Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Thursday, _Novemb. 9. 1671_. _At a Meeting of the Council of the ~R. Society~._ _Ordered_, That the Discourse presented to the R. Society, Entitul’d, _The Anatomy of ~Vegetables~ begun, with a General Accompt of ~Vegetables~ thereon_, By _N. Grew_, M.D. be Printed by _Spencer Hickman_, one of the Printers of the _R. Society_. _Brouncker_ Pres. THE ANATOMY OF VEGETABLES Begun. With a GENERAL ACCOUNT OF _VEGETATION_ Founded thereon. By _NEHEMIAH GREW_, M. D. and Fellow of the _Royal Society_. _LONDON_, Printed for _Spencer Hickman_, Printer to the _R. Society_, at the _Rose_ in S. _Pauls_ Church-Yard, 1672. TO THE _Right Honourable_ & _Most Illustrious_ THE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF THE _ROYAL SOCIETY_, _The Following_ DISCOURSE _Is most Humbly_ Presented _By_ The Authour _NEHEMIAH GREW_. [Illustration] TO THE _Right Reverend_ JOHN _Lord Bishop of CHESTER_. _MY LORD_, I hope your pardon, if while you are holding _that Best of Books_ in one Hand, I here present some Pages of that of _Nature_ into your other: Especially since _your Lordship_ knoweth very well, how excellent a _Commentary_ This is on the _Former_; by which, in part God reads the World his own Definition, and their Duty to him.