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fome plants flourifh beft in one climate, and 

 others in another 5 that much moifture is kind- 

 ly to fome, and hurtful to others 5 that fome 

 require aftrong, rich, and others a poor,fandy 

 foil j fome do beft in the fhade, and others in 

 the fun, &c. And could our eyes attain to a 

 fight of the admirable texture of the parts on 

 which the fpecifick differences in plants de- 

 pends, what an amazing and beautiful fcene 

 of inimitable embroidery fhould we behold ? 

 what a variety of mafterly ftrokes of machi- 

 nery ? what evident marks of confummate 

 wifdom fhould we be entertained with ? 



We may obferve that the conftitution of 

 plants is curiouily adapted to the prefent 

 flate of things, fo as to be moft flourifhing 

 and vigorous in a middle (late of the zit^viz. 

 when there is a due mixture and proportion 

 of warm and cold, wet and dry $ but when the 

 feafons deviate far to any extream of thefe, 

 then are they lefs or more injurious to the 

 feveral forts of vegetables according to the 

 very different degrees of hardinefs, or healthy 

 latitude they enjoy. 



The different feafons in which plants thrive 

 beft, feems to depend, among other caufes, 

 on the very different quantities imbibed and 

 perfpired by different kinds 



