4f^ ON THB iNTERrOK OF PLANTS. 



entifvc may in its tarn precede, and enforce rules for gar- 

 dening. 



There are three sorts of buds ; flower buds, leaf and 



flower buds, and leaf buds oply. The leaf bud I shall pass 



over for the present, as it differs so essentially ftom the rest, 



while the other two are so closely approximated to each other, 



ffnd the alteration so triflin°^, that I shall consider them as 



. , one, and show at the end of this letter how they differ. 



Putting therefore the former distinction out of the question, 



we will establish atiother difference of buds, to make their 



history the more intelligible; dividing them into four parts. 



The difference 1^^» '^^^ buds of trees, shrubs, and some shrubs that are 



of kttdsi perennial; which plants have the line of life running into 



every part next the pith, and equally shooting; the bud ou 



that line, whether in the middle stem, the branch, or the 



twig; and forming the bud by a knot, as soon as the plant 



has done seeding. 



^Zdf The root buds, or those the buds of which reshoot 

 from the root each year, as in all annuals or herbaceouf 

 plants, where the stem dies down. 



3d, Palmate buds, that is, buds of palms, grasses, arums, 

 &c<, which shoot their buds just before flowering, and give 

 therefore (preceding that time) no proof of possessing any 

 buds, having no principle or middle stem. 



4th, The buds which grow in bulbous roots, which shoot 

 up when near the time of flowering, exactly like the last, 

 except that they have a stem, 

 l^ormation of '^^ return to the explanation of the first species; I 

 the buds of have mentioned, that in all trees and plants of this kind, 

 tiees, Ac. ^^^^ j-^^^ ^^ jip^ invariably follows one course in every part 

 of the plant; the difliculties buds have to encounter arc 

 therefore exactly proportioned to the situation in //hich 

 they are found, they Irave hardly any wood to pass ia 

 fresh twigs; in the shoots of the preceding years, they 

 have more; and in older branches still a larger propor- 

 tion of wood to travel tlirough ; but in the trunk of the 

 tree it becomes a very beautiful and amusing spectacle t» 

 behold the ease with which nature has arranged all for the 

 perfect accomplishment of her work. Trees and shrubs 

 "prefer shooting their buds just op^iosite the leaf, that it may 

 protefct and support it in itt eradle. In most treei the buds 



be<£im 



