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Ground, where it is apt to produce Weeds in abundance, from the greedydevouring of what that Animal eats.

This, though not so proper for the Garden , ( and the most stinking )is said yet to edulcorate and sweeten Fruit so sensibly, as to convert thebitterest Almond into sweet, and therefore recommended, above all o-thers, for Experiments of Change and Alteration : Some qualify it withBran or Chaff well conlum’d, greatly comfortable to Fruit-Trees, butespecially the Hairs and Erijtles buried about the Roots of Pear-Trees.

"Pigeons 'Thing, and that of Poultry ( especially of Aquatic Fowls,which is too fiery) full of volatile Salts, is hot and burning, andtherefore most applicable to the coldest Ground. There is nothing sooffectual to revive the weak and languishing Roots of Fruit-Trees laidearly to them; but first be sure they pass their mordicant and piercingSpirits, and be discreetly mixt: Be this therefore observ’d as a constantRule, that the hotter Composts be early and thinly spread, e contra ,the colder.

Very efficacious is this Tung to keep Frosts out of the Earth , andtherefore of great use to cover the Mould in Cafes os Exotic and tenderPlants; but if the Heat be not well qualified, the very Steam will killthem in a moment; therefore let a full Winter pass over this Latationfor most uses. The best way of preparing it, is to reduce it into ‘Powder,and mingle it with the Mould, and to water with its Infusion, whichalone does wonders; or, if it have been well expos’d and abated, youmay use it at the Spring without addition: But is you desire somethingthat is exquisite, macerate it well rotted in the Lees of Wine, stale"Urine, and a little Brimstone beaten very fine, to mingle with yourEarth , for one of the richest Composts. Then is this only to be noted,that, as the effect of this Tung is sudden, so it lasts not long, and there-fore must the oftner be renewed.

The Flesh of Carrion, and dead Animals, being (as I think myLord Bacon tells us) prepar’d already by so many curious Elaborationsof its Juices , is highly effectual; but it should be very well consum’d,and ventilated, till it have quite lost itsintolerable lmell, and thereforenever apply’d too crude.

Blood is excellent almost With any Soil where Fruit is planted, espe-cially the Mural • to improve the Blood of the Grape of great advan-tage, being somewhat diluted, and pour’d about the Roots. It has beenassuredly reported by divers Eye-witnesses, that after the Battel ofBadnam Fields in Tevonjhire , (where the late Lord Hopton obtain’da signal Victory ) the Carnage being great, and happening in that place;the Blood of the slain did so fertilize the Fields (where Corn had beensown a little before) that the Year following produe’d so extraordinarya Crop, as most of the Wheatstalksbzrc two, three, four, yea to sevenand some even to fourteen Ears, a thing almost incredible. The Owner°f the Land seeing his Ground so miserably trodden by the Horse andSoldiers after the Conflict, intended to relow it, as believing all hisformer Labour lost; but being dissuaded from his purpose ( perhaps tomake the Experiment) it happen’d as you have heard.

‘ Urine, for being highly spirituous and sharp, had need be well cor-tected, and then, being mingl’d with other Composts to allay its acri-monious Salt, it hardly has its equal.

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