C H7t ) 
0tct thzt one of thcfc Seeds had lain near fix weeks 
ffiut up in tihc Glafs»Tube, and had grown in proportion 
IX) that time, I obferv*dthtt one of its Leaves was wither 'd 
©r corrupted 5 whereupon I open d both the Corks, and 
poured out the Sand, which being very dry came away 
cafily, but a fmall branch of the Root had fo iofinuated 
itfelf into the Cork, that I could not ieparatc them with- 
out violence. 
For your better fatisfa(aion, I caused that Plant, with 
the Cork,, as it was hanging to it, to be defcrib'd by my 
LioBner. 
Fig. 22. I K L M N reprefents the faid whole Plant, 
whereof LMN (hows the body, and forafmuchas it had 
put forth 3 leaves at the top, M points out to you the faid 
Leaves. 
r K L is the Root with its twigi and branches 5 L N O 
the Seed or Kernel ftill furrounded with its Membranes y 
and laftly, I P ftiews the Cork that ftopt the bottom of the 
Tube, together with the Root flicking to it. 
Now if we renew the comparifon (which I have for- 
mcrly madej between the Animalcula in Smine MafcuUnOy 
and thefe Plants ; tho thofe Animalcula are a thoufand 
thoufand times fmaller than* a Plant in an Orange-kernel 5 
and tho we can't make our obfervations of the growth 
and encreafe from time to time of the faid Animalcula in 
their Mothers Womb > yet we may firmly conclude that 
the Laws and Orders which the Great and Wife Creator 
of all things has prefcrib'd tohimfelf in the produftion of 
his Creatures, both Animate and Inanimate, are homogeni- 
ous and univoqal, and that as the Earth is the common 
Womb of Plants, fo is the Tnha Eallopiana in Animals of 
moft of all thofe Creatures that 2iXti<Mm i e>c Semim Maf- 
mlwo ^y for as the Aniipals in the Womb receive their Nou- 
rinhmcnt and Increafc (as I have ©ften faid) by a ftring, 
till they come into the Air and World, fo are all>S^eds (at 
lieaft as far as we know) fupportedand fed by a little ftring, 
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