Sylva sylvarvm : or, A naturall historie, in ten centuries . TVRALL HIS T O RI E. V. —— W\ E will now enquire of Plants or Vege-tables : And we (hall doe it with dili-gence. tnSpi^arc the principall Partof the Third Dayes Worke. They arcthe firit Producat, which is the Wordof Animation : For the other Words4&3>ut the Words of Ejfence } Andthey arc of excellent and gencrall Vfe,for Food, Medicine, and a Number of Mechanicall Arts. There were Co wen in a Bed, Turnip-Seed, Radi!b-Seed,Wbeat,Cucum-ber-Secd^ and Peafe. The Bed we call a Hot-Bed, and the Manner of it isthis. There was t
Sylva sylvarvm : or, A naturall historie, in ten centuries . TVRALL HIS T O RI E. V. —— W\ E will now enquire of Plants or Vege-tables : And we (hall doe it with dili-gence. tnSpi^arc the principall Partof the Third Dayes Worke. They arcthe firit Producat, which is the Wordof Animation : For the other Words4&3>ut the Words of Ejfence } Andthey arc of excellent and gencrall Vfe,for Food, Medicine, and a Number of Mechanicall Arts. There were Co wen in a Bed, Turnip-Seed, Radi!b-Seed,Wbeat,Cucum-ber-Secd^ and Peafe. The Bed we call a Hot-Bed, and the Manner of it isthis. There was taken Horfe-dung, old, and well rotted; This was laidvpon a Banke, halfe a foot high,and fupported round about with Planks;And vpon the Top was caft Sifted Earth, fome two Fingers deepe; Andthen the .SVrtrf fprinkled vpon it, hauing beene fteeped all night in WaterMixed with Cewdung. The Turnip-Seed, and the Wheat came vp halfean Inch aboue Ground, within two dayes after, without any Reft the third day. The Experiment was made in Otfsber; And (itmay be) the Spring, th
Size: 1474px × 1696px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorwilsonrober, bookidsylvasylvarvmor00baco, bookyear1627
