Chap. 5* concerning A i R^ &c. 147 



*' (as the Air- Pump eafily efFefts:) The 

 *' Seed that was expos d to the Air was grown 

 " up an Inch and an half in 8 Days time 5 

 '* but that in the exhaufted VefTel or Re- 

 ** ceiver that was clear'd of Air, (asbefore- 

 " mentioned ) grew not at all 5 but the iVir 

 " being afterwards led into the fame empty 

 *' Receiver, the Seed in the fpace of one 

 *' Week grew up to the height of two or 

 '' three Inches. 



By wliich it appears very plain, that Air 

 is a very great Agent in this Work 5 and 

 that it does not only infinuate itfelf into the 

 Earth, and amongft the Liquids thereof, and 

 by its own Elaltick Quahty, and by the 

 Genial Force of the Sun, caufe that Afcend- 

 ant Motion or Fermentation, (call it which 

 you will) but alfo that there is a Nitrous Ali- 

 ment that enters the Pores of the Tree or 

 Plant, whereby it is wonderfully nourifli'd 

 and encreas'd 5 and this is demonftrable from 

 what is rais'd in Hot Beds or Stoves, where, 

 notwithftanding that fubterraneal Heat and 

 other Care, without this their Produdions 

 are all very deficient, if not entirely abortive 5 

 but this will farther appear m the following 

 Account ; And from this we may be affured, 

 that nothing will grow without Air 5 the 

 fame indeed may be faid of Water, the Sun, 

 Earth, &c. tho* this feems to be the raoft 

 material : So wifely has God Almighty dif- 

 pos'd of thefe Agents, that the more we con- 

 fider the Caufesand Methods of their Opera- 



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