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the aquatic characters which we have indicated, fuch 

 as the hard (hell of the Levant, the rum of Smyrna, 

 the juice of the tithymal, the Celtic fpikenard, 

 the cummin, the anife, the nettle, the fweet- 

 marjoram, the root of the birthwort, and the feed 

 of the hemp. Thus, the relations of thefe plants 

 with fîmes confirm what has been faid of thofe of 

 their grains with the waters. 



By referring the different tribes of infects to the 

 «different parts of plants, and in that way only, can 

 we difcern the reafons for which Nature has been 

 determined to beftow on thofe diminutive animals 

 figures fo extraordinary. We fliould then know 

 the ufes of their utenfils, of which the greater part 

 is hitherto unknown ; and we mould have conti- 

 nually new occafion to admire the Divine Intelli- 

 gence, and to perfect our own. On the other 

 hand, fuch progrefs in knowledge would diffufe 

 the cleared light over many parts of plants, the 

 utility of which is a world unknown to Botanifts ? 

 becaufe they have confonances only with animals. 



I am perfuaded, that there is not a fingle vege- 

 table but what has connected with it, at lead, one 

 individual of each of the fix general claffes of in- 

 fects, acknowledged by Naturalifts. As Nature 

 has divided each genus of plants into different 

 Ipecies, in order to render them capable of growing 



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