Spectacle de la Nature: Or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History as Were Thought Most Proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth. ... Translated from the Original French, by Mr. Humphreys |
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Page xvii
... feminal Leaves clapped together , and containing the little Plant . 6. The little Root . 7. The feminal Leaves and little Root beginning to grow in the Seed , 8. The feminal Leaves fprouting out of the Earth . 9. The Root fortified and ...
... feminal Leaves clapped together , and containing the little Plant . 6. The little Root . 7. The feminal Leaves and little Root beginning to grow in the Seed , 8. The feminal Leaves fprouting out of the Earth . 9. The Root fortified and ...
Page 317
... Plant , extract a Nourish- ment for themfelves , and then wither away : The fame Fate attends the feminal Leaves , which , by the Ministration of their Pores , imbibe , from the Air , a genial Humidity , and a Flow of Spirits that are ...
... Plant , extract a Nourish- ment for themfelves , and then wither away : The fame Fate attends the feminal Leaves , which , by the Ministration of their Pores , imbibe , from the Air , a genial Humidity , and a Flow of Spirits that are ...
Page 326
... feminal Leaves ; which , in forcing their Way upwards , through a few Inches of light and porous Earth , find not fo much Obftruction as they would meet with from the Earth below , and on each Side , and so true it is , that the Afcent ...
... feminal Leaves ; which , in forcing their Way upwards , through a few Inches of light and porous Earth , find not fo much Obftruction as they would meet with from the Earth below , and on each Side , and so true it is , that the Afcent ...
Page 327
... feminal Leaves , di- lates itself in the Plant , when warmed by the re- turning Sunshine ; it extends the Spiral Rings of the Air - Tubes , and preffes all about it . Those Particles Z 3 Particles of this Air which efcape into the Lobes ...
... feminal Leaves , di- lates itself in the Plant , when warmed by the re- turning Sunshine ; it extends the Spiral Rings of the Air - Tubes , and preffes all about it . Those Particles Z 3 Particles of this Air which efcape into the Lobes ...
Page 328
... Plant fhould incline to one Side more than another , unless fome foreign Accident intervene to bend it . The Lobes and feminal Leaves begin now to be useless to the Plant ; fince its own Foliage provides more avail- ing Supplies , by ...
... Plant fhould incline to one Side more than another , unless fome foreign Accident intervene to bend it . The Lobes and feminal Leaves begin now to be useless to the Plant ; fince its own Foliage provides more avail- ing Supplies , by ...
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