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that had lived there , it put an end to my farther 
Tryals. 
I examined Nutmegs, as well preferved, as dry ones, 
and found always under the Mace a thin Skin, before 
we come to the hard Shell, and in one place a Ligament 
by which it was united to the Tree, which entered the 
hard Shell , and was joyned to the Nut at that part 
whence the Root flioots out : which was all I could find, 
they being, as I fuppofe, gathered green, and fpoil'd in 
the curing, fo that they will not grow. 
I took the iargeft Goofeberries, and in the Seeds of 
them, whereof there are fometimes near Sixty in one 
Berry, each nourifht with a peculiar Ligament ; viewing 
the Embrto-plant, I not only found the foremention'd 
parts, but could difcover the afcendiog Veflels,as Fig. ii. 
ABCD. Examining the proportion the Emlrio-plant in 
thefe Seeds bears to the Seed itfelf, I found the Seed 
feven times -longer , broader , and thicker than the 
Emlrio-plant , that is Three hundred times the Bulk 
thereof. 
Out of one of the Iargeft Black Currans, I took Sixty 
three Seeds, each furnif'ht with a particular Ligament, 
the Emir to- plant in thefe, was fueh as is repreftnted 
Fig. ii. EFH, is that part whence the Root and Stem 
proceed. FGH&re the two Leaves : in this, I reckon, 
the Seed is above Sixty times bigger than the little 
Plant. Hence we may conclude, there is no Seed but 
what has its Emir io plant. 
I have been often told, that the Flowers of the Tulip 
might be (een in the Bulb thereof ; which I could never 
believe, and fliould rather look for it in the perfed 
Seed ; however, I have cut open many Bulbous-roots, 
but could never meet with any thing material. Exa- 
mining Tulip-feeds, I found the Origineof the Plant, ob- 
long, and round at each end, furnilhed with afcending 
Veflek 
Since 
