tious opening o£ a Ger/^icpt maybe 

 feen* 



Nor is there greater Art in the 

 Forms^ than in the Foulds or Po- 

 ftures of Leaves-^ both anfwera- 

 bly varying 5 as this or that way 

 they may be moft agreeable. Of 

 the ghiincuncid pofture^ fo amply 

 inftanc'd in by the Learned Dr. 

 Brown^ I fhall omit to ipeak. O- 

 thers there are^ which though not 

 all fbuniverlalj yet equally necef- 

 lary where they are 3 giving two 

 general advantages to the Leaves^ 

 Elegancy and Security ^ fc. in ta- 

 king up^ fo far as their Forms will 

 bear^ theleaftroom^ and in being 

 fo conveniently couch'd^ as to be 

 capable" of receiving protedion 

 from other parts^ or of giving it 

 to one another ^ as for inftance^ 



Firft 3 There is the r Iain-Lap ^ 

 where the Leaves are all laid 

 fomewhat convexlyone over ano- 

 ther 5 but not plaited iv being to 

 I 2 the 



