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t?y k nurtiber of fads and obfervations, tending 

 to corroborate the dodrine advanced in this dif- 

 fertation* 



119. Fructus EscuLENTi. J.Salkrg, 1763, 



The defign of the Plants Efculent^^ N* 34, Ace- 

 iaria^ N*73, and the Macellum Olitorium^ N* 107, 

 is in this paper purfued, and extended to the efcu- 

 lent fruits, which are here enumerated to the num- 

 ber of 133, and their nature and ufes briefly 

 pointed out. To which end they are difpofed into 

 fix clafles, as follow : 



T. Berries. 



2. Plumbs. 



g. Pomaceous Fruits. 



4. Podded Fruits, 



5. Grain. 



6. Nuts. 



i20. Prolepsis Plantarum. J,J,Ferher. iy6^, 



Mr. Ferber^ who is probably the fame per- 

 fon that has publiihed Fhyfico -geographical 'Tra- 

 vels into Italy ^ endeavours, in this paper, as 

 Mr. Ulmark hath done, to iiluftrate and con- 

 firm the theory of vegetation received in the Up^- 

 fal fchool. 



He firft treats on the food of plants-, which,' 

 without entering into any fubtle difquifitions re- 

 lating to its elementary principles and compofition, 

 is defined to be the watery tinclure of the foil, re- 

 ceived by the roots, and tranfmitted to the medullary 

 by the vafcular part of the cortical fubftance. He 

 eftablifhes it as a fa6l, that too great an afBux of 

 nutriment thrown into the cortical part, retards the 

 fruftification, by comprefiTing the medullary. He 



Z think? 



