Where,  by  the  way,  he  that  observeth  the  rudiments
spring  of  seeds,  shall  find  strict  rule,  although  not  after
tnis  order.  How  little  is  required  unto  efiectuiu  generation,
and  in  what  diminutives  the  plastick  principle  lodgeth  is
exemplified  in  seeds,  wherein  the  greater  mass  affords  so
little  comproduction.*    In  beans  the  leaf  and  root  sprout

'  HwB  UUU,  <6c.]  In  MS.  Sloan.  1847,  this  passage  stands  thus  :-*
**  How  little  is  required  to  the  generation  of  animals,  the  late  doctrine
of  generation  hath  instructed  us  : — and  how  the  grosser  sperme  having
served  as  a  vehicle  of  the  spiritual  geniture,  is  sent  out  or  exhaled  ana
performeth  no  fbrther  office,  seems  also  reasonable  in  the  seminal  pro-
pagation of  plants,  wherein  the  greatest  part  of  the  seed  is  of  no  effect.'*

In  MS.  iSoofi.  1826,  fol.  17,  are  the  following  obsenrations  on  this
passage ;  thus  headed,  and  followed  by  a  copy  of  his  letter  to  Dr.
Browne,  whose  reply  I  have  also  adjoined,  m>m  MS.  Sloan.  8515.
Jt^/lectiont  tipofi  tome  postages  qf  Dr.  Browne*s  hook  oaUed  **  Oyrm  his
Garden,"  sent  to  Dr.  Brwne,  from  M.  Power.  Chapt.  3,  pw.  129,  ''hee
that  observeth  (sav  you)  the  rudimentall  spring  of  seeds,  shall  find. . ...
