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and, after ftrewing more fand on them, to about the thicknels of tlie 

 back of a knife, I moiftened the fand with rain water ; and, becaufe 

 the weather was extremely cold, it being in the midft of winter, I car- 

 ried the box about with me in my pocket. 



At the end of four days, fome of the grains had put forth Ihoots to 

 the breadth of a finger : one of thefefhoots, I cut off clofe to its root, 

 and, opening it, I took out the middle part of the plant, wherein, by 

 the help of the microfcope, I perceived fome minute leaves, and, from 

 their appearance, I was well alTured that the ear between them had 

 increafed in fize, though I could not diftinftly perceive it. 



After carrying the box and the remaining grains in my pocket four 

 days longer, I opened it again, and, taking out from one of the flioots 

 that part which confifted of the innermoft leaf, immediately inclofing 

 the ear, I placed it before the microfcope, direfting the limner to make 

 a drawing of it, as it appeared to him. This is fliewn at Jig. 5, 

 A B C D, where A B D, is the young ear, and BCD, the inner leaf 

 inclofing it. 



At the end of four days more, being the twelfth day, I opene^l 

 another of the grains, and, having Separated the 3'oung leaves a little 

 afunder, I was much more confident than before, that I difcerned the 

 ear ; this alfd I caufed to be drawn from the microfcope, as at^^'-. 6. 

 EFGH. 



From thefe obfervations we may be fully afi'ured, that \^'armth and 

 water, will, of theml'elves alone, promote the growtli of plants. 

 And alfo, that God, the all-wife Creator of the Univerfe, does not 

 create any new fpecies of Things on this Earth, but that, at the Be- 

 ginning, he fo ordained and conftituted all things, that, his Creation 

 being perfe6l, the feeds of plants, when come to maturity, Ihall 

 produce or contain in theml'elves (however undifcoverable by us) 

 the part or vegetative principle of the future plant, v.-Jiich, in its 

 due time will be produced, and that, in all relpedts conformable to the 



