of HegetaMei^, 137 



The ufe of the Fhwcr ^ or the 

 Foliation Vv^hereof we now fpeak^ 

 (that isj as to its private iervicej) is 

 for the protedion of the Attire 3 

 thiSj as its undetj and the E^/pale^ 

 ment as its upper Garments 5 as 

 likewife of the Fruit : The necef- 

 fity of which Service , in fome 

 Cafes^ by the different fituatioa of 

 th^ Flower and Fruit^ with relpett 

 to each other^ is evident 5 Jpp/es^ 

 Pears 5 and feveral other Fruit Sy 

 ftanding behind or under the 

 Flower -^ hut Cherries^ Apricot f^ and 

 divers others^ within it 5 fbrihefej 

 being of a very tender and pulpous 

 Body 5 and withal putting forth 

 with the colder part of the Spring, 

 could not weather it out againft 

 the Variations and Extremities of 

 the Air^ (asthofeof a more folid 

 Parenchyma can) except lodged 

 up within their Flowers. 



And as the Flower is feryiceable 

 to the (afetyof the Fruit, fo is it 



to 



