Chap. I . of GARD^NING^ &c. 6^ 



Parts of Fruit a?id Wood-Branches ^ by wMcb 

 means there is a conjlant PaJJage for the Lym- 

 phatic Juices^ as well as for the Air^ which is 

 as necejjary in the Vegetable as Animal Life, 



From Dr. Woodvpard ^ That there abounds i^r.Wood- 

 in all Water ^ more or lefs^ Terrefirial or Ni- ^'*^^"' 

 trous Particles, which infenfibly afcend the 

 Parages of all Plants^ and ate fure Helps in 

 their FrtiHification and Growth. This he has 

 very accurately recorded in the TranfaEtions 

 of that Society, drawn from Experiments on 

 all forts of Water, of which Rain and Pond- 

 Water abounds the mod. 



What Praife is there not due to the very 

 great Labours of Mn Mortimer^ and to^»'.Mor- 

 other Ruftic Authors that went before him/"^^'^'^'"' 

 as Meflieurs Hartlih^ Blythe, and Plat^ Shar- 

 rock^ Nouife^ and innumerable Others 3 and 

 laft of all, to thofe ingenious Obfervations 

 lately publifli'd by the Reverend Mr. Law 

 rence^ whoj amidft the more feverer Studies 

 of a Clergyman, for his innocent Amufement, 

 deigns to look into the Garden, to {hew the 

 World that in truth it is an Exercife that 

 not only becomes the Greateft, but alfo the 

 Beft of Men;^ an Employ not unbecoming 

 that facrcd Funftion they are initiated in, 

 but of the greateft Advantage to refrefti 

 them, amidft the more folemn Duties of 

 God and Religion. 



But when we come to the Ingenious Mr. Ray ^ my. Ray. 

 the admirable Trafts that we have in all 

 parts of Experimental Philofophy, efpecially 



in 



