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tints in the same flower, and specific scent of all 

 flowers is beyond our comprehension. But as a 

 general remark we may add here, that when we con - 

 template all these various members of a plant, whe- 

 ther with regard to their structure or functions, we 

 see much to fix our attention ; the diversity of forms 

 and of texture the extreme delicacy and vivid colour 

 of the flower the rich pulp of the fruit and curious 

 conformation of the seed-vessels are all admirable ! 

 and when we consider further, that all these forms, 

 whether ligneous or succulent, are composed of simple 

 cellular matter, we are astonished ; that the same 

 element should be so differently arranged that such 

 different qualities should be concocted such odours 

 effused, and such colours reflected from the same 

 material ! 



