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etherwife : for that very hard part is furnilht with plen- 
ty of Pores, and little Tubuli, ferving for the Nourifh- 
mentof the Embrio-plant contained in the midft, which 
is foft and eafily cut with a lharp Knife. Altho' I have 
often obferved in that part which is to be the Root and 
Trunk, very many long (lender Fibrous parts, like Veflels 
lying by one another,and fome of them fill'd with aWhite 
fubftance, yet I could never difcover that part which 
gives beginning to the young Leaves, Some of thefe 
Date-ftones I kept in hot moift Sand , and after fome 
time, that part which is to be the Root and Plant, was 
fhot out half an Inch ; but for all this I could not difco- 
ver the Rudiments of any Leaves, I only found the part 
fhot out to confift of long /lender Particles, fomething 
fmaller than thofe that I had obferved in the beginning 
of the ftem. I found fome larger VefTels alfo of another 
form, conning from the beginning of the ftem. Fig. 5-. 
Ihews, The Date-done with that fide upper-moft, as it is 
to be fowed. Fig. 6. (hews, That fide that is to be pla- 
ced downwards in the Earth ; A, a round crooked part 
whence the Embrio proceeds. Fig. 7. Shews it when it 
has. lain Co long in the Earth, till the ftem was grown 
to the length EC. Fig. 8. As it fliew'd when the Root 
and Stem was of the length DE. In this Stem I obfer- 
ved nothing remarkable, only fome large wide Veflels, 
whence I judged the Palm-Tree conftited of a very brit- 
tle infirm Wood ; and from a cavity in the midft there- 
of, I judged the Tree to be hollow, as the Bamboo, and 
fome other Indian Plants are ; and altho this part being 
ftill included in the other hard part, was increafed one 
36th part bigger than it was before it was put into the 
hot Sand, I couid obferve nothing material, I only faw 
that which makes the Root; and indeed, theOrigine of a 
Plant is more like to nothing than a little Mulhroom, as 
it grows on the Ground. 
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