New experiments and observations, relating to the generation of plants: occasion'd by a letter ... in the Philosophical Transactions, by Patrick Blair. Together with an account of the extraordinary vegetation of peaches, abricots, nectarines, plums, cherries, figs, vines, goosberries, currans, &c, as they were artificially cultivated this spring 1724 / Richard Bradley.

  • Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.
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1724
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Credit: New experiments and observations, relating to the generation of plants: occasion'd by a letter ... in the Philosophical Transactions, by Patrick Blair. Together with an account of the extraordinary vegetation of peaches, abricots, nectarines, plums, cherries, figs, vines, goosberries, currans, &c, as they were artificially cultivated this spring 1724 / Richard Bradley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    den or other which is in a flourishing State, from the delight moft Gentlemen are now fallen into, of making Experiments them- felves in a rational way. As in the Bufinefs of Phyfick, no Man can be a good Phyfician unlefs he under- Hands the Parts and Structure of an hu¬ man Body • fo in the Affair of Gardening, no one can judicioufly cultivate Health in Plants, unlefs he is acquainted with their feveral Parts, and their refpeQ:ive Ufes: which was the Reafon I chofe to introduce my firft Papers in that way, with fome ana¬ tomical Defcriptions of Plants, and fome Obfervations I had made concerning their Method of generating, and bringing their Seed perfect into the World ; that thereby the principal Defign of Nature in the Growth and Improvement of Plants might become intelligible to the Lovers of Gar¬ dening, and render them capable ofincrea- fing, amending, or altering of the Plants, which might happen to fall under their Care. As to the Firft, which concerns the Anatomy of Plants, it explains how the Sap circulates, and difcovers how a Plant receives its Nourishment from the Earth. In the Second we obferve the Defign of Na¬ ture in continuing the feveral Species of Plants to us by Seeds or Eggs in fuch a manner, as is harmonious to the great Law, by which the governs all other Bo-