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importance. I cannot help remarking one par- 

 ticular more, viz. that the organs of genera- 

 tion, which in the animal kingdom are by na- 

 ture generally removed from fighr, in the ve- 

 getable arc expofed to the eyes of all, and that 

 when their nuptials are celebrated, it is won- 

 derfliU what delight they afford to the fpeda- 

 tor by their mofl beautiful colours and delici- 

 ous odors. At this time bees, flies, and other 

 infedts fuck honey out of their nedlaries, not 

 to mention the humming bird ; and that from 

 their effete dull the bees gather wax, 



§. 7. 



As to the dilTemination of feeds, after they 

 come to maturity, it being abfolutely necef- 

 fary ; fince without it no crop could follow ; 

 the Author of nature has wifely provided for 

 this affair in numberlefs ways. The ftalks and 

 ftems favor this purpofe, for thefe raife the 

 fruit above the ground, that the winds, fhak- 

 ing them to and fro, may difperfe far off the 

 ripe feeds. Moil of the "" pericarps are fhut at 



» Whatever furrounds the feeds is called by botanical wri- 

 ters a pericarphim, and as we want an Enaljlh word to cx- 

 prefs this, i have taken the liberty to call it a pericarpy. 



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