STUDY XI. II^ 



■fpecies would furnifh fpeculatipns, which the ap- 

 plication of a whole life could not exhauft ; but 

 I fhall unfold enough of their general harmonies 

 to produce conviction, that an infinite Intelligence 

 reigns in this amiable part of Creation, as in the 

 reft of the Univerfe. 



We fhall thus make application of the Laws 

 which we have previously eftablifhed, and (hall 

 take a glimpfe of a multitude of others, equally 

 worthy of refearch, and equally calculated to ex- 

 cite admiration. Reader, be not aftonifhed at 

 either their number, or their extent. Let this 

 great truth be deeply imprefled on thy heart : 

 GOD has made nothing in vain ! A fcholar, with 

 his fyftems and methods, finds himfelf flopped 

 fhort in Nature every ftep he takes ; while fur- 

 nifhed with this as a key, the ignorant ruftic is 

 able to unlock every door of knowledge. 



ELEMENTARY HARMONIES OF PLANTS. 



Plants have as many principal parts as there are 

 elements with which they keep up a relation. By 

 their flowers, they ftand related to the Sun, which 

 fecundates their feeds, and carries them on to ma- 

 turity; by their leaves, they are related to the 

 waters, which bedew them ; by their Items, to the 



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