Note 204 — CHAP. XIV. Of Change of Species.
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Dr. Grew, in his Anatomy of Plants, by microscopical Inspection, found, that the outer Superficies of Roots was of a spongy Substance; and ’tis well known, that no such Body can refuse to imbibe whatever Liquor comes in Contact with it, but will by its springy Porosity absorb any sort of Moisture.
[205]We are convinced, that ’tis the Vessels of Plants that make the different Flavours; because there is none of these Flavours in the Earth of which they are made, until that has enter’d and been alter’d by the vegetable Vessels.