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It would be no difficult matter to fhow the fallacy of this mode of reafoning, and to point out many errors which have crept into all{ciences, from purfuing fuch fanciful analogies between objects in their own nature fo different as in this example. But as this would be, in fome meafure, foreign to my aim in this Effay, I thall content myfelf with obferving, that it could feldom be attended with worfe con- fequences than in the prefent cafe, be- caufe it leads to a conclufion, directly the reverfe of what is warranted by expe- rience. For, I have found, from reiter- ated experiment, that a ftrong and vi- gorous plant, which has grown up quickly, and arrived at a confiderable magnitude in a very fhort time, never fails to grow better after tranfplanting, than another of the fame fize that. is older and more

. ftinted in its growth, whether the foil in

which they are planted be rich or poor; fo that inftead of recommending a poor hungry foil for a nurfery, I would, in alk cafes, with to fet apart for this purpofe the richeft and moft fertile{pot that could be found; and,-in the choice of plants,

ee 4 would