OF BUDS. !37 



Mscidus Ilippocastanum, now so common 

 with us, though, as I have learnt from Mr. 

 Hawkins*, a native of Mount Piudus in 

 Arcadia, is a fine example of large and well- 

 formed buds, /'. 25 ; and some of the Ameri- 

 can Walnuts are still more remarkable. 



It has bcei-^ already remarked, p. 90, that 

 buds resist cold only till they begin to grow : 

 hence, according to the nature and earhness 

 of their buds, plants differ in their powers of 

 bearing a severe or variable climate. 



Grevv is elaborate on the forms of buds, 

 and the arrangement of the spots apparent 

 within them when cut transversely, which 

 indicate the number and situation of their 

 vessels. It V\"as the character of this excel- 

 lent man to observe every thing, without re- 

 ference to any theory, and his book is a 

 storehouse of facts relating to vegetation. 

 Loefling,' a favourite pupil of Linna?us, wrote, 

 under the e^^e of his great teacher, an essay 

 on this subject, published in the jlniooni fates 

 Acacieiniccf, v. 2, in which the various forms 

 of buds, and the diherent disposition of the 



* See a note on tlils subject, which Mr. K. P. Knight 

 has honoured with a place in the second edition of his 

 goem on Landscape. 



