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tions, that he makes no doubt of it. Thus it is 

 common to see a warm somberly wind suddenly 

 changed to the north, by a fail of snow or hail ; 

 or to see the wind, in a cold frosty morning, 

 north, when the sun has well warmed the earth 

 and air, wheel towards the south ; and again turn 

 northerly and easterly in a cold evening. 



3. " Most vegetables expand their flowers 

 and down in sun-shiny v:eather, and towards the 

 evening ; and against rain close them again ;" 

 especially at the beginning of their flowering, 

 when tin \t seedsare tender and sensible. This is 

 visible enough in the down of the dandelion, and 

 other downs; and eminently in the flowers of 

 pimpernel, the opening and shutting of which, 

 Gerard observes, are the countryman's weather- 

 wiser, whereby he tells the weather of the fol- 

 lowing day. The rule is, if the flowers are close 

 shut up, it betokens rain and foul weather; if 

 they are spread abroad, fair weather. Ger. Heib, 

 Lib 2. 



E*t ct alia (arbor in Tylis) similis, follows 

 tarnen^ rostique Ji.oris ; quern noctu comprimtn. 

 aperire inripit solus exhortu, meridit expandit. 

 Jncoltf dormire cum dicunt. Piin. Nat. Hist. 

 Lib. 12. c. 2. 



The stalk of trefoil, my Lord Bacon observes, 

 swells again strains, and grows more upright ; and 

 the like maybe observed, though not so sensibly 

 in the stalks of most other plants. He adds, 

 that in the stubble fields there is found a small 

 red flower, called by the country people winco- 

 pipe; which opening in the morning, is a sure 

 indication of a fine day. 



That vegetables should be affected by the same 

 causes that affect the weather, is- very conceiv- 



