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"inost, and priucipally, of the Lignous Body, and 

 Pith; the latter being here consider'd as a Cu- 

 rious Filtre of Nature's own contrivance: where 



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he examins, How the Pores of the Pith ore 

 perineale ; and renders a reason , why a piece 

 of dry Elder-pith , set in some tiuged liquor, 

 the liquor doth not then penetrate the Pores, 

 so as to ascend through the Body of the Pith '? 

 To this part is annexed, by way of Appendix, 

 some Considerations of the Trunk -Roots and 

 Claspers, and the Use of botli. 



After this, he proceeds to the Germen, 

 Brauch and Leaf, and finds in the two former 

 the saine parts with those of the Trunk, viz. 

 the saine Skin , and the sime Cortical and 

 Lignous Bodies, as also the saine Insertment 

 and Pith, here-into propagated, and distinctly 

 observable in it. Further, he shews the man- 

 ner of their growth, and nutrition, and how 

 the Germen is secured ; as also the Use of the 

 knots. Then he lays open the parts of a Leaf 

 and explains the Positions of the fibres Stalks 

 of Leaves, and the Cause of their different 

 shape, and of their being flat. Then het dis- 

 courses of the Foulds of Leaves , their kinds 

 and Use, together with the Uses of the Leaf 

 it hell". To this Chapter also he inakes an Ap- 

 pendix of Thorns, Hairs, and Globulets, explaining 

 both their Constitution and Use. 



Next, he gives an Accompt of the Flower, 

 and its three general parts, the Empalement, 

 the Foliation, and the Attire; explaining the 

 forraation, nature and uses of all three, but most 

 particularly of the Attire, which he finds to be 

 of two kinds, Seminy and Flory ; the Seminy, 

 made up of two parts, Chives and Semets, the 

 latter of which are hollow, yet not so but that 

 they are filled up with minute particles, like a 

 powder. The Florid Attire is commonly called 

 Thrumbs, which are several Suits, of which this 

 Attire is made up: The outer part of every 

 suit, is its Floret, which is the Epitome of a 

 Flower, and in many Plants all the Flower. 

 The next part is from with in its Tube brought 

 to sight, and is called the Sheath, likewise con- 

 cave. The third part and the innermost of the 

 Suit is the Blade , which is solid , yet at its 

 point evermore divided hito two halves; upon 

 which division there appears a Powder of Glo- 

 bulets, of the same nature with those of a Se- 



met. The Use of the Attire he assigns to he 

 not only Ornament and Distinction to us, but 

 also Food to a vast uumber of little Animals, 

 who have their peculiar pro- 



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visions stored up in these Attires of Flowers ; 

 each Flower becoming their Lodging and their 

 Dining-room, both in one: Though it cannot as 

 yet be determined, wherein the particular parts 

 of the Attire inay be more distinctly serviceable, 

 this to one Animal, that to another; or to the 

 same Animal, as a Bee, whether this for the 

 Honey, another for their Bread, a third for the 

 Wax; or whet her all do only suck from hence 

 some Juice, or some may not also Carry some 

 of the parts, as the globulet, wholly awey, etc. 



In the following Chapter he treats of th« 

 Fruit, considering the Number, Constitution, and 

 Original of the Parts of an Apple, Bean, Plum, 

 Nut, andBerry; and observing, that the general 

 Composition of all Fruit is one, that is, their 

 Essential and Vital parts , are in all the same, 

 and but the Continuation of those, which in the 

 other parts of a Vegetable he hath already ta- 

 ken notice of. To which he subjoyns the Uses 

 of Fruits, both for Man and Beast, as also for 

 the Seed ; to which latter it serveth for supply 

 of Sap, and for Protection and Security , the 

 whole Fruit being , he comprehension , that to 

 the Seed, what the Hen, by (ncubation, is to 

 the Egg or Chick. 



In the Last Chapter he considers the Seed 

 again, but in its State of Generation ; as he be- 

 töre examined it in its state apt for Vegeta- 

 tion: where occurs, what in the other State was 

 either not distinctly existent, or not so appa- 

 rent, or not so intelligible. As first the Case 

 of the Seed, and its outer Coat; their figures, 

 various surface and Mucilages; together with 

 the nature of the outer coat and its original : 

 Then, the original and nature of the inner coat, 

 in which the Lignous Body or Seed brauch is 

 discribed. Where upon he observeth, that all 

 the Parts of a Vegetable, the Root, Trunk, 

 Brauch, Leaf, Flower, Fruit and Seed, are still 

 made up of two substantially different Bodies; 

 and that, as every part hath two, so the whole 

 Vegetable, taken together, is a Compound of 

 two only, and no more; all properly Woody 

 parts, Strings and Fibres, being one Body; all 

 simple Barks, Pits, Parenchyma's and Pulps, and 



