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Sect. XV 



OF 



FRUITS 



375 



'JJl 



\thfug 



Evaporate part of i 



Brandy poijons mucor or mould 



Keep it cool 3 . Impregnate fi 

 4 . Fruits preferved in brine j 



i;inegar, in Jpirit of wine, ratif 



V. Verfes c» pruning trees and melons 



obje6l 



f 



farm 



the produaion of fruits, feed 



or garden may be dlvidbd 

 barks, woods, leaves, and 



fl 



ers. 



We have repeatedly endeavoured 



fhew, that the buds inlmed 



ly arifing from feeds are not themfelves capable of prod 



o 



feeds neith 



herba 



borefcent vegetabl 



but that 



ach 



the firft bud from every feed is fucceeded by a fecond bud more p 

 fea than itfelf; and that by a third, fourth, or many more; < 

 veneration being more perfed than the preceding one, till they ac- 

 quire a puberty, if it may be fo called, or a power of producing fexuat 



and a confequent feminal progeny 



/ 



5"""' 



In thofe plants, wh 



ailed 



becaufe their feed 



f 



d produce other feeds, in the fame year 



d th 



perifh 



fome fucceffive buds grow on each other, before a flower can be pro- 



duced 

 fouch 



feen in the ftems of 



d fovvthiftl 



m 



hich confifl: of joints, which appear to be fucceffive bud 



o-rowins on each 



\ 



From the tulip feed a fingle bud arifes the firft year w 



lar flat caudex exifting ben 



w 



principal new bulb 



formed 



Uy mo 



perfea than its parent,- as is ittvi by the 

 larger leaf ; and alfo fome lefs bulbs are produced arour;d the more 

 perfea one in the bofom of each rudiment of a leaf, which compofes 



or 



f( 



th 



principal bulb 



defcribed in Sea. VII. 1.3. and 



Sea. IX. 3. I 



and 3. 6. Thefe lefs perfea bulbs round the principal 



fter the principal one has acquired its puberty 



power of 



prod 



D 



fexual organs, are of greater or lefs degree of maturity 



ppears by their fi 



d thence I fuppofe mufl require more 



fewer years, before they flow 



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