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Show PT Quanbeds, where theywill produce a gre are well manag’d) tity of Peas (provided tt Air, where the than if expos’d to tt hem up. Heat of 8 1 common in ickle han in Engl nd, it being the Sort that Country ; but in fc > le + = } cr fame Seed longer than two~ Years, for the Reafons there laid down; but rather to exchange your Seeds every Yea > oF every two Fai at leaft, nih whereby wheel you may s always expect Years to have themprovewell. PISUM CORDATUM ; vide Corindum. urious Ge ntlem« n for brought into on are very — ( f; do many e rarely his Sort the a deftitute of Senfe and {fpontaneous Mot n, adhering to another Body in fuch a manner, as to draw from it it rifhment, an d havin its felf by Plant )f a ae ty ae PLANTA, a Plant, is defin’d bythe ingeniorganical Bo ry irtyn to be ous Mr. Fob: ‘ bea Body ge thing arifing of the or is connected by thefe, Ww hen the which it receives the rot, efpecially if Feet diftance fhould be allowedat fownverythin Rowfrom Ro ~ n too thick, in the Rows; the Haulm will the Ground, hI} and ramble over each other, wi ch will Gute the Plants to rot andprevent th yd to iow the f, > Is, to Thebeft draw a Drill w Hoe by a Line, about tter the Seeds two Inches deep, I é aneto e Earth, oroffometo which it adheres s call’d Ro 5 through ; 3 and con its of Juices nd Veffel sce or a Vegean organical Body, compo -d of V every where diftin ith blef and Inet > Booty you may A Veg ee: ufe confit or is left intire, and undiffoluble by its utmoft Force ; and confequently the Matterthereof is neither Water, nor Air, nor Salt, nor Sul- phur, but Earthalone. The Root or Part whereby Vegetables are conneéted to their Matrix, and by which they receive their nutritious Juice, cot fifts of an infinite Number of abforbent Veffels, which being difperfed through the Interftices of the be loweft or h is frequently downwards remain too long abroad ods to burft and calt forth the ir Seeds, o that the of ther mM we Id be loft ; Dat it is not advifeable to con noulders or retur Thus in Veg the Ear from whence they are produc’d, as may be (excepting fuch Trees as are to be replanted, this: After the Fibres are all cut off, you crude ; but by the Structure and Fabrick of the Plant, and the various Veffels they are ftrain’d through, become chang’d, farther elaborated, fecreted, and affimilated to the and diftemper the Trees ; youfhouldalfo cut Metal, €c. confift. and of thefe Plants Subftance of the Plant Trees mifcarry for want of dulyobferving fhould prune off all the bruis’d or broken Roots {mooth, otherwife they are apt to t out all irregular Roots which crofs each other, and all downright Roots Cefpecially in Fruit« [he Motion of the nutritious Juices of Trees) muft be cut off; fo that when the etablesis prod i¢’'d muchlike that of Blood Roots are regularly prun’d, they mayin fome of a Hand, by the Aétion of the Air; in meafure refemble the Fingers Is, in Ar fhouldfhorten effect, there is {omething equivalent to R efpi- when fpread open; then you ration throughout the wholePlant. The Diicovery of this we owe to the admirable Ma/pighi, who firft obbferved that Ve getables confit of two Series or Orders of Veffels ; firft, fuch as receive and conveythe alimental Juices, an{wering to the Arteries, Lacteals, Veins, &c, of Animals; fecondly, , whice are long, hollow yachee, or Air Pipes, wherein Air is continueally receiv’d and ee Pd, de. infpir’d and expir'd ; which Zracheehe fhews all the former Series of Veffels are contained. the larger Roots, in proportion to the Age and Strength of the Tree; as alfo the particular Sorts of Trees, are to be confider’ dy for the Wallnut, Mulberry, and fome other tenderrooted Kinds fhould not be pruned fo clofe, as the more hardy Sorts of Fruit or Foreft ‘Trees, which in young Fruit Trees, fuch as Pears, Apples, Plums, Peaches, Be, that are one Year old, from budding orgrafting, may be left about eight or nine Inches| ong ; butin older Tree ; they muft be left ofa much greater Length; but this is to be underftood of the nay, of a Day, of a fingle Hour or Minute, muft have an Effeét on the Air included in thefe Trachee, i.e. muft rarefy it, and con- chiefly cut quite out, of pruned very fhort, their extream Parts, which are gener ally very weak, do commonly decay after i that it is the better Wayintirely to Hence it follows, that the Heat of a Year, PLANTAIN TREE ; vide Mofa 4 And firft, as to the Roots; all the {mall Fibres are to be cut off, as near to the Place Thefe Juicesare drawn from the Earth very bib’'d; as Air, Salt, Oil, Fumes of Minerals, with a| Hoe 3 t 10 100r hich a Manner, as may be moft ferviceable in promoting the future Growth of the‘Trees. do really that is diffoluble in Water, is liable to be ae perpetual Spring or Source of Action to promote the Circulation in Plants. efpect to the B regarded; the one is to prepare the and the other to prune their Heads, in immediately after they are taken up) other wife the Air will turnall the fmall Roots and Fibres black ; which if permitted to remain on, whenthe Tree is planted, will grow mouldy and decay, and thereby{poil all the new Fibres which are produced ; fo that manytimes the Earth, attract or imbibe the Juices of the fame, “confequently every Thing in the Earth, fequently diilate the Trache. ky whencearifes a to furnifh a fuffi mu{ft remain un t d beg immed § Haulm, andif them up until Ww int y pl ANTING: Although the Method of I he various Sorts of Trees, is fully fet dowd under the feveral Articles where each Kind is mentioned, yet it may not be amifs to fay fomething in general upon that Head in this Place ; which fhall be fet downas briefly 1€T as eefible. And, Fir he firft Thing in the Planting of is to prepare the Ground (according to the different Sorts of Trees you intend to plant) before the Trees are taken outofthe r you fhould fuffer them to remain ‘Time out of the Ground as poffible. pthe Trees, you fhouldc arefully Earth roundtheir Roots, fo as ir feveral Parts to cut them off, are torn out of the Ground withthe Roots will be broken and bruifed ich, to the great Injury of the Trees, you have taken them s to prepare them for Pla which, there are two Thi up, the next in doing to beprin- larger eae only, for the {mall ones muft be them, The next thingisthe Pruning of their Heads, which muft be differently perform’d in different Trees , and the Defign ofthe Trees, muft alfo be confider’d; for if they are intended for Walls or Etpaliers it is the better way to plant them with the greateft Part of their Heads, which fhould remain on until the that the Trees begin to fhoot, when they muft be cut down to five or fix Eyes(as is fully fet down in the feveral Articles of the various Kinds of Fruit) being very careful in doing ofthis, not to difturb the new Roots. But if the Trees are defign’d for Standards, you fhould prune off all the {mall Branches clofe to the Places where they are produced, 3ranches. which crofs as alto irregular Motion when agitated eachother, and by tt by the W indy dorub and bruife each other, fo as to Occ sGonin iny times great Woun ds in the { Places; befides, it makes a dif pearance to the Sight, nefg of avoided fhould be its in Head, Fruit pref which ‘Trees s ; and ad far J Branches dif t from each hen in a in all Sort ° |