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fitePny Mufcles might be nouriflfdby thefe Blood- Veflefs, 
(6 I find the Leaves of Plants to be made up of Globules, 
included in the Membrane that makes the Superficies of 
the Leaf in all places but where the Fibres are confpicu- 
ous. The manner how I fuppofe thefe Globules, and by 
confequence the Leaf is nouriftfd is thus ; The Liquor 
or Sap is conveyed in the Veflel B C, Fig, 4. and is 
communicated firft to the Globule F, from that to G, 
thence to H, and fo on ; as if you fhould pu*: feveral 
fmall Pellets of dry'd Clay in a glafs Veffd, if the Wa- 
ter touch but one of them, you will find it communi- 
cated by that to the Second, Third, and fo on till they 
are all Wet. 
I could not find any thing to fatisfie my Curiofity irk 
the fmall Seeds of Figs and Strawberries ; poffibly they 
were not ripe enough; for I doubt not but that they 
have the fame parts that larger Seeds have. 
And if in the fmall Seeds of the Ajh (6 whereof 
weigh not 4 Grains) there are to be ften not only per- 
fect Leaves with their Veflels, but the woody part alfo, 
and that from whence the Root fhoots out (nay plainer 
than in theWallnut or Hazel) we may well conclude that; 
wife Nature proceeds after the fame manner in ail its 
Operations of Generation and Propagation ; every Seed: 
containing not only the Rudiments of the future Plant, 
but alio a certain fine Flower to nourifli it Co long* till 
ftriking Root into the Earth, it may thence receive its. 
Nutriment. This Flower is of an oily Nature, and the 
more oily the longer will the Seeds live out of the ground. 
And as Plants are not Male and Female, nor have a Ma- , 
trix for the firft Reception and Suftentation of the..- 
Young, fo the Parent Tree produces a perfed: Plant 
wrapt up in the Seed which the Earth receives and nou~ 
rilhes. I have likewife found that of fuch Trees as are 
reckon'd Male and Female, very few that bore Seeds the 
kft year have bore any this year ; fo that I queftiom 
whethajv- 
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