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that as the several land animals have their respec- 

 tive diets, so have the terrene plants likewise their 

 several soils from whence they draw their nou- 

 rishment. As some animals feed on flesh, others 

 on fish, roots, leaves, grain, or fruits, so do we 

 find that some plants love clay, others a loam, 

 sand, or gravel. Nor is this all we ought to ob- 

 serve. We must consider likewise how beneficial 

 to every plant is a right exposure, whether in a 

 vale, the sides or tops of hills exposed to the 

 south or north winds, whether inland or near the 

 air of the sea ; for it is a proper air that keeps a 

 plant in health <*nd fits it to receive its nourish- 

 ment ; and a certain degree of warmth, peculiar 

 to each kind of plant, is likewise worth our in- 

 quiry, for it is a warmth natural to each plant 

 that puts its juices into their proper motion, as 

 the same degree of heat will not melt every kind 

 of mixture." 



TOR TOP ESTATE. 



This formerly belonged to the ancient family 

 of the Bowers, of whom John Bower was the 



