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feed, which, in no inftance, ever pro¬ 
duces two alike, or the fame as the 
original; hence the infinite variety which 
the inexhauftible fund of nature is capa¬ 
ble of continually affording thofe who 
will take the pains of purfuing her in 
this track: this theorem holds equally 
good, whether applied to the animal or 
vegetable kingdom; though it muff be 
confeffed, there is, in many inftances, 
fo great a fimilarity in appearance, as 
fcarcely to admit of diftinfiion. 
Ranunculus feed is to be procured from 
femi-double flowers: care Ihould be taken 
to fave it from fuch as are poffeffed of 
good properties, viz. fuch as have tall 
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ftrong Hems, a confiderable number of 
large well-formed petals, and rich good 
colours, chiefly preferring the darker, 
but not to the exclufion of the lighter 
M coloured. 
