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On the 2 $th of November about 6 a Clock in the Evci> 
ing,after that the Sand and the Seeds liad been fix days in a 
continual warmth, \ open d ray Box again, and obfervM 
that the Root v/as pufht forth a f mall matter out of the 
Membranes of the Seed, as you may fee in Fig i k A B C, 
A B being that part of the Plant which was to become the 
Root, and BCD the reft of the Seed involv'd in its Mcqi- 
branes. 
Moreover, I took another Seed out of the faid Box^ 
which having clcanfed from the Sand, and feparated from 
its Membranes, I took the two Lobes ot the Kernel that 
inclofe the Plant, as you may fee in Fig. 6 and 7, and with 
fine Pins parted them a little afunder, that I might fhov^ 
the top of the Plant defcrib'd in Fig. 8. by O P Q, 
Fig. 12. E F G H I reprefents the Seed, which, as f faid 
before, had lain fix days in the Sand, and was divefted of 
its Membranes, 
E F ftewsthat part which is deftind for the Root, F G 
and I F arc thofe parts, from whence the young Plant re- 
ceives its nouriftimcnt, and which by two Pins K and L 
are divided from each other, in order to dikover that part 
of the inclos'd Plant, which will be the body of the Tree, 
which is reprefcnted by H, and maybe feen with the naked 
Eye- 
Fig. 13. N O P Q. R. ftiews how far the Seed can fhoot 
out its Root in 12 days, which is alfo divefted of its Mem- 
branes, and placd fideways before the Glaft, that the 
Strings, whereby the two parts of the Seed are united ta> 
the Plant, may be the more eafily difcovered. - 
NOR. fliews the Root, O P and Q_ R the Seed or 
Kernel divided into two equal parts, O R the ft rings 
united 10 the Plant, and from which it draws its firtl nou-. 
rifhment. 
When I cut thofe Strings acrofs and clo/e to the Piant, 
1 found in each String three Vefftls, thro which I concluded 
that moft of the Nourilhment wa& derived from the Seed 
to the Plant. h 
