The Conclufion. 3^1 
fome plants flouriHi befl: in one climate, and 
others in another 5 that muchmoifture is kind- 
ly to fome, and hurtful to others 5 that fome 
require aftrong, rich, and others a poor,fandy 
foil i fome do befl: in the lhade, and others in 
the fun, And could our eyes attain to a 
light of the admirable texture of the parts on 
which the fpecifick differences in plants de- 
pends, what an amazing and beautiful feene 
of inimitable embroidery fhould we behold? 
what a variety of maflerly flrokes of machi- 
nery ? what evident marks of confummate 
wifdom fhould we be entertained with ? 
We may obferve that the conflitution of 
plants is curioufly adapted to the prdent 
ftate of things, fo as to be mofl flourifhing 
and vigorous in a middle flateofthe air, viz-. 
when there is a due mixture and proportion 
of warm and cold, wet anddry 5 but when the 
feafons deviate far to any extream of thefe, 
then arc they lefs or more injurious to the 
feveral forts of vegetables according to the 
very different degrees of hardinefs, or healthy 
latitude they enjoy. 
The different feafons in which plants thrive 
befl, feems to depend, among other caufes, 
on the very different quantities imbibed and 
perfpired by different kinds 
