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communicate to you, fuch farther Obfervations as I 
mould make of that Matter , I was difcouraged from 
giving you any Trouble about it, by an Information I 
received, that the eminently learned ‘Dr. Herman 
Boerhave had already told the World of a Difference 
1: L^ l(iet0 - But having, fmce that, fee a the 
Hijtoria T lantarum, winch is publifhed as of his dic- 
tating; I find, that he mentions it in fuch a Manner 
“ make j ! me fuf P eft > that he only took his Notion from 
Tournefort and was not fully apprized of the true 
Nature of thefe Plants. Ovarium alio d Flore loco 
natum teems to fuppofe both Flower and Ovary’ to be 
on the fame Plant, though in difiincl <P laces of that 
1 iant. I have therefore now written down my Obfer- 
vations for your Perufal in the fame Order that I made 
them. 
I have (from my own fowing of the Berries) four 
thriving Plants of Mifleto growing on one Tree in 
my Garden Thefe being often in my View, gave 
me £ h e hrft Apprehenfion, of there being any Difference 
of Kind, or Sex, in this Shrub. They were not of 
Age to bear Flower or Fruit till iyz6 , when one of 
them bore a Berry or t wo y and expecting that thev 
fhould all do fo the following Year, I frequently ex- 
amined them, and found that two Plants had Berries 
and two had none I then went and examined the’ 
Mifleto on other Trees, which have Plants of above 
io Years Growth. And I find the Method of Nature 
to be thus. 
Dr. Grew obferves, that many Plants make a vifi- 
ble Preparation in the former Year for the Flower and 
Fruit of the next Seafon. This is done by Mifleto 
At the latter End of May, the Male Plants put out 
little 
