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Of the Reffdtatlon of ‘Plants* 209- 
* The famous Phyfician tfuercetaniis tells a 
ftrange Story of a Folonian Doctor* who 
ihewed him a dozen Glades hermetically 
fealed, in each of which was a different 
Plant, as a Rofe in one, a Tulip in another, 
a Clove july-Flower in a third, &c. When 
thefe Glades were firft brought to View, you 
faw nothing in them but a Heap of Afhes* 
at the Bottom - y but on the Application of 
fome gentle Heat under any of them, there 
prefently arofe out of the Afhes the Idea of 
the Flower and Stalks belonging to thofe 
Afhes 3 and it would fhoot up and fpread 
abroad to the due : Height and Dimeniions 
of fuch a Flower, and had the perfe< 5 t Co¬ 
lour, Shape, Magnitude, and all the other 
Accidents, as if it were really the Flower. 
But whenever the Heat was drawn from it, 
as the Glafs and the included Air and Mat¬ 
ter cooled by Degrees, fo would this Flower 
fink down by little and little, till it would 
bury itlelf in its Bed of AfheS ) and thus it 
would do as often as a moderate Heat was 
applied or withdrawn. Kircker is faid £0 
have done the fame Thing at Rome . 
Dr. Cox gave an Account to the Royal So* 
defy fPhilof Pranf. N° 108) ef that having 
s< procured a large Quantity of Pern Afhes , 
* e from Fern burnt when between green and 
dry, he extracted their Salt in the common 
“ Manner with Water, and obtained feveral 
Kc - Pounds of Salt, after evaporating the Wa- 
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