64 NEHEMIAH GREW 



only object of the existence of the organic world was for the 

 use and pleasure of man. Grew believed that the " Outward 

 Elegancies of Plants " might be for the purpose of giving delight 

 to the human race, but he was the first to point out that as the 

 " Inward Ones, which, generally, are as Precise and Various as 

 the Outward," are so seldom seen, their purpose can hardly be 

 for this, but must be for the benefit of the plants themselves, 

 " That the Corn might grow, so ; and the Flower, so, whether or 

 no Men had a mind, leisure, or ability, to understand kow^ 



