XI. Some observations relating to vegetable seeds

Abstract

Among the many subjects the store-house of nature, nothing, perhaps, is more entertaining, nor merits more the attention of the learned and curious, than the family of vegetable seeds; and it is indeed surprising, that, till now, they have not been made an express subject for the consideration of some curious naturalist, since plants and flowers have been treated of by so great a number of authors from the earliest times.