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ntyfelf the only one who had obferved it j but, fome 
time after, looking into Derhams Vhy fico -Theology y 
upon another Account, I found it mention'd, as if 
Dr. Highmore had feen and communicated it to 
Mr. Ray . I believe, however, as none of this learned 
Society have feen it, except thofe I have (hewn it 
to, the Sight of it will not be difagreeable. 
Numbers of fuch amazing Phenomena appear every 
Day in my Obfervations (fome of which fhall here- 
after be laid before you, if thefe prove acceptable), 
which excited me to a Refolution, of examining and 
defcribing all the Genera of Seeds. A Work which 
is now publifhing under the Title oi The Micr of comi- 
cal 'Theater of Seeds , &c. in a manner, which, I hope, 
will render Botany more eafily underftood, will hand 
down to Pofterity the true Figures of every Seed and 
its Sections 5 and, by the new Difcovcries, which 
often occur thro' the Courfe of my Obfervations, 
lay a Foundation for future Obfervers to build fome- 
thing ufeful upon ; and fettle fome Points relating to 
the different Subftances contain’d in Vegetables, which 
yet remain doubtful. 
Thefe were my Views in undertaking this Work ; 
and from what I have faid, I hope it appears, that 
iince thofe Things, which are capable of being view’d 
and confider’d by the naked Eye, have been thought 
worth the Care of defcribing and delineating, the 
Objc&s before us much more want that Care, whofe 
natural Beauties cannot be infpe&ed nor enjoy'd, 
without Aififtanccs which every one cannot make due 
Ufc of. 
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