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lofophy, and infifted much upon the Lord Bacon ( though 
not named3his method and v^ay of Philofophifiogjgi veth as 
mt\{n Prodromtis an Ejjay of feme (hy himcfteemed ufe- 
ful ) Difcoveries and PracStiies, for which we are obliged 
to Philofophy. Of the many particulars , he reckons up 
and dilcourfes of in this Fore-runner, we fliall only recite 
one, and recommend it to the trial of the Curious 5 which 
is a Way to mak^ dny Flowers or Fruits grow wsthout Seed> 
and which our Author defcribeth^ as follows^ 
I took ( faith he ) a quantity of Orange-Eowers , and 
put them into half a pound of Oyl of fweet Almonds^ toge- 
ther with a little Rock--anom3 and fo inclofed all io a glals- 
flask 5 which being well ftopp'd, l expos'dto the Sun for 
a Monthj adding ftill more flowers, when I found the firft 
were putrified, yet without taking thefe out* A Month 
being pafs'd, I powr*d out the Oyl, impregnated with the 
vertue of tbofe flowers and very odoriferous, into fever al 
Clali-Vialsj and carefully fet them afidej leaving them 
untouched till the next Springs at which time looking up^ 
on thefe Vials, I obferved w'thin them certain Flowers 
fwimmingin tlieOyl, which to me appeaiM not atall dif- 
ferent from true and frefn Leaves and Flowers of the O- 
range^Tree^ But the wonder encreafed fome Months af- 
ter, when the hot feafon being ad vanced^ the Flowers were 
turned into Fm'^ about the fame time that fuch fruit was 
ripen'd upon the Trees there being feen at the bottom of 
fhe Vials fome fmall Oranges with their proper colour, to- 
gether with thofe fmall fpecks, v/hich that frait ufeth to 
have 3 fo that they were in nothing diftioguiftiable from 
true Oranges, their fmaloefi excepted. 
There are many ( fo he goes on ) in the Colledge o^Eomt-^ 
whom I might alledge as Witne&s of this curious Mem^ 
js^i?r|>i>^/, but one fhajl ferv^forallj and that ishisExcel- 
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