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inmoft, as in the fpecies which I have juft named; 

 but when the firft are inmoft, the fpherical parts 

 are outmoft : this may be remarked in thofe whofe 

 ftamina are drawn out into length, and the petals 

 in fpherical portions, fuch as the flowers of the 

 hawthorn and of the apple-tree, and moft part of 

 the rofaceous and liliaceous plants. Sometimes 

 the contraft of the flower is with the furrounding 

 parts of the plant. The rofe is one of thofe in 

 which it is moft ftrongly marked ; it's difk is 

 formed of beautiful fpherical portions, it's calix is 

 bridled with beards, and it's (talk with thorns. 



When the fpherical form is found placed, in a 

 flower, between the radiating and the parabolic, 

 then there is a complete elementary generation, 

 the effect of v,hich is always highly agreeable; it 

 is this, too, which is produced by moft of the 

 flowers that have juft been named, by the profile 

 of their calices, which terminate their projecting 

 ftems. The nofegay girls are fo fenfible of the 

 value of this combination, that they fell a iimpie 

 rofe on it's branch at a much higher price than 

 they would afk for a large pofy of the fame flowers, 

 efpecially if there are on it a few buds, which pre- 

 fent the charming progreflions of the florification. 

 But Nature is lo vaft, and my incapacity fo great, 

 that I muft reftrict myfelf to throwing a iimpie 

 glance on the contraft, which arifes from the 



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