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fo well. As for Ornament^ and 

 particularly in reference to the«9£- 

 mets^we may ask. If for that meer- 

 ly thefe were meant 5 then why 

 fhould they be fo made as to break 

 open, or to contain any thing with- 

 in them ? Since their Beauty would 

 be as good as if they were not hol- 

 iou^3 and is better before they 

 crack and burft open, than after- 

 wards. 



A farther ufe hereof therefore 

 we muft acknowledge, and may 

 obferve 5 and that is for food 3 for 

 Ornament and Diftinftion to us^ 

 and for Food to other Animals. I 

 will not fay, but that it may ferve 

 even to thefe for Diftinftion too, 

 that they may be able to knpw one 

 Plant from another^ and in their 

 flight or progrefs fettle where they 

 like bed 5 and that therefore the 

 varieties of thefe finail parts are 

 many, and well obferved by them, 

 which we take no notice of ; Yet 



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