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In this Condition, it remained all that Year, till a- 
bout March or April 1720, and then that part or end 
of cur little Seedling, whicli was joyned to the Bark, 
at the place where the Seed firlt Ihot forth, let go its 
hold, and raifing it felf upward, put forth Leaves, and 
became the Head of the Plant : and the other end, 
which fprung out firil, and had taken footing in ano- 
ther Place, became the Root of the Plant. 
’Tis no uncommon thinn, tor Seeds of Ever-qreem 
to be two Years before they tf ting out of the Ground. 
And the change of the Ends, firft one of them flioot- 
ing out, and then the other, was what furprized me 
moft at firtl; but on further reflexion I found, that Na- 
ture, even in this flrange Plant, is unitorm to her other 
Prod u( 5 f ions; in carrying the Sap firft one way to form 
the Root, and then turning the Courfe of it back a- 
gain to "fend out the upper parts of the Plant. Th^ 
ftrangeft and moft wonderful part is, that the rooting 
End Ihould make its firft llioot into the open Air, and 
then turn it felf down, to find a proper Place to fix 
upon. Who could have fuppofed, that a Plant, whofe 
Berry is the moft orbicular of any, and therefore 
the leaft likely to lie quiet in any Situation, and 
whofe proper place of growth is a round and wa- 
vering Bough, or upright fide of a Tree, flioulcj 
after it is once fixed, leave its firft footing, and feek out 
a new point in the Bark to grow upon. 
, This is indeed the great Secret of the matter, and 
feems to be the very thing that hath kept the World 
in Ignorance, about the growing of this Seed. For by 
requiring a new fmooth Place of the Bark, whereon 
to fix the rooting Part, it hath fruftrated all at- 
tempts of fowing it in the ufual way of other 
Seeds. 
IheaZ 
