OF NATURE, 6$ 
importance. I cannot help remarking one par- 
ticular more, viz. that the organs of genera- 
tion, which in the animal kingdom are by na~ 
ture generally removed from fight, in the ve- 
getable are expofed to the eyes of all, and that 
when their nuptials are celebrated, it is won- 
derfull what delight they afford to the fpe&a- 
tor by their moil beautiful colours and delici- 
ous odors. At this time bees, flies, and other 
infers fuck honey out of their nedtaries, not 
to mention the humming bird *, and that from, 
their effete dufl the bees gather wax. 
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As to the diffemination of feeds, after they 
come to maturity, it being abfolutely necef- 
fary ; fince without it no crop could follow ♦, 
the Author of nature has wifely provided for 
this affair in numberlefs ways. The (talks and 
items favor this purpofe, for thefe raife the 
fruit above the ground, that the winds, flak- 
ing them to and fro, may difperfe far off the 
ripe feeds. Moft of the "pericarps are fhut at 
n Whatever furrounds the feeds is called by botanical wri- 
ters a psricarpium , and as we want an Englilb word to ex- 
prefs this, i have taken the liberty to call it a pericarpy. 
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