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ture of Plants, would be to give a Defcription of the 
Plants themfelves, then the Soils, Climates and Coun- 
tries where the Vegetables to be Cultivated naturally 
grow» and what Seafons, Rains, and other Meteors they 
have, which being imitated, as rtiuch as poflTible, per- 
haps feme Plants might thrive better, then now they 
do in the fatteft Ground. And to this purpofe, I have 
been aflured by an Honourable and very Ingenious Per- 
fon, that he has known fome Plants, particularly Centau- 
rium minus , which not growing the ordinary way , 
was tried by dropping the Seed on the Surface of the 
Ground, amongft the Grafs , by which artificial imi- 
tation of Nature it came to Perfedion , which no 
other ways could be brought about. 
III. 
