io8 The Wisdom of GOD Parti. 



* ^^-^^ tbefe. And it is obferv'd by * Spi^ 

 7iam. ^^ ^ geliiis. That the Art of the moft skil- 

 ful Painter cannot io mingle and tem- 

 per his Colours, as exactly to imitate or coun- 

 terfeit the native ones of the Flowers of Vegeta- 

 bles. 



As, for the Seeds oiPlmits^ \ Dr. 

 f Antidote More efteems it an evident Sign of 

 ^^m^L 2. r. 2. Divine Providence, that every Kind 

 hath its Seed: For it being no necef- 

 fary Refult of the Motion of the Matter, fas the 

 whole Contrivance of the Plant indeed is not) 

 and it being of fo great Confequence that they 

 have Seed for the Continuance and Propagation 

 of their own Species, and alfo for the gratifying 

 Man's Art, Induftry and Neceffities, (for much 

 of Husbandry and Gardening lies in this) it can- 

 not but be an hOt of Counfcl to furnifli the fe- 

 veral Kinds of Plants with their Seeds. 



Now the Seed being fo neceffary for the Main- 

 tenance and Increafe of the feveral Species^ it is 

 worthy the Obfervation, what Care is taken to 

 fecure and preferve it, being in fome doubly 

 and trebly defended. As for Inflance, in the 

 Walnut^ Almond, and Plumbs of all Sorts ; we 

 have firft a thick pulpy Covering, then a hard 

 Shell, within which is the Seed enclosed in a 

 double Membrane. In the Nutmeg another Te- 

 gument is added befides all thefe, viz, the Mace 

 between the green Pericarpium and the hard 

 Shell, immediately inclofing the Kernel. Nei- 

 ther yet doth the exterior Pulp of the Fruit 

 or Pericavhium ferve only for the Defence and 



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