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fuch as draw neareft to their originall , although fome 

 be a little deeper or lighter then othersrBut the light 

 colours are they that are - chief for choice y as white, 

 afh-colour , blu/h or CarnatiorUight Orange^Simple, 

 or party-coloured,{ingle (or double if they beat feed) 

 which mutt be carefully gathered , and than not be* 

 fore it be fully ripe , which you iball know by the 

 head, for when the feed with the woollineffe begin- 

 neth a little to rife of it felf at the lower end , then 

 mutt it be quickly gathered , left the wind carry it all 

 a\vay,after it is thus carefully gather'd it mutt be layd 

 to dry for a week or more , which then being gently 

 nibbed with a little dry fand , or earth will caufe the 

 feed to be better feparated , although not throughly, 

 from the woolinefs or downe that compafleth it. 



In the feed of the Mervayle-of-the-world , take 

 notice , that if you would have variable flowers , you 

 mutt, chufe out fuch flowers as be variable while they 

 blow , that you may have their feed 1 for in this plant 

 if the flower be of a Tingle colour,the feed will likely 

 bring the fame. 



N. 6. Some other relations of trayfmuration , an A the 

 ■poffibilky of & change of L ones fpecies into another exa~ 

 mined. 



I have often heard perfons affirme, that they have 

 fo ved Barley 3 or fome other grain , and in the ground 

 the feed has been fo altered as to fend forth Oates in- 

 deed of corn, according to its own fpecies. I am 

 as yet far re from giving any aflent to this their Hi- 

 ftory. The Reafons why I difbeleive them are, firft, 

 becaufethe Relators a flfir me whole fields to be thus 

 varied, and that to one fpecies (viz) of Oates, which 

 Is different from Barley in the tow , eare and grain, 



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