Qiap. 6. of T<latur€ in Vegetation. i 515 



In others, 'tis feated entirely in the Bo- ^^^^"^ ^^'^' 

 dy. Branches, or Leaves 5 and this is the^^^' 

 Cafe of many of our Exotkks^ which being 

 of a fucculent Nature, and by putting the 

 Trunk or Branches, or the Leaves and Stems, 

 as in the Ficiis^s^ Ceretis's^ &"c. into the Ground, 

 they immediately ftrike root, and grow 5 

 nay fo ftrong is the Principle of Life in thofe, 

 that take them and hang them up a confidera- 

 ble Time without any Earth, Water, &c. 

 they'll maintain their Natural Verdure, and, 

 by their fucculent Quality, this Principle 

 of Life itfelf in the moft admirable man- 

 ner. 



But, generally fpeaking, this Principle of Where ^e^ 

 Life is feated exaftly between the Trunk "^'''^^^^^" 

 and the Root, and this we obferve to be the 

 Place of its Pofition in all or moft of the Se- 

 miniferous Tribe 5 for if we reckon the Oak 

 under that general Title, and cut the Body 

 down near that Place, 'tis odds if ever it 

 fhoots again, at leaft to no great purpofe. 



The Ufe of this Principle is taken to berhevfe of 

 for the Concoftion of the indigefted Salts that'"^ \" ^^^^''- 

 afcend through the Roots, 'tis here fuppos*d ^'^^'''"* 

 that they a^imilate the Nature of the Tree 

 they are helping to form, though perhaps 

 the Root may affift in this Work likewife. 



This being eftablilh'd, we may now learn, The firfl 

 that in the Spring, as foon as the Sun begins ^^^^-^^Z 

 to warm the Earth, and the Rains melt the ^*^^"^^' 

 latent Salts, the whole Work of Vegetation 

 is fet on foot 3 'tis then the Emulgent Fi- 

 bres 



