Previously Unpublished Works of Roger Bacon, Fascicle 11: Questions on Aristotle's Metaphysics and On Plants (1932) - Page 22


It is asked whether those two are continuous or not	248
It is asked whether every plant can be grafted original: "inseri." Grafting is the practice of joining a shoot from one plant onto the roots or stem of another so they grow together. onto every other plant. It is asked whether a plant of a similar species original: "specie." In medieval Aristotelian thought, a species is the essential "kind" of a thing that defines its nature. can be grafted onto a plant of a similar species	249
It is asked whether a plant of a different species can be grafted into another plant of a different species	250
It is asked whether any plant whatever can be grafted into any other plant whatever	250
It is asked whether one species of plant can be transmuted original: "transmutari." This refers to a fundamental change in essence, a concept central to both medieval biology and alchemy. into another species of plant	251