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ties of Weather : Afterwards to 

 be their Bands^ and firmly to con- 

 tain all their Parts in their dueatid 

 moft decorous pofture 5 fb that a 

 Flovper without its Empdement^ 

 would hang as uncouth and taudry 

 as a Lady without her Bodies, 



Hence we have thereafon why 

 it is various, and Ibmetimes want- 

 ing* Some F/^i^eri- have none, as 

 tulips 5 for having a fat and firm 

 Leaf, and each Leaf likewife 

 ftajding on a broad and ftrongBa= 

 fis, they are thus (ufEcient to them- 

 ftlves. Carnations , on the con- 

 trary, have not only an Empale- 

 ment^ but that (for morefirmitude) 

 of one piece : For otherwife, the 

 foot of each Leaf being very long 

 andflender^ moft of them would 

 be apt to break out of compalfi 5 

 yet is the top of the Impalement in- 

 dented alfo 5 that the Indentments,"- 

 by being lapp d over the Leaves 

 before their expanfion^ may then 

 K 2 pro- 



