( 3?4^ ) 
h^ pjagiin?, Hem tliQ Ppteji oi the Pith are perm^alpflc^ 4^ 
renders a reafpn^why a piece of dry Elderpiti, fet in rorned^ 
ged liquor, the Iiguor doth not then penetrate'the P^ 
is to alcend throuji^h the Body of the Piibf To this part 
^nnexed, by way of Jppendix\ forae Confid^ratioas 6f tfa^ 
^ruuJ^ Roots ^nd Cla/persy and the Ule of both. 
After this, he proceeds to the Germen^ Branchy and ^eqf^ 
^nd finds in the two former the fame parts with thofe pf jtfjc 
Trunlc^ z^/:^. the fame Skin^ and the fame Cortical and^ f^i^mUf 
^pd^ies, as alfo the fame Infertment and Pithy here^^'nto prop^ 
gatedj and diftindlly obfervable in it. Further, he (fie^$ t^e 
fanner of their growth^and nutrition, and how the Qfr^erf if 
fecured r as alfo the life of the {notf. Then he kys open the 
parts of a -^eafi and explains the Pofitions of the Fibre^^ in the 
Stalks of Leaves, and the Caufe of their different (hape, and 
pf their being flaClhenhe difcourfes of the Fo«/i/ of Leaves, 
their kinds ahd life, together with the Ufes of the Lemf 
it felf. To this Chapter alfo he makes an Appendix di 
Tkorns^ Haips^ and Globulets^ explaining both their Conftitu- 
t;ion and Ufe* 
Nexrjie gives an Accotupt of the f /orr^r^and its three gene- 
jjaTparts, the EmpalementythQ FoHatiQn,^nd the Attire i explain* 
ing tlie formation, nature, andufes of all three, butmoft par- 
ticularly of the Attire^ which he ifinds to be of two-kinds, «S^w- 
fy'and Flory ; the Seminyy made upof two parts^ Chives and Se* 
mets, the latter of which are hollow » yet not ib but that they 
are filled up with minute particlesjUke a powder. The Florid 
Attire is commonly called Tbrumhs \ which are feveral Smts^ 
of which this Attire is made up .^ The outer part of every fuit^ is 
its Floret^ which i^ the Epitome of a Flower,zndym many Plants, 
all the Flower. The next part is from within its Tt^he brought 
to fight, and is ealled the Sheath^ likewjfc concave. The third 
part and the innermoft of the Smt is the which is folid, 
yet at its point evermore divided into two halves ; upon which 
divifion there appears a Powder of GMWi?^/, of the fan]e nature 
with thofe of a Sem/t. The Ufe of the Attire he affigns to be 
not only Ornament and DiftincSiioD to us, hut zUo Food to a 
vaft number of little Animals,' who have their peculiar pro- 
vifions 
