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(hoot obliquely or croffewife, umill the 

 ftalke appeareth j which fendeth not 

 forth its fir ft leaves without all order un 

 to them ; and he that from hence can 

 drfcover in what pofition the two firft 

 leaves did arife, is no ordinary obferva- 

 tor. 



Where by the way, he that obferveth 

 the rudimental fpring of feed $ 3 (hall finds 

 ilrifl rule, although not after this order. 

 How little is required unto effectual ge- 

 j aeration, and in what diminutives the 

 Iplaftick principle Iodgeth 5 is eKempli- 

 (fiedinfecdy, wherein the greater mafs 

 affords fo little comprodu&ion. In 

 Beanes the leaf and root fprout from 

 the Germen, the main fides fplit, and 

 lye by, and in fomepulfd up near the 

 j rime of blooming we have found the 

 j pulpous fides intire or little wafted. In 

 j Acorns the nebb dilating fphtteth the 

 I two fides, which fometimes lye whole, 

 [ when the Oak is fprouted two handfuls. 

 I In Lupins thefc pulpy fides do fome 

 times arife with the ftalk in a refem- 

 blance of two fat leaves* Wheat and 

 Rye will grow up, if after they have 

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