſeem ſo alike when they are alive, differ in their deaths; for Borage
will laſt but one year, Bugloſs will laſt more.
But many hot Herbs bear their age and years better;
Hyßop, Thyme, Savory, Pot-mar-
1114. joram, Balm, Wormwood, Germander, Sage, and the like. Fennel dies yearly in the ſtalk,
buds again from the root: but Pulſe and Sweet-marjoram can better endure age than
winter; for being ſet in a very warm place and wel-fenced, they will live more than
one year. It is known, that a knot of H@ſſop twice a year ſhorn hath continued forty
years.
1114. joram, Balm, Wormwood, Germander, Sage, and the like. Fennel dies yearly in the ſtalk,
buds again from the root: but Pulſe and Sweet-marjoram can better endure age than
winter; for being ſet in a very warm place and wel-fenced, they will live more than
one year. It is known, that a knot of H@ſſop twice a year ſhorn hath continued forty
years.
Buſhes and Shrubs live threeſcore years, and ſome double as much.
A Vine may at-
2215. tain to threeſcore years, and continue fruitful in the old age. Roſe-mary well placed
will come alſo to threeſcore years; but white Thorn and Ivy endure above an hundred
years. As for the Bramble, the age thereof is not certainly known, becauſe bowing
9090[Handwritten note 90]9191[Handwritten note 91] the head to the ground it gets new roots, ſo as you cannot diſtinguiſh the old from
9090[Handwritten note 90]9191[Handwritten note 91] the new.
2215. tain to threeſcore years, and continue fruitful in the old age. Roſe-mary well placed
will come alſo to threeſcore years; but white Thorn and Ivy endure above an hundred
years. As for the Bramble, the age thereof is not certainly known, becauſe bowing
9090[Handwritten note 90]9191[Handwritten note 91] the head to the ground it gets new roots, ſo as you cannot diſtinguiſh the old from
9090[Handwritten note 90]9191[Handwritten note 91] the new.
Amongſt great Trees the longeſt livers are the Oak, the Holm, Wild aſh, the Elm,
3316. the Beech-tree, the Cheſ-nut, the Plane-tree, Ficus Ruminalis, the Lote tree, the wild-
olive, the Palm-tree and the Mulberry-tree, Of theſe, ſome have come to the age of
eight hundred years; but the leaſt livers of them do attain to two hundred.
3316. the Beech-tree, the Cheſ-nut, the Plane-tree, Ficus Ruminalis, the Lote tree, the wild-
olive, the Palm-tree and the Mulberry-tree, Of theſe, ſome have come to the age of
eight hundred years; but the leaſt livers of them do attain to two hundred.
But Trees Odorate, or that have ſweet woods, and Trees Rozennie, laſt longer in their
4417. Woods or Timber than thoſe above-ſaid, but they are not ſo long-liv’d; as the Cypreſs-
tree, Maple, Pine, Box, Juniper. The Cedar being born out by the vaftneſs of his body,
lives well-near as long as the former.
4417. Woods or Timber than thoſe above-ſaid, but they are not ſo long-liv’d; as the Cypreſs-
tree, Maple, Pine, Box, Juniper. The Cedar being born out by the vaftneſs of his body,
lives well-near as long as the former.
The Aſh, fertile and forward in bearing, reacheth to an hundred years and ſomewhat
5518. better; which alſo the Birch, Maple, and Sirvice-tree ſometimes do: but the
Poplar, Lime-tree, Willow, and that which they call the Sycomore, and walnut-tree, live
not ſolong.
5518. better; which alſo the Birch, Maple, and Sirvice-tree ſometimes do: but the
Poplar, Lime-tree, Willow, and that which they call the Sycomore, and walnut-tree, live
not ſolong.
The Apple-tree, Pear-tree, Plum-tree, Pomegranate-tree, Citron-tree, Medlar-tree,
6619. Black cherry-tree, Cherry-tree, may attain to fifty or ſixty years; eſpecially if they be
cleanſed from the Moſs wherewith ſome of them are cloathed.
6619. Black cherry-tree, Cherry-tree, may attain to fifty or ſixty years; eſpecially if they be
cleanſed from the Moſs wherewith ſome of them are cloathed.
Generally, greatneſs of body in trees, if other things be equal, hath ſome congruity
7720. with length of life; ſo hath hardneſs of ſubſtance: and trees bearing Maſt or Nuts are
commonly longer livers than trees bearing Fruit or Berries: like wiſe trees putting forth
their leaves late, and ſhedding them late again, live longer than thoſe that are early
either in leaves or fruit: the like is of wild-trees in compariſon of Orchard-trees And
laſtly, in the ſame kind, trees that bear a ſowr fruit out-live thoſe that bear a ſweet
fruit.
7720. with length of life; ſo hath hardneſs of ſubſtance: and trees bearing Maſt or Nuts are
commonly longer livers than trees bearing Fruit or Berries: like wiſe trees putting forth
their leaves late, and ſhedding them late again, live longer than thoſe that are early
either in leaves or fruit: the like is of wild-trees in compariſon of Orchard-trees And
laſtly, in the ſame kind, trees that bear a ſowr fruit out-live thoſe that bear a ſweet
fruit.
An Obſervation.
ARiſtotle noted well the difference between Plants and living Creatures, in reſpect of
their Nouriſhment and Reparation: Namely, that the bodies of living Creatures
are confined within certain bounds, and that after they be come to their full growth they
are continued and preſerved by Nouriſhment, but they put forth nothing new except Hair
and Nails, whish are counted for no better than Excrements; ſo as the juice of living
creatures muſt of neceſſity ſooner wax old: but in Trees, which put forth yearly new boughs,
new ſhoots, new leaves, and new fruits, it comes to paſs that all theſe parts in Trees are
once a year young and renewed. Now it being ſo, that whatſoever is freſh and young
draws the Nouriſhment more lively and chearfully to it than that which is decayed andold,
it happens withall, that the ſtock and body of the tree, through which the ſap paſſeth to the
branches, is refreſhed and cheared with a more bountiful and vigorous nouriſh ment in the
paſſage than otherwiſe it would have been. And this appears manifest (though Ariſtotle
noted it not, neither hath be expreſſed theſe things ſo clearly and perſpicuouſly) in Hedges,
Copſes, and Pollards, when the plaſhing, ſhedding, or lopping comforteth the old ſtem or
ſtock, and maketh it more flouriſhing and longer-liv’d.
their Nouriſhment and Reparation: Namely, that the bodies of living Creatures
are confined within certain bounds, and that after they be come to their full growth they
are continued and preſerved by Nouriſhment, but they put forth nothing new except Hair
and Nails, whish are counted for no better than Excrements; ſo as the juice of living
creatures muſt of neceſſity ſooner wax old: but in Trees, which put forth yearly new boughs,
new ſhoots, new leaves, and new fruits, it comes to paſs that all theſe parts in Trees are
once a year young and renewed. Now it being ſo, that whatſoever is freſh and young
draws the Nouriſhment more lively and chearfully to it than that which is decayed andold,
it happens withall, that the ſtock and body of the tree, through which the ſap paſſeth to the
branches, is refreſhed and cheared with a more bountiful and vigorous nouriſh ment in the
paſſage than otherwiſe it would have been. And this appears manifest (though Ariſtotle
noted it not, neither hath be expreſſed theſe things ſo clearly and perſpicuouſly) in Hedges,
Copſes, and Pollards, when the plaſhing, ſhedding, or lopping comforteth the old ſtem or
ſtock, and maketh it more flouriſhing and longer-liv’d.