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Show Philofopbical History of Plants. of their feveral Parts fhould both to the Ee Sy and thePofi- refpeét ; Trunk §, Dranc he OF s, Flowers, Fruits, e; and thofe feveral Lives, by which min’d. In which of thefe Parts, the » both more obfervable, and more dee 3 one, more, her ether 5 5 iin how many of thef which ae call Kis - found, not only Herbs accountand fome ofthe Smalleft, which : But thereare allo, probably, fome Relation, to many Kinds of Shrubs and €rrees, Thusthe feveral forts of Letuce, the with F Fats J ees more reo St 3 as Goatsunto the Rap; Goos- ft, to the f chmatchall thofe of Corz5 in all Pul/e, are not only o likewife, to al the common Clavers themfelve j Ce the Flower or Meal ofBeans, that of the seeds of Fenugreek 5 even there, where they are accountedexcellent. So Tulips, Lillies, Crocn- ses, Facynths, and Onions themfelves, with menyothers, intheir feveral Degrees, are all ad/ied. Iftherefore Crocufes, Onions, Li lies, agree in one or more Faculties, then why maynot all the reft? asin being Anodyne; orin fome other Common Natures whereby, in their Vege. tation, their Parts are Governed and Over-ruled, to one Commonor being made, both betwixt the Purts offeveral Plants, and the feveral Parts of one. And here again, either betwixt any Two of the Parts, or any One of them, and the Whole befides, or all the reft put together. So fome larger seeds, produce a {mall Roots as thofe of Cucumer: and others {maller, produce one very great; as thofe of Bryony, Some Plants, asthe Melon, though themfelves but veryflender, yet havea va{t and bulky Frits others again, as Thiffles, and many yet more fubftantial, have no other Fruit, befides their Seed. So the Seeds of all Pulfe, and efpecially, the Garden Bean, though , Mullen, Fo: large, yet produce but a {mall P/zvs: but thofe of Gc. being themflves much lef, do yet produce Burdock, Sun-flower, And efpecially, thofe Seeds, wl Thicker fort of Cover, (analogous to that I ] § fed in the 2 > elfewhere called the Secondine) as that of Peoxy; whofe se d, {0 called, is only the Amar, Plant. Neswherein the true and real Szed is lodged, no biggert han alittle Book Chap. Pins head: which is alfo obfervable of the Seeds of divers other foyls have to t Yr, > other of the Lobed ire fomewhich conSo, among os een two TPisith Tribes; between the s Ky Plants. Thefe, and the like Pre ortions, as they li tv he feveral ed: and.to what Plants or Parts efpecially, any ofthem may agree: comparing alfo in what other kind ofProperties an agreement betwixt the faid Parts maybe found: that fo doing,we may, ifpoflible, amongft all their Individual Natures, be inftructed to fingle out thofe Common Ones, whick 1 are concomitant to fuch Agreeing Properties. ound betwixt them, wn, we have the re{t. Sothat.as evelature individual toit felf 5 fo,as far h asit obtaineth ed a good Medicine 5 a Decoifion of the better fort of Peafe, efpecially that wecall the Sugar-Pea/e, may go beyond them. As doth alfo a far greater. © mar to the ore donia, to Fox Oats it istryed) if it were worth the while to order them, as Barley, would yield an inflammable Spirit. So likewife the feveral Kinds of Pulfe, have fome one communityin their Form, as is aid: for which reafon, I queftion not,but that in fome Cafes, whereinCicers are efteem= Analogous Form. 13. §. The Proportions likewile, amongft the feveral Parts ofVegetables, for the fame Reafons, deferve to be obferved; the comparifon fi Degrees with Exdive, inth smfelves in a The feveral forts, both of Corw and Graff, are all akin; there is no doubt therefore, but that the Seeds of Graf’ themfelves (of Rye and any Vifible Ci it partake of Common Nature ties with other Plants, fo far; may h thof alfo. Thus the Weld, and Garden Cucumers, have this difference ; that the one purgeth ftrongly, the other, vot at al/: yet in being Diuretick, they Natures of Umbelliferou Plants, we know, are various; yet *tis molt probable, that they all agree in this one, jel. in being Carminative. The The feveral Seafows alfo of Plants, and of their Parts,fhould be confidered. Obferving at what particular Times of the Ye: any of them chiefly Sprizg, Early or Late, ‘The Times wherein they Germinate; whetherfor fome Space only, or all the Year long. Wherein they Spring, after Sowir or Flower, after Springing, fooner, or flower. Which Flower, the ; 2 Year, or not till the Jecond. Which after the Leaves are put forth, or before them; for fo, fome do, as the Crocus Vernus, Bears-foot,Hepatica aurea, and others; all the Le wUeS, at the timeof their flowering, | growth. Solikewife the Ma after the Flower, and the like. old, or of the for 2 of the Fruit or S All or fome of w ing Year's ‘ 3 howlong Varieties, being Jaid |
