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Leaf, As to its ftarrding in the 

 trunk^^ 'tis alwayes betwixt the 

 trunks or Elder Branchy and the Ba- 

 fts of the Stalk of the Leaf'-y where- 

 by it is not only guarded from the 

 Injuries of any contingent Vio- 

 lence^ butalfo from the more pier- 

 cing aflaults of theCold^fo long till 

 in time 'tis grown^as larger^fo more 

 hardy. The manner and ufesof 

 the pofition of every Ger/^e;/3 con- 

 (idered as after it becomes a Branchy 

 hath already been by the Ingeni- 

 ous Mr. shdrvGck^ very^well obfer- 

 ved ^ to whom I refer. 



Upon the prolongation of the 

 Germen into a Branch ^ its Leaves 

 are thus difplay'd. The Parts 

 whereof are iubftantially the fame 

 with thofe of a Branch: For the 

 Skin of the Leaf is only the ampli- 

 ation of that of the 5r^;^Jj 3 being 

 partly by the accretion of new <> 

 & partly the extention of its alrea- 

 dy exiftent parts (dilated as in ma- 

 king 



