of Vegetables, ip 



ingthat to the Tlant-Root^ which 

 the Plant-Root is to the Trunl^. 

 For our better underftanding 

 whereof, having taken a view of 

 theleveral Parts of a Bean^ as far 

 as Difleftion condufts^ we will 

 next briefly enquire into the ufe 

 of the (aid Parts ^ and in what 

 manner they are the Fountain of 

 Vegetation ^ and concurrent to 

 the being of the future Plant. 



The general Cauie of the growth 

 of a Bean or other Seed^ is Fer- 

 mentation 5 that is^ the Bean lying 

 in the Mould ^ and a moderate 

 accefs of fome moifture^ partly 

 diffimilar^ and partly congenerouSj 

 being made^ a gentle Fermentation 

 thence arifeth^ by which the 

 Bean fwelling^ and the Sap ftill 

 encreafing, and the Bean continu- 

 ing ftill to fwellg the work thus 

 proceeds : as is the ufual way of 

 explicating. But that there is 

 (imply a Fermentation^ and fo a 

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