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An Account of Tome Books. 
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I N C U B Al O Obj€rvati0nes contimns. Londini , Im- 
f^nfis Joh. Mar 17 n, ad infignt Campmin Ccemeterio D» Pauli^ 
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THe Excellent Author undertakes in this Treatife eo ex« 
hibit the Inward ftrufture of Plants both by Difcourfe 
and ScheamSj according to theObfervations, himfelf hath niade 
thereof by a Microfcope 5 with a defign, thereby to difcover 
the caiife$r of the fevera! appearances , qualities andeffefis of 
Plants , as they n}ay depend upon the various Pofition , Size 
and Shape of their parts , and upon the different ways of Per* 
eolation, Fermentation^ and the like operations in the fame* 
He begins with the Bark, and proceeds iotht Woody part^ 
and the Knoks^ and fo on to the fabrick of the Buds , Elojfoms^ 
Leaves and Seeds: Promifing at the end to prepare another 
Work about t\)G Roots ^nd Excrefcemes of Plants ; that fo, ha- 
ving furveyed and well confidered the Hiftory and matter of 
faft, he may proceed to make an Effay of what is thence de« 
ducible touching the Caufe and Manner of Vegetation. 
Concerning the BArk\ he finds it to be made up of feveral 
parts, of which the prime ones are thofe \\t cdWs Ligneopts ov 
Woody fibres i in his opinion analogous to N^erves ^ which he 
faith are pipes pervious to a clear liquor; the ftruflureof 
whichPipes confift in many fquare partitions, opening into one 
another. Thefe veflels he finds to lye neither ftraight nor par- 
ralel, buttobe for the moft part compafted like little fagors; 
of which fome do make a kind of Net-work, whereby the 
Bark becomes to be an aggregate of reticular coats , fur- 
rounding the Woody part of the plant: And as to what pafles 
through them, he faith , that the Juyce being entred into them> 
is, by the heat of the Seafonftriking upon the Soy 1 and forcing 
up the liquor, made to afcend a little way, and then by the 
furvening night and cold ftopt for the time, but is again, by 
Ggg the 
