A 



JOURNAL 



OF 



NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, 



AND 



THE ARTS. 



SEPTEMBER^ 1810. 



ARTICLE I. 



D» the Structure and Growth of Seeds. In a Letter froiii 

 Mrs, Agnes Ibbetson. 



To Mr. NICHOLSON* 

 SIR, 



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.AVLNG been requested by a gentleman, highly efe- The author's 

 teemed in the botanical world for the knowledge he has dis- ^^.^"j'o^X*" 

 played in that science, to review the formation of seeds in subject, 

 general ; to give a clear and concise picture of the growth 

 of the embryo plant, from the first of its appearance in the 

 seed vessel, to its shooting a perfect plant from the earth ; 

 to endeavour to prove tlje mistakes the variety of appella- 

 tions have caused, as well as the misconceptions its extreme 

 minuteness naturally occasions; and to show also in what 

 order the several parts appear, as physiologists have dif- 

 fered much in this respect: honoured by such a request, I 

 shall venture to begin my task, trusting in the great mag- 

 nifying powers of the various excellent instruments we now 

 possess, and apologizing for venturing to contradict authors 

 so much superior to me in science, as in this matter the 

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