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and they muft either have a frejl) fuppiy 

 brought to them, or they themjelves be re- 

 moved and tranfpl anted to fome Place better 

 furnified with Matter for their Suhfiftence, 

 And accordingly Gardeners obferve, That 

 tlants that h^vcjiood a great while in a P/^^^, 

 have longer Roots than ufual 5 part of which 

 they a// of when they tranfplant the?n to a 

 /r^; &i/, as now not of any farther life to 

 them. All thefe Inftances^ to pafs over a 

 great many others that might be aliedg'd, 

 point forth a particular Terrefirial Matter^ 

 and not Water^ for the Subjeif to which 

 Plants owe their Encreafe, Were it Water 

 only^ there would be no need of Manures^ or 

 of tranfplanting them from Place to Place, 

 The if jiw falls in all Places alike 5 in ^y^/i 

 jF2>W, and in that indifferently ^ on one fide 

 of an Orchard or Garden as well as another. 

 Nor could there be any reafon why a /r^S 

 oi Land fliould yield Wheat one Year, and 

 not the next 3 fince the Rain Ihowrs down 

 alike in each. But I am fenfible I have car- 

 ried on this Article to too great a length ^ 

 which yet, on fo a?npk and extenfive a S'^//'- 

 ;V5, 'twas not eafie to avoid. 



5. Vegetables are not forind of Water ^ toobferv. 5. 

 of a certain peculiar Terrefirial Matter, It ^^^g^tahks 

 nathbeen fhewn, That there is a confiderable'^ff.fff ^f 

 Quantity of this Matter contain'd both in Water, but 

 Rain, Spring, and River Water : Tlm'^^ffflj^f 

 the the much greatejl part of the Fluid 

 Mafs that afcends up into Plants does 



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