VEGETABLE STRUCTURE. 167 
Rudiment j but is a mere intermediate continuation of the feveral parts, or 
original fubftances, extended in length. 
Three years this little Rudiment is growing to perfedlion in the head 
of the new Root ; and till the end of that time it can never be feen per- 
fedlly : nor till that time does Nature fend it up above the ground. 
In the mean while a few flight and Ample Leaves are formed. They 
rife from the fame Flefliy Subflance of the Root, which is the original of 
all the Plant j and their ufe is to draw nourifliment from the air, and to 
aflifl; the courfe and current of the Juices in the Root, where the young 
Flower is nurfing. 
At the appointed period rifes the Flower, fupported by a Stalk, and 
covered by the Leaf, which ferves it as a cup, till it is hardened enough to 
bear the air : then the Leaf expands, and leaves it free to blow, and gain 
its colour ; and the Stalk rifes above its infertion, to give the future Seeds 
more freely to the winds. 
The Rudiment of the Flower, while it remains at the Crown of the 
Root, is a continuation of the feveral fubftances of which the Root itfelf 
is formed. The Procefs lengthens from the body of the Root at the other 
end, but this Crown remains unaltered : it is the future Flower, tho’ very 
obfcure in all its parts. The Pith has its termination Arfl in this Crown, 
breaking into many oval particles : which are to be the Rudiments of 
Seeds in the Single Anemone, or the inner Petals in the Double. 
The Conic Clufters form a little fwelling at the Head of the Root; 
and next terminates the Flefhy Subflance of the Root, in a multitude of 
delicate flender Fibres. Thefe are to be the Filaments in the Single Flower 5 
or the Fringe of the Double. The Vafcular Series for^ns its thick Ring : 
and the Blea is terminated by the three broad Scales, which are to be the 
three inner Petals of the Flower. The next fubflance, counting from the 
Pith, is the inner Rind ; and this terminates within the fame Crown of the 
Bud in three more Scales, which are to be the three outer Petals. Laft of 
all, the outer Rind forms a fliaggy covering, which is, in time, to be the 
Leaf upon the Stalk. *- 
Thus all the original and conflituent parts of the Root are terminated 
at the Crown, in a Bud j and, thus the imperfed; Figure of a Flower is 
formed. All that is wanting is the effed of nourifhment, and time j to 
All and harden thefe fhadowy refemblances, into the real things they re- 
prefent. As foon as that is done the Stalk is fcrmed ; and the force of the 
afeending Sap fhoots it upward. The feveral periods of its growth are re- 
prefented at Figure i. Letters a, b, c, dj and in Fig. 2, the entire and 
2 perfed 
