And as the _Flower_ is serviceable to the safety of the _Fruit_, so is it to its growth; _sc._ in its Infancy, or _Embryo_-estate; for which purpose, as there is a Flower, so that Flower is greater or less, according as the nature of the Fruit to which it belongs, and the plenty of the _Sap_ by which the Fruit is fed, doth require. Thus, where the young Fruit is of a solider constitution, and the ascent of the _Sap_ less copious, were there here no _Flower_ to promote the said ascent thereof into the Fruit (in the manner as is effected by the Green Leaves) it must needs pine and die, or prove less kindly. On the contrary, should the Flower be over-large, it would not only promote the ascent of the _Sap_ up to the Fruit, but being as yet over-proportionate to it, would likewise it self exhaust the same _Sap_, as fast as ascendent; like a greedy Nurse, that prepares the Meat for her Child, and then eats it up her self. Thus we see _Apples_ and _Pears_ with a _Flower_ of a moderate size, like their Body; of a middle Constitution, and their _Sap_ of a middle quantity: But _Quinces_, being more solid, besides that they have as great a _Flower_, the _Impalers_ of their _Flower_ also thrive so far as to become handsom Leaves, continuing also after the _Flower_ is fallen, firm and verdent a great while; so long till the _fruit_ be able to provide for it self. On the other hand, _Plums_ being more tender and Sappy than _Apples_ and _Pears_, besides that their _Empalers_ are much alike, their _flower_ is less, and _Gooseberries_ and _Currans_, which are still more Pulpy, and the course of the _Sap_ towards them more free, have yet a _flower_ far less. And _Grapes_, whose _Sap_ is still of quicker Ascent, have scarce any _flower_ at all; only some small resemblance thereof, serving just upon the setting of the _fruit_, and no longer. The _Attire_ I find to be of two kinds, _Seminie_ and _Florie_: That which I call _Seminie_, is made up of two general parts, _Chives_ and _Semets_, one upon each _Chive_. These _Semets_ have the appearance (especially in many _flowers_) of so many little _Seeds_; but are quite another kind of Body: For upon enquiry we find, that these _Semets_, though they seem to be solid, and for some time after their first formation, are entire; yet are they really hollow; and their side, or sides, which were at first entire, at length crack asunder: And that moreover the Concave of each _Semet_ is not a meer vacuity, but fill’d up with a number of minute Particles, in form of a Powder; which, though common to all _Semets_, yet in some, and particularly those of a _Tulip_, being larger, is more distinctly observable.