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little more to differ from one another, than do trees 

 from them ; all of them consisting of the same variety 

 of parts, according to their kinds and structure, 

 cover'd with some woody, hard membraneous, or 

 tender rind, suitable to their constitution, and to 

 protect them from outward injuries ; producing 

 likewise buds, leaves, blossoms and flowers, pregnant 

 with fruit, and yielding saps, liquors and juices, 

 lachrymce, gums, and other exsudations, tho' diversi- 

 fying in shape and substance, tast, odour, and other 

 qualities and operations, according to the nature of 

 the species ; the various structure and contexture of 

 their several vessels and organs, whose office it is to 

 supply the whole plant with all that is necessary to its 

 being and perfection, after a stupendious, tho' natural 

 process ; which minutely to describe, and analogically 

 compare, as they perform their functions, (not alto- 

 gether so different from creatures of animal life) 

 would require an anatomical lecture ; which is so 

 learnedly and accurately done to our hands, by 

 Dr. Grew, Malphigius^ and other ingenious natural- 

 ists. 



But besides this general definition, as to what is 

 meant by trees, frutexes, <S?c. they are likewise speci- 

 fically distinguish 'd by other characters, leaves, buds, 

 blossoms, 6?c. but especially by what they produce of 

 more importance, by their fruit ye shall know them: 



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The glandiferce, oaks and ilex's yield acorns, and 

 other useful excrescencies: The mast-bearers are the 

 beech, and such as include their seeds and fruit in 

 rougher husks; as the chessnut-tree, Gfc. the wallnut, 

 hazle, avelans, Gfc. are the nuciferce, Gfc. to the 

 conifer ce, resiniferce^ squammiferce^ fife, belong the whole 



