Chap.^. of Nature in Vegetation. 175 



It is not poffible to imagine how one^ uni* 

 form^ homogeneous Matter^ having its Princi^ 

 ciples or Original Parts of all the fame Sub- 

 fiance^ Conjiitiition^ Magnitudes, Figure^ and 

 Gravity^ fhouid ever conftitute Bodies fo e- 

 gregioufly unlike^ in all tbofe refpe9s as Ve- 

 getables of different Kinds are y nay, even as 

 the different Parts of the fame Vegetable. 

 That ^one fhouid carry a Refinous^ another a 

 Milkj/, a third a Tellow^ a fourth a Red Juice ^ 

 in its ?^(?iw5 ; One afford a Fragrant^ another 

 an Offenfive Smell : One be Sweet to the Tajie^ 

 another Bitter^ Acid, Acerb^ Auflere^ &c. that 

 one ftiould be 'Souriflmg^ another Poifonoud^ 

 one Purging, another Afiringent: In brief, 

 that there fhouid be that vafl Difference in 

 them in their feveral Conjiitutions^ Makes, 

 Properties^ and EffeBs^ and yet all arife from 

 the very favie fort of Matter 5 would be 

 very Jirange., And, to note that by and by, 

 this Argument makes equally ftrong againfl 

 thofe who fuppofe ?neer Water the Matter out 

 of which all Bodies are forrn'd. 



The Cataputia in the Glafs E, p. 127^ re- 

 ceived but very little Encreafe, only Three 

 Grains and a half all the while it flood, 

 tho' 2501 Grains of Water were fpent up- 

 on it. I will not fay the Reafon was be- 

 caufe that Water did not contain in it Mat- 

 ter fit and proper for the Nourifliment of 

 that peculiar and remarkable Plant : No, it 

 may be the Water was not a proper Medium 

 for it to grow in 5 and we know there are 



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