JOURNAL 



OF 



Natural philosophy, chemistry, 



ANX> 



THE ARTS, 



t 



MAY, 1811. 



ARTICLfi I. 



On the Interior of Plants, Letter II. J5y Mrs, AGNfiS 

 Ibbetson. 



To Mr. NICHOLSON. 

 SIR, 



JL Shall now give a r&gular history of buds, and their man- 

 ner of throwing, as it has been hinted to me, that the sketch 

 1 gave in iny last was not sufficiently explanatory and ample, 

 considering the importance of the subject to botany, its 

 novelty, and how little the real formation 6f the interior of 

 plants is understood. It is certain, that the diligence of 

 gardeners has far exceeded the labour of physiologists ia 

 this respect, and established first from accident, and thea 

 from practical experience, many rules, which should have 

 been suggested and taught by the philosophers of botany; 

 but 1 believe the Bcientific p«!lrt of this science seldom travels 

 as fust ad the practical, and that it is usually left for the 

 former to account for the reason why the process is good or 

 bad, after it has been thoroughly established. But this 

 may not always be the<:ase; when once we have a thorough 

 knowledge of th.? " interior formation of plants'*, the sci- 

 VoL. XXIX, N«. 13 1.— M4T, lill. M «fttiSc 



