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PARTII 
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Of the EMPALEMENT. 
Mi NEXT proceed to the Flower. Where Í intend 
not to repeat thofe things, which have been by Me 
already noted in the Firs Book. And the forego- 
ing Diftourfe of Leaves, will excule me from di. CP 5+ 
vers particulars, common to Thefe and the Flower. 
T fhall here therefore remarque fome things not be- 
MZ fore mentioned, or but iz tranfitu , and fuch as 
are moreparticular to the Flower, 
2. $. And Firft, it may be noted ; That where the Leaves of the 
Flower are few; thofe of the Empalement ox Green Border, are cither 
ofthe fame Number, or juft half as many, whether even, or odd. So 
in Leucanthenum and Chickmeed, there are Five Leaves; in the former 
Five Empalers; in thelatter, Ten. In Great Celandine, there are 
Four Leaves, and but Two Empalers ; and fo in Poppy. The Arith- 
metick of Nature being every where fuitable to Her Geometry. 
. 3 $, Of this Part of the Flower it is likewife obfervable, That 
it is rarely, if ever, entire or one piece, but parted into divers little 
Leafy Pales, efpecially in all Flowers with the Florid Attire, as of Mari- 
gold, Daify andthe like; being fo numerous, as to make a Double, and 
often a Treble, Quadruple or Quintuple Border. Whereby they are apt- 
ly defigned, not only to proted# the Leaves of the Flower in the Bud; 
and after their Expanfion, to keep them tite: but alfo, by receding, 
Bredthmays, one from another, and fo making a greater Circle, gra- 
dually to give way for the full Growth and fafe fpreading of the Ar- 
tire, Which, in regard it confifts of Parts fo exquifitely tender, were 
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