of Vegetables. 



or Skin of the Grain entirely void ; 

 I fay, if in Confequence of this 

 Obfervation any Naturalift will duly 

 confider, and compare this greenifh 

 Speck or Globule with thofe involved 

 in the filmy Subftance emitted out 

 of the Farina, it will appear to him, 

 I believe, as it does to me, highly 

 probable, that each of thofe contained 

 in the Farina is a real Germ, and 

 that it is not impoffible, that one 

 Globule of Farina may be fuffici- 

 ent to impregnate the whole Uterus. 



Sixthly, That the true Reafon 

 why Rain is fo detrimental to Plants 

 and Trees in Flower, is not becaufe 

 it wafhes off the Farina, but becaufe 

 it caufes the Globules to diffolve on 

 the Stamina, before they can reach 

 the Piftil through which their im- 

 pregnating Subftanqe is conveyed to 

 the Uterus. Poflibly it is upon this 

 Account that the Globules of Farina 

 are never found equally ripe at the 

 fame Time, and mature for A£tion ? 

 as I obferyed before, 



Seventhly, That by the Force of 

 this Adtion the impregnating Sub- 

 fiance is injefted into the Channels 



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