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I Teparatcd the two partsof the Seed with two Pins from 
each other,, that they might be the better viewed by the 
naked Eye, as you raay fee here ia Fig. 14. S T X (hews 
you the Root, T V and W X the two halves of the Ker- 
nel, snd Y that part which is to become the body of the 
Tree, much larger than H in Fig. 12. 
After i had proceeded with my Copper- box about 18 
days after the manner above mention d, I open d the fame, 
and cjaus d the Limner to draw the Plants as far as he could 
fee them fpring out above the furface of the Sand. 
f ig. 15. A B C D Ereprefents the Copper.box, C the 
Seeds as they with their Plants and Roots were rifen above 
the Sand. 
Fig. 16.FGH fhews you the cover of the faid Box. 
Having caus d this Box be thus delineated , I pour'd out 
all the Sand from it, and then obferv'd with great wonder, 
that al! the moifture was gone from the Sand, without 
doubt drawn away by the Seeds, of which I had put fix- 
teen into the faid Box, all which had (hot out their Roots 
and produced Plants, fome of which were indeed much 
bigger than the reft 5 and two or three of the Seeds had 
> brought forth double Plants, amongft them there was one 
that yielded three Plants, which I have alfocaus'd to be 
drawn, tho the Roots and Plants were confus'd and jum- 
bled together, which I attribute to the preffure, and too 
great nearnefs of the other Seeds about it. 
Fig. 17. AAA reprefents the faid three Plants, and 
B BB the three Roots. 
When I obferv'd how dry tte Sand was which I had 
pour'd out of the Box, I fancy'd with my felf, that if I had 
put a little more Water into the Sand, or fewer Seeds, 
there would have been a greater kicreafe both of the Plants 
and Roots. 
Then I took a Glafs Tube, th|^ was large enough to hold 
the Sand conveniently , and fe^rmctically feafd at one 
end, and about twice as long as is here reprefented in Fig. 
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