i6o An ESS AY on the Procefs Chap. 6. 



cann't but be of the opinion, that the 

 Leaves, Flowers, and Fruits are by Nature 

 involv'd in the Bud, and that the Sap is only 

 a fubfervient, and not a commanding, felf- 

 eflicient Agent in this Caufe, and that the 

 Paffages into the Fruit-Branches are fo ftraight 

 as not receive any more Sap than is perfedly 

 neceffary for the Work. But this may be more 

 certainly prov'd by a Microfcopial Obferva- 

 tion on the Contexture of the Fruit. 

 The Sum- More might be faid of Fruit 5 but that not 

 f^ary. being to my prefent Purpofe, 1 omit it 5 but 

 fhall fum up together all that has been faid in 

 this Eflay, QvizJ) That upon the beft Obferva- 

 tion that hath been made, none can pretend to 

 have difcover'd any Heat or Fumigation to 

 iiTue either from the Surface or Bowels of the 

 Earth, adequate to the meaneft artificial Fire, 

 and that confequently 'tis not fubterraneous 

 Fires that are any-ways concerned in Vegeta- 

 tion or the Growth of Plants 3 but that the 

 Sun is the Principle, and therefore, by way 

 of Analogy, call'd the fii^-^^r, and the £'^rr^ 

 the Mother^ while the Rain and Jir are necef- 

 fary Co-efficients in this furprizing Work. 

 TheVfesof And from this plain Eflay, may be gather- 

 thH Ejfay. ^j ^ j^g Timcs and Seafons when Nature wants 

 our AflTiftance 5 for *tis in Gardening, doubt- 

 lefs, as in any other cafe where Perfons never 

 execute a Precept willingly, without they 

 know the Reafon why, and the immediate 

 Danger, that attend the Negleft. 



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