268 ESSAYS ann OBSERVATIONS 
« mineos qui diligenter auferunt, fructus non 
‘‘obtinent. Tulipae folitariae fi auferantur 
“ antherae ante cafum pollinis, fterilis eva- 
“det,” Linnacus (b). 
So the winds feem here to forget their du- 
ty. But, granting all here alledged, it proves 
nothing. For plucking off the petala may 
have the fame effect ; ‘‘ Saepius avulfis flo- 
‘¢ ris foliis, antequam hiarent, in tulipa prae- 
“< cipue, expectavi an ftylus incrementa ca- 
<“syperet 3" et interdum ejufdem incrementum 
‘“* remorart obfervavi, quandoque quaedam 
*‘femina, abfque noxa, debitam fortita funt 
‘‘ magnitudinem,” Malpighius (7). Wounds 
alfo in otherways neceflary parts, may be 
the caufe of fuch barrennefs, by depriving 
the feeds of their proper juices, &c. Never- 
thelefs there is reafon to deny the fact: for 
{urely M. Wablbom did not make the experi- 
ment in every f{pecies of flowers: M. Geoff- 
roy’s mays ripened fome feeds, tho’ caftrated 
(2): and I made the trial in tulips, nul 
cum fuccefu. Thus, 
47. ONE 
(4) Phil. Bot. p. 90. and 92. 
(:) Oper. p. 7o. 
(4) Vid. Mem. Acad. 1711. 
