ON BREEDING AND RAISING VEGETABLES. 11 



" But to come to the point : the lily being a 

 flower more generally known than any other, 

 and the generative parts being large and ex- 

 posed, I shall from thence endeavour to explain 

 the method which nature makes use of, to 

 impregnate the seeds of that and every other 

 plant ; and by which means the several species 

 of vegetables have been continued to the 



world. 



-i-t'.j/ji, 



" The flower of the lily has six leaves or petals, 

 ** which are set upon the summit of the foot-stalk, 

 " marked a in the figure ; they serve to guard 

 " the parts of generation from the injury of 

 " the weather, and as they are no other use, 

 " that I know of, so it is not necessary that I 



