t i *\ 2 G 
ance, conHcUrin^Two of the Stems alone contain 
each above ioco Rings.; Some of thefe Stems were 
above Two Yards and an half high. . I have to add, 
that this Plant was a Seedling laft Year, tranfplantcd 
out of the Fields 6n the End of a (loping Strawberry - 
bed; and 1 ! counted the Rings in the Middle of laft 
July, when itTiad Thoufands of Flowers upon it, 
which, with Thoufands that muft ftill fucceed, might 
very probably produce more than 50000 Seeds * more, 
confident^ 1000 Rings contain 12000 Seeds and 
more;- -and if~w8 multiply the Number of Rings 
a&ually ebtinted, by 14, the Number of Seeds con- 
tained in one"Rmg, inftead of 12, we (hall have an 
Addition of 20000 Seeds, all which, added together, 
amount to 260000, the poilible Increafe of one 
Seed. v 1 
1 1 
Macclesfield 
field, Sept.-i. 174a. ‘Jofeph Hohfon, 
. r. \' 1' ;'. . . "i:.: i-..Q yn T! f: * * 
V. Excerpta eft Epi/loJa Cl. Vin Joh. Am- 
brofii Beureri ad Petr. Collinfon, R. S. Si de 
nat nr a Succini. - 
* * 
Readjm. 27. | \E Succino non folum negative , 
I 74 1 3 - _ J VJ fed ttizttrrtffirmative, hxc eft Sen- 
tentia mea : Succinum vel Ambram citrinam fuccum 
ejfe arborum refinofum nego & pernego, ob fequentes 
ratiunculas. Primum mihi non verifimile videtur 
iftum fuccinum per terrain tranfire in mare : nam 
Even fuppofing many of the Flowers to produce no Seed. 
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