61. 〃 The Living Plant increases in Size, by adding to the
Substances which compose its Body, like Substances;
these, however, are not derived from without, but
are manufactured within the Body of the Plant from
simpler Materials 88
62. 〃 The Living Plant, after it has grown up, detaches part
of its Substance, which has the Power of developing
into a similar Plant, as a Seed 90
63. 〃 The Living Animal increases in Size by adding to the
Substances which compose its Body, like Substances;
these, however, are chiefly derived directly from
other Animals or from Plants 90
64. 〃 The living Animal, after it has grown up, detaches
part of its Substance, which has the Power of
growing into a similar Animal, as an Egg 91
65. 〃 Living Bodies differ from Mineral Bodies in their
Essential Composition, in the manner of their
Growth, and in the fact that they are reproduced by
Germs 91