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muddy waters apt to breed 

 and Periwinkles, if the firft and rudi- 

 nicDtall ftroaks of Duckweed be obfer- 

 ved, the Leaves and Root anticipate 

 not each other. But in the Date*ftone 

 the firft fpr out b neither root nor leaf 

 diftinftly, but borh together; For the 

 Germination being to pafle through the 

 the narrow Navell and hole about the 

 mid ft of the ftone, the generative germ 

 is fainetoenlengtbenit felf, and (hoot 

 ing out about an inch, at that diftance 

 divkkt h into the afcendfog and defcend- 

 ing portion. 



And though it be generally thought 

 that Seeds will root at that end, where 

 they adhere to their Originals, and ob- 

 fervable it is that the nebbe lets moft 

 often next the ftalk, as in G rains, Pul- 

 fes, and moft fmall Seeds, yet is it hard' 

 ly made out in many greater plants* 

 For in Acornes, Almonds., Piftachios, 

 Wallnuts, and accumulated (bells, the 

 germpnts forth at die remoteft part of 

 the pulp. And therefore to fet Seeds 

 in that pofture, wherein the Leaf and 

 Roots may (hoot right without contor 



tion, 



