On hops. 



X_JF the Hops which grow in the Low Countries, thofe from Liege 

 are preferred to ours here in Holland, and, I doubt not, with reafon, 

 becaufe the territory of Liege is one degree and an half more to the 

 fouthward than Holland, conlequently the Hoi)s will fooner come to 

 maturity there ; befides, in the lands about Liege tlie foil is deeper 

 than ours. The following are the obfervations I have made upon 

 this plant. 



I examined by the microfcope, thofe leaves of the Hop, which 

 compofe the pod, or cafe, containing the feed ; which leaves, being 

 remarkably thin, afforded me a very pleafant obje6l to behold, the 

 veins or veflels fcattering themfelves in all dire6tions about the 

 leaves, and, in fome places, uniting again. Some of thefe veflels, I 

 perceived to be tilled with a red fubftance, others were of a fpiral 

 figure, refembling thofe veins which I have obferved in the leaves of 

 tea. 



Many of thefe leaves, I obferved to have a fmall feed adhering to 

 them, at that part, where the footftalk of the leaf had been joined. 

 And, indeed, I think, that thefe fmall leaves tlius bearing the feed, 

 ave fo formed, that each (hall produce one feed, but, it is my opinion, 

 that the feeds, when the leaves do not grow to perfe6t maturitv', 

 cann.ot ripen. 



Many of the feeds I dilTeCied, and found noticing in them, except 

 the young plant, which was chiefly compofed of the part that would 

 in time become the root. Tliere were, howe\xM-, t\\'o leaves formed 



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