.(ECONOMY 
pion. The Cape of Good Hope, i know nq£ 
from what caufe, produces plants peculiar to 
itfelf, as all the mefembryanthema , and al~ 
moil all the fpecies of aloes. Grajfes , the moft 
common of all plants, can bear almoil any 
temperature of air, in which the good provi- 
dence of the Creator particularly appears , for 
all over the globe they above all plants are ne- 
ceffary for the nourifhment of cattle, and the 
fame thing is feen in relation to our mod; com- 
mon grains. 
Thus neither the fcorching fun, nor the 
pinching cold hinders any countrey from hav- 
ing its vegetables. Nor is there any foil, which 
does not bring forth many kinds of plants j 
the pond-weeds , the water-lily , lobelia inhabit 
the waters. Th zfluviales, fuel , conferva cover 
the bottoms of rivers, and fea. The fphagna 
q fill the marfhes. The brya r cloath the plains. 
The dryeft woods and places fear ce ever illu- 
minated by the rays of the fun are adorned 
with the hypna . Nay ftones and the trunks 
of trees are not excepted, for thefe are covered 
with various kinds of liverwort. 
The clefart, and moil Tandy places have their 
peculiar trees, and plants ^ and as rivers or 
q Kind of mofso r Kind of mofs. 
