264 HARMONIES OF VEGETATION. 



and drops into the toil, where it again germinate* and takes root, 

 and springs op into a new individual. 



32. Germs, before described as being either bulb* or 

 buds are a second means of propagation. The first a 

 natural process, the second by means of ingrafting or 

 budding. Runners, slips, layers, suckers and grafts are, 

 likewise, auxiliaries for the continuance of plants. 



The sources of reproduction are numerous, and the earth would 

 be overrun with its vegetable production, had not Nature instituted 

 a counterpoise by the power and wants of man, the necessities of 

 animals, the effects of climate, and many other calls to harmony and 

 convenience. 



HARMONIES OF PLANTS. 

 1. Here we shall find that plants have different re- 

 lations with different things as concerns their vitality 

 and promulgation. U'e shall however more particularly 

 allude to the relation of the root to the soil, of the stem 

 to the situation, of the leaves to the air and water, 

 and lastly, of the flowers to the sun, <ic. 



HARMONIES OF THE ROOT. 



2. Very little has been written on this individual 

 subject, but it is plain to common understanding, that 

 the form and shape of roots is harmonized with the soil 

 and situation of the plant. 



Those which are very bushy, seem most proper for sandy situation*. 

 The cocoa, which is a large tree of the shores of thr torrid tone, 

 grows in pure sand, which it interlaces with tuch a prodigious 



