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Show A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. Chap. XVI, which fome dayes behand: That the Sycomor ranat the Root, the Experiment made at 3 fore yielded no Sap, trom his brawches e of the nature theend of Afarch : But the accurate knowledg in feveral Trees , rties prope and ns Motio dic of Sap, andits peric , and d it daily {hould be obferved by fome at entire /eifure to attenone perfonsinany than more re requi will y,and almoft continuall every free, duftrycan afford ; Forit muft be enquir'd concerning - de- ding its age, foyl, foituation, Cre. the variety of its afcen the branches and pending on it; and then of its Sap afcending 1n nd not Koots ; defcendingin cut branches 5 defcending from Roota thofe which in time of rence from branches; the Seafons and diffe to ient exped beft s the think ewife Helik @c. n, happe ents Accid gh procure ftore of Liquor, is, to cut the Trees almoft quite throu allthe Gircles on bothfides the Pith, leaving only the outmott Circle and the barks onthe North , or North-Eaft fide unpierced 5 and this ole the Jarger it is bored, the more plentifully ‘twill di- ftill; which if it be w#der , and through a large Arm, neer the Ground, it iseffe@ed with greateft advantage , and will need neither flone nor Chip to keep it open, nor Spigot to direct it to the Recspient. Thusit will ina fhort time, afford Liquor fufficient to Brew withs and in fome ofthefe fweet Saps one Buthel of Mault will afford as good Ale as four in ordinary Waters, evenin uses WETAR March it felf 5 in others, as good as to Bufhels; for this; prefering the Sycomor before any other : But to preferve it in beft condition for brewing, till you are ftor'd with a fufficient quantity, it is advis'd that what firft rans , be infolated, till the remainder be prepar’d to prevent its growing fowre : But it may alfo be fermented alone by fuch as have the Secret: To the Cxrious thefe Effayes are recommended. That it be immediately ftopp’d upin bottles in which itis gathered, the Corks well wax'd and expos'd to the Su, till (as wasfaid ) fufficient quantity be run; then Jet fomuch Rye-bread (toafted very dry, but not burnt) be put into it as will ferve to fet it a working; and when it beginsto ferment , take it out, and Bottle it immediately, If youadd afew Cloves, @c. to fleep init, *twill certainly keep the year about : *Tisa wonder how fpeedily it extracts the ta/?,and tin@ure of thepice : Mr, Boyle propofes a fu/phurous fume to thebots tles : Spirit of Wine may haply not onely preferve,but advance the Vertues of Saps; and Infufions of Raifins are obvious, and without decodion beft , which does but fpend the more delicate parts. Note that the Sap of the Birch will make excellent Meade, 5. Tothefe Obfervations, that of the Weight, and Vertue of the feveral Juices would be both ufeful and Curious + As whether that which proceeds from the bark, or between that and the Wood be ofthe fame nature with that whichis fuppos'd to {pring from the pores of the woody Circles 2 and whetherit rife in like quantity upon comparing the incifures > All which may be try'd ‘ firft attempting through the bark, and faving that apart, and then perforating Chap.XVI. A Difcourfe-of Forek-Trees, perforating intothe Wood to the thicknefle of the bark or more witha like fepatation of what difil/s,. The period alfo of ies current would be calculated $, as how much proceeds from the bark, in one how’, how much from the Wood or Body of the Tree and thus every:hanr, {till adeeper incifion with a good large Mun gre,till the Tree be quite perforated : Then by making a fecond bole within the frrff, fitted with a lefler pipe, the interior heart-fap may be drawn apart, and examin'd by Weight, Quantity, Colour Diftillation, &c, Andif no difference perceptible be deveted. the prefumption will be greater, thatthe difference of heart and Sap in Timber , isnot from the Saps plenty or penury, but the SeaJon; and thenpoflibly , the very feajon of Squaring , as well as Felling of Timber . may be confiderable to the prefervation of It, 6. The notice likewife of the saps rifing more plentifully , and conftantly in the Suz, than Shade; more in the Day than Night, more in the Roots than Branch, more Sonthward than Northward ee, may yield many uleful Objervations : As for Planting to fet thicker, or thinner (écetera fint paria) namely the nature of the Tree, Soyl, &c.) and not to fhade over much the Roots of thofe Trees whofe ffews we defire fhould mount, @c. That in tranfplanting Trees we turn the beft, and largeft Roots towards the South, and confequently the moft ample and {preading part of the head correfpondent tothe Roots : Forifthere be a {trong Root on that Qzarter., and buta feeble attraction in the Braxches, this maynot alwayes counterpoife the weak Roots on the North-fide , damnified bythe too puiflant attraction of over large Branches:this mayalfo /uggefé a caule why Trees flourifh more on the South-fide and have their Integument and Coates thicker on thofe alpects ats nnallywith divers other ufeful /peculations,if in the mean time they re not rather to be pwatilos, over nice for a plain Fore- er. J 9. To thew our Reader yet, that thefe are no novel Experiments we areto know,that a large Tract of the World almoft altoge- therfubfift on thefe Tree Liquors; Efpecially, that of the Date, which being grownto aboutfeven or eight foot in height, they wound, as wehavetaught, for the Sap, which they call Toddy , a very famous Drizk inthe Eaft-Indias. This Tree increafing e- very year about a foot, nearthe oppofite part of the firlt Lxczure, they pierce again, changing the Kecefver andfo ftill by oppofice wounds and Notches, they yearly draw forth the Liquor, till it arrive to near thirty foot upward, and of thefe ‘they have ample Groves and Plantations which they. fet at {even or eight foot diftance : But thenthey ufe to percolate what they extract, througha Stratum made of the Rind of the Tree, well contus’d and beaten, before which preparation it is not fafe to Driok it; and ’tis obferv’d, that fome Trees afford a much more generous Wine , thanothers of the fame kind. Inthe Coco and Palmeto Trees, they Chopa Bough as we do the Betu/z; but in the |