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But when, on the other hand, the crude 

 watry part of the nutriment beats too «reat 

 a proportion to the more noble principles, 

 cither in a too luxuriant ttatc of a plant, or 

 when its roots arc planted too deep, or it 

 ftands in too fhady a pofition, or in a very- 

 cold and wet fummcr 5 then it is found, 

 that cither no fruit is produced, or if there 

 be any, yet it continues in a crude watry 

 ftatc ; and never comes to that degree of 

 maturity, which a due proportion of the 

 more noble principles would bring it to. 



Thus we find in this, and every other 

 part of this beautiful fecne of things, when 

 we attentively confidcr them, that the great 

 Author of nature has admirably tempered, 

 the condiment principles of natural bodies, 

 in fuch due proportions as might bed fit 

 them for the ftate and purpofes they were 

 intended for. 



It is very plain from many of the fore- 

 going Experiments and Obfcrvations, that 

 the leaves are very ferviceable in this work 

 of vegetation, by being inftrumcntal in bring- 

 ing nourimment from the lower parts, within 

 the reach of the attraction of the growing 

 fruit ; which like young animals is furnilhed 



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