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fomc plants (lourifh bed in one climate, and 

 others in another} that much moifturc is kind- 

 ly to fomc, and hurtful to others 5 that fome 

 require a ftrong, rich, and others a poor,fandy 

 foil j fome do beft in the (hade, and others in 

 the (un, &c. And could our eyes attain to a 

 fight of the admirable texture of the parts on 



which the fpecifick differences in plants de- 

 pends, what an amazing and beautiful fcene 

 of inimitable embroidery mould we behold ? 



what a variety of mafterly ftrokes of machi- 

 nery ? what evident marks of con fum mate 

 wifdom mould we be entertained with ? 



We may obierve that the conftitution of 

 plants is curioufly adapted to the prefent 

 ftate of things, fo as to be meft nouriming 

 and vigorous in a middle ftate of the air, viz. 

 when there is a due mixture and proportion 

 of warm and cold, wet and dry 5 but when the 

 feafons deviate far to any extream of thefc, 

 then are they lefs or more injurious to the 

 fcveral forts of vegetables according to the 

 very different degrees of hardinefs, or healthy 



latitude they enjoy. 



The different feafons in which plants thrive 

 beft, feems to depend, among other caufes, 

 on the very different quantities imbibed and 

 pcrfpircd by different kinds 







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