...and protruding roots ; Or on the father's side, from bursting glands, The adhering young its nascent form expands ; In branching lines the parent-trunk...plumage, hairs, or horns. 70 " So the lone Truffle, lodg'd beneath the earth, Shoots from paternal roots the tuberous birth ; No stamen-males ascend, and...

...and protruding roots ; Or on the father's side from bursting glands The adhering young its nascent form expands ; In branching lines the parent-trunk...earth, Shoots from paternal roots the tuberous birth ; No stamen-males ascend, and breathe above, No seed-born offspring lives by female love. From each...

...I must mention,that on Erasmus Darwin, that surprising botanical poet who could write such lines as So the lone Truffle, lodged beneath the earth, Shoots from paternal roots the tuberous birth, and yet be possessed of considerable poetic gifts. With this reference, however, I must stop, for I...