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clofe-plaited, and ftraitly folded up and thruft 

 together within the Membranes of the Seed, that 

 it would puzzle a Man to imitate it, and yet none 

 of the Folds flicking or growing together; fo 

 that they may eafily be taken out of their Ca- 

 fes, and fprcad and extended even with one's 

 Fingers. 



Secondly, If we confider each particular Part 

 of a Plant, we fhall find it not without its End 

 or Ufe ; the Root^ for its Stability and drawing 

 Nourifliment from the Earth; th^ Fibres ^ to con- 

 tain and convey the Sap ; befides which, there is 

 a large Sort of VefTels to contain the proper and 

 fpecifick Juice of the Plant, and others to carry 

 Air for fuch a Kind of Refpiration as it needeth; 

 of which we have already fpoken. The outer 

 and inner Bark in Trees ferve to defend the trunk 

 and Boughs from the ExcefTes of Heat and Cold, 

 and Drought, and to convey the Sap for the an- 

 nual Augmentation of the Tree ; for in Truth, 

 every Tree may in fome Senfe be faid to be an 

 annual Plant, both Leaf, Flower and Fruit 

 proceeding from the Coat that was fuperin- 

 duced over the Wood the lafl Year, which Coat 

 alfo never beareth any more, but together with 

 the old Wood ferves as a Form or Block to fu- 

 llain the fucceeding annual Coat. The Leaves 

 before the Gemma or Bud be explicated to em- 

 brace and defend the Flower and Fruit, .which 

 is even then perfedly form'd 3 afterwards to 

 preferve the Branches, Flowers and Fruit from 

 the Injuries of the. Summer-Sun, which would 



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