SECT. XXV. Media in nocte et meridie maxima fit tranquillitas. SECT. XXVI. Cur dicitur, "Tertia lux nunquam nocturno aquilone calorat, laborat?" Auster fœtidus. Ventus ante eclipses, magna ex parte. Auster non incipiens, sed finiens pluvius. Venti hyeme ab oriente, æstate ab occidente. Spirantibus austris, gravius se habent, et imbecillius, homines. Auster incipiens parvus, finiens magnus, Boreas e contra; unde proverbium, "bonum est navigare incipiente Austro et finiente Aquilone." Post Austrum cito Aquilo, post hunc non cito Auster spirat. Austri sicci, et inaquosi, febriculosi. Ventus mane incipiens, durat magis. Aquilo interdiu vehemens, noctu autem cadit. SECT, XXVII. Fortes et plurimum vinosi. Timentes maxime tremunt voce, manibus, et labro inferiori. Timentes sitiunt et algent, alvo solvuntur, mingunt, et testes contrahuntur. SECT. XXXI. Perfricato oculo cessat sternutatio. Irati oculis maxime rubore tentantur, pudefacti auribus. SECT. XXXII. Cur urinatores sibi dissecant aures et nares. Aliqui, dum aures scalpunt, tussiunt. Sinistra auris ocius consolidatur magna ex parte cum per foratur. SECT. XXXIII. Sternutatio singultum solvit; eructatio autem non sedat. Singultum solvit sternutatio, spiritus cohibitio, acetum. Sternutatio dormientibus non fit. End of Problems. [OBSERVATIONS ON GRAFTING.1] [MS. SLOAN. 1848, fol. 44-48; 1882, fol. 136, 137; AND ADDITIONAL MSS. NO. 5233, fol. 58.] In the doctrine of all insitions, those are esteemed most successful which are practised under these rules : That there be some consent or similitude of parts and nature between the plants conjoined. That insition be made between trees not of very different barks; nor very differing fruits or forms of fructification; nor of widely different ages. That the scions or buds be taken from the south or east part of the tree. That a rectitude and due position be observed; not to insert the south part of the scions unto the northern side of the stock, but according to the position of the scions upon his first matrix. Now, though these rules be considerable in the usual and practised course of insitions, yet were it but reasonable for searching spirits to urge the operations of nature by conjoining plants of very different natures in parts, barks, lateness, and precocities, nor to rest in the experiments of hortensial plants in whom we chiefly intend the exaltation or variety of their fruit and flowers, but in all sorts of shrubs and trees applicable unto physic or mechanical uses, whereby we might alter their tempers, moderate or promote their virtues, exchange their softness, hardness, and colour, and so render them considerable beyond their known and trite employments. probability, was written for and addressed to Evelyn. OBSERVATIONS, &c.] "Generation of Plants," was the title given by Dr. Ayscough to this paper: which, in all To which intent curiosity may take some rule or hint from these or the like following, according to the various ways of propagation:-2 Colutea upon anagris Arbor judæ upon anagris Cassia poetica upon cytisus Cytisus upon periclymenum rectum Woodbine upon jasmine Cystus upon rosemary Rosemary upon ivy Sage or rosemary upon cystus Myrtle upon gall or rhus myrtifolia Coccygeia upon alaternus Mezereon upon an almond Gooseberry and currants upon mezereon, barberry, or blackthorn Barberry upon a currant tree Bramble upon gooseberry or raspberry Yellow rose upon sweet briar Phyllerea upon broom Broom upon furze Anonis lutea upon furze Holly upon box Bay upon holly A fig upon mulberry Vine upon oleaster, rosemary, ivy 2 propagation.] A brief memorandum occurs here in the original, in these words:" To insert the Catalogue," evidently showing that the author intended the list of his proposed experiments to be here introduced. Having met with such a Catalogue (in MS. Sloan. 1843, fol. 44-48) I have not hesitated to transplant it hither as the one intended. Several of the names are so illegible, that it is impossible not to fear they may be incorrectly given. An arbutus upon a fig A peach upon a fig White poplar upon black poplar Asp upon white poplar Wych elm upon common elm Hazel upon elm Sycamore upon wych elm Cinnamon rose upon hipberry A whitethorn upon a blackthorn Hipberry upon a sloe, or skeye, or bullace Apricot upon a mulberry Arbutus upon a mulberry An hawthorn upon a service tree An ash upon an asp A poplar upon an elm A black cherry tree upon a tilea or lime tree Tilea upon beech Alder upon birch or poplar A filbert upon an almond An almond upon a willow A nux vesicaria upon an almond or pistachio A cerasus avium upon a nux vesicaria 3 A cornelian upon a cherry tree A cherry tree upon a cornelian 3 Cornelian.] Cornel-tree. VOL. IV. 2 B |