1^4 ^fi 1^ S SAY on the Procefs ChsjpLi5. 



done in two learned Trafts written by Dr. 



Grew, and the great Malpighius 5 fo that the 



old received Maxim, Homo eftPlanta Reverfa, 



and the Articulate Divifions of P/iTzy, of Plants 



into Nerves, Sinews, &c. will not come 



within the Limits of this Effay, it being 



my plain Purpofe (however fimple it may 



appear) rather to inftruft, than to amufe 



my Readers with abundance of Particulars. 



Anatomy of ^^ purfuance of which, I fiiall only have 



Plants, regard to four or five Parts, (viz.) the Roots, 



Stock, Branches, and Leaves, and the Seat 



and Principle of Life, from which all Plants 



do, as it were, receive , their Vital Juice ^nd 



Suftei^ancej and work t&Effefts defigh'd by 



Nature. 



ne Py'inc'- ^^^^ Principle of Life is differently feated, 



fie of aft', in fome 'tis in the Roots only 5 fo that cut 



hmj'eatei^. '^liQii-^ into as many Pieces as Teafonable one 



can, yet do but plant thofe Pieces in the 



Ground, and they quickly rife : This is in 



abundance of Edible Roots and Flowers, and 



amongft the Woody kinds the Elm, &c. 



Vi^ennt ^. in .Qthejs IX is feated both in the Roots, 



Places of and all over the Trunk and Branches, as in 



Situation, i-j^g Vimineous or Willow Kinds, which, if 



cut into ^ thoufand Pieces, 'tis yet iitoof- 



fible, morally fpeaking, to kill or delfroy 



thiem, except they are fplit in the mi^le, 



and even hardly then y for take but three 



or four Inches in length and plant in the 



Earth, either' the Roots or Branches will 



affuredly root and grow again. -'^ 



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