Pbilfopbical History of Plants. 7 
ya 1 forts, both of Cor» and Graf are all akin there is no 
a but thatthe Seeds of Graf themfelves (of Rye and 
Oats it is tryed) ifit were worth the while to order them, as Barley, 
would yield an inflammable Spirit. So likewile the feveral Kinds of 
‘Pulfe, have fome one community in their Form, as As faid: for which 
reafon, I queftion not,but that in fome Cafes, wherein Cicers are efteem- 
ed a good Medicine ; a Decotfion of the better fort of Peafe, efpeci- 
ally that we call the Sugar-Peafe, may go beyond them. As doth alfo 
the Flower or Meal of Beans, that of the seeds of Fenugreck ; even 
there, where they are accounted excellent. So Tulips, Lilies, Crocu- 
Ses, Facynths, and Ovions themfelves, with meny others, intheir feve- 
ral Degrees, are all allied. Iftherefore Crocufés, Onions, Lillies, agree 
in one or more Faculties, then why may not all the reft? asin being 
Anodyne; orin fome other Common Nature ; whereby > in their Vege- 
tation, their Parts are Governed and Over-ruled, to one Common or 
Analogous Form. eae 
13. $. The Proportions likewife, amongft the feveral Parts of | Vege- 
tables, for the fame Reafons, deferve to be obferved ; the comparifon 
being made, both betwixt the Parts of feveral Plants, and the feve- 
ral Parts of one. And here again, either betwixt any Two of the 
Parts, or any One of them, and the Whole befides, or all the reft 
put together. So fome larger seeds, produce a fmall Roots as thofe 
of Cucumer + and others finaller, produce one very great; as thofe of 
Bryony. Some Plants, asthe Melon, though themfelves but very flens 
der, yet havea vaft and bulky Fruit; others again, as Thifiles, and 
many yet more fubftantial, have no other Fruit, befides their Seed. 
Sothe Seeds of all Pulfe, and efpecially, the Garden Bean, though 
large, yet produce but a fmall Plant: but tho of Foxglove, Mullen, 
Burdock, Sun-flower, Gre. being themfelves much lef, do yet produce 
a far greater. And efpecially, thofe Seeds, which are inclofed in the 
Thicker fort of Cover, (analogous to that I have elfewhere called 
the Secondine) as that of Peony, whole seed, fo called, is only the Anat, Plant. 
Nest whereinthe true and real Seed is lodged, no bigger than a little oa 1. Chap; 
Pins head: which is alfo obfervable of the Seeds of divers other Ys 
Plants. Thefe, and the like Proportions, as they lie betwixt the feveral 
Parts, fhould be noted: and to what Plants Or Parts efpecially, any 
ofthem may agree: comp: ing alfo in what other kind of Properties 
an agreement betwixt the faid Parts may be found : that fo doing, we 
may, if pofüble, amongft all their Individual Natures, beioftru&ted to 
fingle out thofe Common Oues, which are concomitant to fuch Agree- 
ing Properties. 
14. $. The feveral Seafons alfo of Plants, and of their Parts,fhould 
be confid Obferving at what particular Times of the Year, any 
of them chiefly Spring, Early or Late, The Times wherein they Ger- 
inate; whether for fome Space only, or all the Year long. Where- 
in they Spring, after Sowing; or Flower, after Springing, fooner, or 
flower. Which Flower, the frf Year, or not till the fecond. Which 
after the Leaves are put forth, or before them; for fo, fome do, as 
the CrocusVernus, Bears-foot,Hepatica anrea, and others; all the Leaves, 
at the time of their flowering, being old, or of the foregoing Year's 
growth. So likewife the Maturation of the Fruit or Seed show long 
afterthe Flower, and the like, All or fome of which Varieties, being 
laid 
