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Show A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. Chap.VIII, with this they polith Walking-flaves , and other works which are wrought in with burning : For Food they Fry with it in fome places, and ufe it to burn in Lamps; the yourger Timberis held to makethe better coloured werk (and fo the Gak ) but the older more firm and clofe, is finer Chambleted for Ornaments and the very husksand leaves being macerated in warm Water, and that Liquorpoured onthe Carpet of Walks,and Bowling greens,does infallibly kill the Worms without endangering the grafle 5 not to Chap. 1X. Wine andSalt, having firft cut them out of the fells before they are hardned, with afhort broad braffe-knife becaufe Irom rufts, and thefe they call Cernois of fcooping them our. mention the Dye which is made of this Lixive , to Colour ool! , Woods, and Hair,asot oldthey usdit. The water of the tasksis foveraign againft all peftilential infections, and that of the leaves to mundifie, and heal inveterate U/cers, That whichis produc'd of the thick: hell, becomes beft Timber, that of the thinner better Fruit, Columellahas fundry excellent Rules howtoafcertain, and accelerate the growth of this Tree, and to improveits qualities, ard iron for the purpofe,and believe the beating improves the Tree: is i Thofe Nats which come not eafily out of their husks, thould be Jaid to mellow inheaps, and the reftexpos'd in the san, till the Shells dry, elfe they will beapt to perifh the Kernel : Some again preferve themintheir own leaves, or in a Chef? made of Walzuttrce wood; othersin Samd : Old Nuts are not wholefome till macerated in warm and almoft boyling water ; butif you lay them ina Leaden pot, and bury them in the Earth, foasno Vermine can attaque them, they will keep mervelloufly plump the whole year about, and mayeafilybe blanched : In Spain they ufe to firewthe gratings of old and hard Nats (firlt peeld ) into their Tarts and other Meats, For the Oy/, one Bufhel of Nuts will yield fifteen pounds of peeld.and cleer Kerzels , and that half as much 51, which the fooner’tis drawn, isthe more in quantity , though the dryer the Nut the better in quality; the Lees > Or Mare of the Prefling, is excellent to fatten Hogs with. After the Nuts are beaten down, the /eaves wouldbe {wep'dinto heaps, and carried away, becaufe their extreamBitternefle impairs the ground, and as J amaflured , prejudices the Trees : The Green husks boyled , makeagood Colourto dyea dark Yellow, without any mixture 5 and thediftillation of its /eaves with Hony and Urine, makes Hair {pring inbald-beads : Befides its ze inthe Famous Salernitan An- tidote, if the Kernel alittle mafticated ; beapplied tothe biting of a fufpected Afad-dog, and whenit has lain three hours > be caft to Poultrey, they will dye it they eat of it. In Italy, whena Countrey man finds any painin his Side, he driaks a Pint of the froth , from their manner CHAR. IX, Of the Mulberry. and | am affur'd , that having been Graffed-on the Afb (though others fay no Infition improves it) they thrive exceedingly. be- comehand{orne Trees, and what is moft efiimable, bears its fruit within four years ; all which [recommend to the farther Induftrious, The green huskdry’d, or the firft peeping red Buds and leaves reducdto powder, ferves in {tead of Pepperstocondite meats and fauces. "Tis betterto cudgel off the Fruit, thanto gatherit by hand 5. and in /taly they arm the tops of long Poles with nails A Difcourfe of Fore%t-Trees, freth Oy! of this Nat, and findsimm ediate eafe :. The Kerwel bes ing rub’d upon anycrack or chink of a Leakingor crafy Veffel, tops it better than cither Clay, Pitch, or Wax + In France they eat them blanch'd and freth with I, Mn > the Afulberry :_ It may poffibly be wonder’d by Afatberrs fome, why we fhould infert this Zree amone ft our Fore/? Inhabitants; but we fhall foon reconcile our induft rious Plante r when he comes to underftand the incomparab le benefit of it, soa, that for its Zémber, durableneffe, and w/e for the Joyne and Carpenter, and tomake Hoops, Bows, Wheels, and even Ribs rtor {mall ¥ef- Jélsin ftead of Oak, &c. thoughthe Fruit and the eaves had not the due value with us, which they difervedly enjoy in other 2. Butit isnot here I would recommend out ordin ary black fruit bearers, though that be likewife worth the propagatio n; butthat hind places of the World, whichis call’d the White Mulberry one ofthem of a broad leaf, found in Province, whofe Seeds being procured from Paris , where theyhave it from Avignion , fhould be thus treate d in the Semiwary, 3. In Countreys where theycultivate them for the Silk: worm , and otherufes,they fow the perfectly mature berrys of a Tree whofe Leaves have not been gather’d; thefe they fhake down upon an old Sheet, {pread under the Tree, to protect them from Gravel and Ordure, which will hinder you from difcerning the Seed : If they benot ripe, lay them to mature upon Shelves, but by no means tillthey corrupt; to prevent which,turn them daily; then put them ina fine Sev, and plunging it in Water, bruife them with your hand 5 do this in feveral Waters, then change them in other clear Water, and the Seed will fink to the bottom, whilft the pulp {wims, and muftbe taken off carefully : Thisdone, lay them todry inthe Sx upona linnen Cloth.for which, one hour is fufficient, then Van and fieft it from the basks ,and referve it till the feaYon. Thisis the procefle of curious perions, but the fowing of ripe Atulberries themfelvesis altogether as good, and from the ex crement of Hogs, and even Dogs ( that will frequently eat them) theywill rife abundantly ; Note » that in fowing the Berry ‘tis good , |