on without any Check at any Season, because they may be fet in the common Ground, with the Earth about their Roots.

Obfervation LXVIII.

Another Experiment I made in the Year 1720, to facilitate the raifing of Vines from Cuttings, by means of common foft Soap; and I cannot help recommending it now in a particular manner to the Curious, that they may begin early enough. The young Shoots which appear in May, however tender they are, may be taken from the Vine, and after the lower Leaves are taken off, the whole Part which is to be set in the Earth, must be well foap'd and planted in a fine Earth made into a Mud by common Water, for the Water of Dunghills will deftroy them; thefe will take Root in less than fix Weeks in the common Earth. But, I believe, from the foregoing Obfervation, if they had the Affiftance of a hot Bed, they would do Wonders, for Soap is of great Ufe to Vines, as I have already experienc'd; and what I have faid before, ferves in Part to confirm the Benefit they may enjoy from a Heat well regulated. I fhould however observe, that my Friend's hot Bed was cover'd with Virgin Earth, near feven Inches deep, and that the Bed work'd with Gentleness, and produc'd a natural Heat, which must be the Work of Judgment: But as that is not in the Hands of every one who pretends to the Management of hot Beds, which fometimes burn, and fometimes cool too foon under their unskilful Care, I fhall give a Specimen of a Contrivance of the curious Mr. Hall, which will, at the fame Time, keep a Bed from burning of Plants, and give us Opportunity

Opportunity of fhifting our Crop from Time to Time, from one Place to another, without Lofs.

The Gentleman, I mention, prescribes a Hurdle to be made fomewhat bigger than the Frame for the Glaffes, fo that it may be faftned to the Bottom of it, that the whole Body of Earth which is neceffary to lay in the Frame may lie upon the Hurdle, and be remov'd together with the Frame, from one hot Bed to another, as Neceffity requires. The Hurdle, lying thus at the Bottom of the Earth, will keep it from burning or fcorching, although the Bed fhould fire, as the Gardiners call it, the Dung then being uncapable of acting in Excefs of Heat immediately upon the Mould, or doing any more to it then what is barely requifite to give the Earth a due Warmth.

Obfervation LXIX.

Another Experiment which may be very properly made in this Month, relates to the Production of 'Lemons from the Kernels. I obferve, that thofe Lemons which are brought from the hotter Countries, and are firft ripe, begin about this Time of the Year, to decay and yield an infipid Pulp, in which the Kernels are fo much forwarded to Vegetation, that even in the Fruit they ftrike out Roots, and tend to Growth. This put me in Mind, that the Pulp is of great Ufe and Affiftance to the Growth of the Kernels, as well as to maintain the viscous Matter, which we always find about their outward Coat; and therefore I was refolv'd to try how far I could make it fubfervient to grown VOL. II. Trees

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Trres of the fame fort, as well as affift thofe Kernels which I fhould fow with it.

Obfervation LXX.

I have directed the Ufe of the Pulp of full ripe Lemons to be apply'd to the Roots of Lemon-Trees, and find already that they profper exceedingly, but in the Removal efpecially of thefe Trees, which are ufually apt to fuffer very much by tranfplanting, I find, that by the dreffing their Roots well with this Pulp, and laying fome of it about them, they fhoot with great Strength: And I am of Opinion, that were we to use the Pulp of all Fruits in the fame Way, to fuch Trees as were of the fame Kinds, we should meet with extraordinary Success.

Of the Caper, and the manner of Pick ling it.

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Obfervation LXXI.

SI am the firft who have made the Caper familiar to our Climate, I think it neceffary to give my Reader a Word or two concerning it, which yet I have not mention'd in any of my Works, and that efpecially relating to the Method of gathering the Capers, and pickling them for Ufe. I have obferv'd before, that the Capers we eat, are the Bloffoms of the CaperBufh, before they open, or the Flower Buds of the Caper; thefe grow along the Shoots of the Plant, and would be very tedious to gather Bud by Bud; but the Way is, to ftrip them off the

Twigs,

Twigs, Leaves and all, and fift them through an open Sieve, which lets only the Bloffombuds pafs; when this is done, we let the Buds lie a Day or two in Heaps, and then putting them into very sharp Vinegar, let them remain in it eight or nine Days, and after this, fhift the Buds into another Veffel of fresh Vinegar, to fteep as before, and they will then be fit for Ule.

Of an extraordinary Cafcade of Water, which will reprefent Flashes of Lightning.

Obfervation LXXII.

N Difcourfe the laft Year with a Gentleman of Oxford, concerning the Embellishments proper for Gardens, he inform'd me of a Curiofity in Water-works, which, I think, must be very diverting; and, particularly, if we should once come to follow the French Fashion of illuminating Woods and Gardens for Assemblies of Balls, it is to have a Water-Fall in Sheets over an Arch, and by placing Candles or Torches within the Arch, the dathing of the Water appears like Flafhes of Fire, which must have such an extraordinary Effect, as I cannot pass over without Notice.

Obfervation LXXIII.

Confidering how much the Flesh, Blood, and other Parts of Animals contribute to the Vegetation of Plants; and that Bodies of a viscous Quality

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Quality are found to be of Ufe to many kinds of Vegetables, as well at the Time of tranfplanting them, as when they are decaying, or in low Health. I therefore conceive, that whatever Part of an Animal is the most viscous, must have an Excellence in it above the rest for our Purpose; and that a Substance of this Nature, where it is purely fimple, must be preferable to all mixt viscous Bodies.

In this Work I have given fome Examples of affifting the Growth of Plants by laying the Flesh of Animals to their Roots; and have allo -mention'd the Ufe of Soap, a compound vifcous Body, to do good Service in fome Particulars. I have likewife endeavour'd to fhew the Analogy which there is between Plants and Animals; but have in those Accounts flipt in fome Thoughts, which may, upon this, Occafion, be neceflary to obferve, viz. that Birds and Fowls of all kinds feem to have a greater Harmony with Plants than any of the four-footed Creatures, the Eggs of Fowls being excluded from their Bodies, to be afterwards inoculated and hatcht into a Likeness of their original Like.

The Seeds of Plants are difcharg'd, like the Eggs of Buds, from the Mother Plant, to be afterwards brought into Figure by being hatcht in the Earth, but Quadrupedes or four-footed Beafts, for the most part, bring their young Ones perfect into the World.

Again, Fowls are cloath'd with Feathers, as Plants are with Leaves, and every Feather is in many Refpects agreeable to the Leaves of Trees; thefe Feathers have their Roots by which they are join'd with the main Body and Branches, and have their Ribs and Ramifications like the Leaves