OBSERVATIONS 



ON THE 



PLATES belonging to the DISCOURSE. 



GARDEN BEAN. 



NUMBER I. Shews the ftate of this feed previous to its being com- 

 mitted to the earth : the future plant is very apparent, and fur- 

 rounded by the pulpy matter that is afterwards to afford it nutriment. 

 That a fimilar plant occurs in other feeds, is evident to whoever will 

 open plums, cherries, &c. carefully. 



'' No, 2. The feed having been a few days In the earth, the germ is be- 

 ginning to Ihoot upward, and draws nourifliment from a fyftem of mi- 

 nute vefTels, diftributed throughout the pulpy part of the ked. 



No. 3. The root (hooting ftrongly downward in fearch of nourifli- 

 ment, which it may contribute in addition to that furnilhed by the mii- 

 nute ramifications difperfed throughout the pulp. 



No. 4. Is the ftate of the bud of a gourd when it has been fome time 

 in the earth, fhewingthe root ftriking into the ground. 



No. 5. Shews the little plant iffuing from between the two feminal 

 leaves (A B) ; the feminal leaf A being bent downward ; the root is 

 cut off. 



No. 6. Shews the root making further advances into the earth, and 

 (hooting deeper, while the feminal leaves are rifing into the air. 



No. 7. The kernel of aa orange in aprogreffive ftate. C, the feminal 

 leaf having done its duty, now about to become rotten. 



WORMWOOD ROOT, magnified. 



A. The fkin with its veffcls j fmall and clofe. 



B, B. The bark, exhibiting a regular fyftem of little cells and fap- 

 veflVls. 



Tart VI. No. 32. 3P C, C, C, 



