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Parts ^ I chufe that Method which 

 may with beft advantage (uit to 

 what we have to fay hereon : And 

 that is the Method of Nature 

 her felf 3 in her continued Series 

 of Vegetations 5 proceeding from 

 the Seed fown^ to the formation 

 of the Root 3 Trunk 5 Branch 5 

 Leafj Flower^ Fruit , and laft of 

 allj of the Seed alfo to be fown 

 again 3 all which we (hall in the 

 fame order particularly fpeak of 



The Eflential Conftitutions of 

 the faid Parts are in all Vegetables 

 the fame: But for Obfervation ^ 

 fbmc are more convenient 3 in 

 which I (hall chiefly inftance. And 

 fir(tofall3 for the Seed we chufe • 

 the great Garden-Bean* 



If we take a Bean then and dif^ 

 fed it 3 we fhall find it cloathed 

 with a double Vefl or Coat; 

 Thefe Coats ^ while the Bean is 

 yet green^ are feparable ^ and ea- 

 fily diflinguilhedr When 'tis dry^ 



they 



