Thursday, Novemb. 9. 1671.
At a Meeting of the Council
of the R. Society.
Ordered,
That the Discoursepresented to theR. Society, Entitul’d, TheAnatomy of Vegetablesbegun, with a GeneralAccompt of Vegetablesthereon, By N. Grew,M.D. be Printed by SpencerHickman, one of thePrinters 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.
TO THE
Right Reverend
JOHN
Lord Bishop of
CHESTER.
MY LORD,
I hope your pardon,if while you areholding that Best ofBooks in one Hand, I herepresent some Pages ofthat of Nature into yourother: Especially sinceyour Lordship knowethvery well, how excellenta Commentary This is onthe Former; by which,in part God reads theWorld his own Definition,and their Duty tohim.
But if this Address, myLord, may be thoughtcongruous, ’tis yet morejust; and that I should letyour Lordship, and othersknow, how much, andhow deservedly I resentyour extraordinary Favours:Particularly thatyou were pleased so farto animate my Endeavourstowards the publishingthe following Observations.Many whereof,and most belongingto the First Chapter, havingnow lain dormantnear seven years; and yetmight perhaps have socontinued, had not yourLordships Eye at lengthcreated Light upon them.In doing which, you havegiven one, amongst thosemany Tokens, of as wellyour readiness to promotelearning and knowledgeby the hands of others;as your high Abilities todo it by your own. Bothwhich are so manifest inyour Lordship, that likethe first Principles of MathematicalScience, theyare not so much to be asserted,because knownand granted by all.
The Considerationwhereof, my Lord, maymake me not only just inowning of your Favours,but also most Ambitiousof your Patronage: whichyet to bespeak, I must confessI cannot well. Notthat I think what is goodand valuable, is alwaies itsown best Advocate; forI know that the Censuresof men are humorous andvariable, and that oneAge must have leave tofrown on those Books,which another will do nothingless than kiss andembrace. But chieflyfor this Reason, lest Isho