1 74 JnE^SAY on the Procefs Cba^ S. 



feculiar ^TiA fpecifick Matter iot mFdrmatiofi 

 and Nourifment. Yea, each Part of thtfam 

 Vegetable does fo : And there are very maTiy 

 and different Ingredients go to the Compofttion 

 of the fame individual Plant. If therefore 

 the Soil^ wherein any Vegetable or Seed is 

 planted, contains all or ^57^7? of thefe Ingredi- 

 ents^ and thofe in due quantity^ 'twill groV9 

 and thrive there : Otherwife 'twill not. If 

 there be not as many forts of Corpufcles as 

 are requifite for the Conftitiition of the main 

 and more ejfential Parts of the Plants *twill 

 7/0/ profper at all. If there be thefe^ and 

 not in fufficient Plenty^ 'twill ftarve, and ne- 

 ver arrive to its Natural Statute : Or if there 

 be any the lefs Tiecejfary and efjential Corpti-^ 

 fcles wanting, there will be fome Failure in 

 the Plant: 'Twill be defedive in Tajie, in 

 Smell, in Colour^ or fome other way. But 

 tho' aTraS of Land may happen not to con- 

 tain Matter proper for the Conjtitution of 

 fome one ^^c///rjr kind of Plant -^ yet it may 

 for feveral(7r^5n, and thofe much differing 

 amongft themfelves. The Vegetative Parti* 

 desalt commix' d and blended in the Eart/?^ 

 wqth all the diverfity and variety^ as well as 

 ail the uncertainty conceivable. 1 have given 

 fome Intimations of this elfewhere^ (^) and 

 fhall not repeat them here-^ but hope in due 

 time to put them into a much better light 

 than that they there ftand in. 



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