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Sect.XIX. 6. 5 



OF FLOWERS 



5 



toms, is 



faid 



by M. Permentler 



to po 



(Tefs 



quantity 



f flarcb 



hic'h was capable of being wafted from the acrid mucilage by 



D 



cold water, and of beu.^ 



faaured into an agreeabl 



e 



i» 



d falutary bread 



ke 



bread made from the call 



h 



"-.* 



faid to undergo a fimilar procefs,, by expreffing fome of the acrimo 



., ■ • __. ._ .u. .^^T.^ofinn nf the heat of cookery 



mucilage p 



Which h 



ppl 

 not onlv deftroys th 



of cookery* 



imony 



f many 



vege- 



tables, as of water-creffes/cabbages, and the Ikins of potatoes, but is 

 alfo believed to render feme of them more nutritive by coagulating 



Mr 



a 



their muci 



proportion of w 



which was previoufly combined 



th too 



great 



o 



5 



It would appear therefor 



that th 



feeds or kernel 



^# 



■^ -" 



of vegetables afford the mod nutriment 



next to thefe their fr 



d roots 



d afterwards th 



fi 



alfo in th 



tichoke 



; alburnum or bark 

 jftate before impregnati 

 d cauliflower, braffica, are nu 



Some of the 

 , as thofe of 

 ious from the 



mucilage, which they poffefs 



d fome feeds already impregnated 



but ftill in their immatu 



ftate, along with their hufks or capfules 



y 



thofe of kidney-bean, phafeolus, and of very young peas 



fford 



a 



falutary nutriment 



And 



their corols fecrete honey 



ftly all flowers after the expanfion of 

 which fupplies food to ir 



numerable in- 



^lai'' 



feds, who plunder 



well as to mankind. In the bafes of many 



n" 



faccharine or mucilao-inous juice is fecreted, as 



th 



joints of grafs 



th 



bulbs of onions, and at the lower parts of the 



Mjymf^ 



leaves of cabbages, and around the ftemsof afparagus, mercury 

 hop-buds, during the early ftate of their flowers ; but the 

 themfelves, like the lungs of animals, feem to poffefs lefs nuti 

 aliment than many other parts of their fyft:em. 



and 



/ 



4B2 



VII. The 



