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nay, Khali not ftick to fay that the Increafc and >iouri(h- 
mcnt of all Plants is included in Water 5 for let our barren 
and unfruitful Downs, t hatconfift of a very fine Sand, be 
brought to fuch a Level that"they lie but a foot higher than 
the Moats and Ditcher round abouethem, fo that the Rain 
water be not drain d away as it falls, fuch Land fhall not 
only produce good Grafs, but even Rye,Barley, and feveral 
mher Fr»itg. 
III. Some mtP OhferVations upon the parts mi ufe of the 
Flower in plants. (By M* Sam. Morland. 
He nice and curious Texture of the Flower aud its 
|[ Furniture, obvious to common tiew, hath invited 
and cpDploy'd the enqairiesof many Learned and Sagacious 
Pcrfons. But fince thefc noble Searchers into the|Hiftory and 
Operations of Nature, don't fcem fo happily to have reacht 
hcrdefign in this cafe as in many others^ 'tis hop'd the In- 
genious will not difdain a new attempt to account for the 
Fabrick and ufe of thefe parts 5 whereby the propagation 
of Vegetables will be rendered more intelligib le, and the 
ways of Nature appear more harraonioui, and of a piece. 
It hath been long ago obferved, that there is in every 
particular Seed a Seminal Plant conveniently lodg d between 
the two Lobes which conftitute the bulk of the Seed, and 
are defign'd for the firft nouriflimenj^f this tender Plant . 
But the admirable Dr Gretp^ to whofe generous Induftry 
and happy Sagacity we areindebted for the beft improTe- 
ments of this part of Knowledge, is the only Author I cm 
find, who hath obferved that the Farina (or fine powder 
which is at iti proper Scafon feed out of thofe Thec£ or 
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