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Show Book isof the fame fubftantial Nture ind Fibres whereof, bethe Skin, the Cortical 1e Foulds of the Flower or Foliation are various, as thofe t fome of them different. The moft general asin Rofes, and many other double Flow- as in Blattaria flore albo. Next the € Peale-Blooms, in the Flowers of Cori in thofe nam’d; or double, as in i more of that rank. Next, the Couch, and : fame Flower, as in Marigolds, Daifies, and all s ofan agreeing form: where the firft apparent Fould or Comthe Leaves is in Couch; but the Leaves being ered, each ay be feento lie in a double Plait within it felf Then gin the Flowers of Ladies-Bower, the broad top of each by a double Row! foulded up inwardly. Next, the Spire the beginning of a Rewl; and maybe feen in the Flowers lows, and others. Laftly, the Plait and Spire together, where i ece, the Plaits being j, and focarried on byspiral Lines to the top of the Flower, ivers, and[ think, in Coz ulus Doronict folio, more cle 1 Thefe and other Foulds, See in the Figures belongi Second YDart of the Fourth Wook. The ] a comparative confideration of the feveral Parts of the x may fuggeft. Ile only mention, That no Flower, that I find, Back-Rowl, as hath the green Leaf. For two Reafons ; becaufe es have not their Frbres {tanding out much ontheirbackfide, reen Leaves have; and becaufe ofits Aftire, which it ever emand cannot fo well do it by a Back-Rovwl. The ufual Protedions of Flowers by the Precedents are cxGreen Leaves and Epalements. Some have another more that isa double Veil; as the Spring-Crocws. For having no sand ftarting up early out of the Afvzld,evenbeforeits Gree , and that upon the firft opening of the Spring 5 left it fhould be quite ftarved, ‘tis born fwath’d up in a double Blazket, or a pair of Sheets uponits Back. a The Leaves of divers Flowers at their Bes have an hairy 5 by which Tufts the Concave of the Evpalement is filled up 3 ery choice and tender, they may thus be kept in a genlL iii lea vit t Warmth, as moft convenient for them. s es of the Flower, though they are not hairy all in fome particular parts they are often fet with a fine vet; that, being by their fhape and pofture in thofe ous to their delicate and tender Aftire, they may thus and warmer touch. Thusin the Flower of Ladies hofe parts of its Leaves which rowl inward, andlie contiguous f to the Attire, are Downy ; whereas the other Parts are fmooth or bald = So the Flowers of Peale, spanifh Broom, Toad-Flax, and many ‘ a a contiguous to their Aftires, are deck’d with the like lairy eivet. Book I. to. §. ofPlants. As upon the Green Leaves, fo upon the Flowers are Globulets fomtimes feen 5 as upon the backfide of that of Evala. On none moreplainly thanthat kind ofB/attaria with the white Flower; where they are all tranfparent, and growing both on the Stalk and Leaves of the Flower, each fhewing likewife its Peduncle whereonit is erected. 11. §. The ufe of the Flower, or the Foliation whereof we now fpeak, ( that is, as to its private fervice ) is for the protection of the Altire ; This, as its under, and the Empalement as its upper Garments. As likewife of the Fruit: The neceflity ofwhich Service, in fome Cafes, bythe different fituation of the Flower and Frait, with refpe& to each other, is evident 5 Apples, Pears, and feveral other Fruits, {tanding behind or underthe Flower; but Cherries, Aprecots, and divers others, within it. For thefe. being ofa very tender and pulpous Body, and withal putting forth with the colderpart of the Spring 5 could not weather it out again{t the Variations and Extremities of the Air, (as thofe ofa more folid Parexchyma can ) except lodged up within their Flowers. 12. §. And as the Flower is ferviceable to the fafety of the Fruit, {0 is it to its growths fe. in its Infancy, or Embryo-eftate; for which purpofe, as there is a Flower, fo that Floweris greater or lefs, according as the nature of the Fruit to which it belongs, and the plenty of the Swp by which the Fruit is fed, doth require. Thus, where the young Frait is of a folider Subftance and the afcent of the Sap lefS copious, were there here no Flower to promote the faid afcent thereof into the Fruit ( in the mannerasis efiected by the Green Leaves ) it muft needs pine and die, or prove lefs kindly. On the contrary, fhould the Flower be -over-large, it would not only promotethe afcent of the Sep up to the Fruit, but being as yet overproportionate to it, would likewife it felf exhauft the fame sap, as faft as afcendent 5 like a greedy Nurfe, that prepares the Meat forher Child, and then eats it up her felf. Thus we fee Apples and Pears, with a Flower of a moderate Size 5 like their Body, of a middle Con- ftitution, and their sap, ofa middle quantity: But Quinces, being more folid, befides that they have as great a Flower, the Imqalers of their Flower alfo thrive fo far as to become handfom Leaves 5 continuing alfo after the Flower is fallen, firm and verdenta great while; fo long, till the Fruit be able to provide for it felf On the other hand, Plus being more tender and Sappythan Appels and Pears, befides that their Hvpalers are muchalike, their Flower is le8. and Goof: berries and Currans, whichare {till more Pulpy, and the courfe of the Sap towards them more free, have yet a Flower far lef. And Grapes, whofe Sap is {till of quicker Afcent, have {carce any Flowerat all ; only fome fmall refemblance thereof, ferving juft upon the fetting of the Fruit, and no longer. 13. §. THE ATTIRE, I find to be of two kinds, Seminiforme, and Florid. That which I Parts, Chives and Semets, take leave to call them ) Flowers, of fo manylittle call Seminiforme, is made up of twogeneral one upon each Chive. Thefe Semets ( asf have the appearance, efpectally in many Seeds ; but are quite another kind of Body. For, upon enquiry, we find, that thefe Seets, though they feemto be |
