l(y^, OK ;rnE MPTUop pF ^ussicu, 



th^^ c^rctduQli tb peaeh that rccew iu vbiiph inort of 

 tb«.ii:ptj^eddob are formed: in th« na>*wiflmwi/<ifoiAJ fl/oite, , 

 pa|»<is,j;grftpe^, in\d what he call* the aroid^s^ tlie cot^*, 

 Ie4oi;if-.>&ri. need not .)>ab8 under the heart but br«^n<;l> 

 ofl[» itJit'Cokjlfidon foruiing into leaves^ l^efore tlM: corcu* 

 luii^^ fs ifi'Uic gifasses, or covering; it as in the ftal^f*.. 

 wl^le fthe .priiocxi'ciial iitalk alon&p«:>ses through tlie hegrt*^;. 

 Asio-wbja he^calb his .dicotyledons, I do confefii i Jipa 

 astonished, at hi?- blindness, for ia the wajnut, njustard*,^^ 

 oakj^^Jia^d, theyan^ so lar^e, that the naktd eye cjjui a!inos|^ 

 discern theuu and see tha.t. there are more than twa: jn<\.^. 

 ha^^X notbeqn blinded by my perfect reliance on hiuj^^ ai^^,^ 

 ass^raJ^c he must be right,,! should not so long j^ajve sh^^;. 

 my C}^a;iig^n3ti5?onviction. I bav«5 ^lowp |hem^o many, 

 who were cqnally with myself cunvincfi}| J^j^^^ j.ijfsiei^[| _ 



»rt>CT ois.i'Pethod.wasiiQ longer.tena.^)l«V'to datji'^ is novi^^ wor* jv.fi ! 

 DistUi^tiob > >i J now. come to that distinction, .which r^sats o« th«" seet^i 

 ^'^^^ /^^^*^**^ hating 5>r not having albunien. 1 showed, i^yu)^ last what 

 5fe<J. albumen was in. the opinion of the iir*t pby«ologi^t|j siicli,, 



as Duli^mel, Mlrbcl, and Ivnight; and e?t|daii^ed wlpt I.,^ 

 th^qk it %p he, th^ softer ^art of the «^o«*(f ^^ibJc^^^jb^ir;^ 

 rea^y ^prepared for the sap vetsels, ^h*^}' >*'*^**^.,^^9JnC''!,^9^^^ 

 any neighbouringf part into the dirlicate njutter, completin^^^, 

 thQ;i[orraation, and it then become* perfect woodt in ever jf^^ 

 sen^.fC t^^^ word; and by degrees hardens, a nd^pffssef^. 

 clo^r* There is scarce an experiment po6sibl<bv,tJ h^i^je , 

 made with this matter^ treating it with hot and^ ^<*(rf)4W^?f>ij 

 with spirit of wine, with a «and bath; and I ^pouldijdrjijr nc^,;> 

 other inference from its appearance, than the onse I h^yg ,r 

 ^txeo;v which any person may prove the truth of by lajfji^g 

 it from a graft of three ex four months old before the pjapt 

 shoots : now as the embryo is aloBost wholly xyood, and the 

 matter is unformed wood, how can some seeds be without 

 albumen ? it is impossible : The next part is, that the. 

 bceds should be farinaceous or fleshy* Seeds undoobtediy 

 differ much in this respect, instead of being divided into 

 two sorts only; they arc separated by nature into four: 

 .,.,. spearing at ftr** of exactly the ,satne fpfmed . n^atter, 

 th(W»gh sijbjtje^ to such a variety of chemical chapges^ ^s is 

 w^l worthyv th&«tteation,of the Jejuriied cberai.st, who. dis^ 

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