122 THE BIOLOGY OF THE SEASONS 



ness of maturity. The buds are replaced by hard-working 

 leafy boughs with extraordinarily intense activity, especially 

 in the sunlight. The bud-like, more primitive, early flowers 

 are replaced by more liberal floral magnificence. On all 

 sides we see young things passing through adolescence to 

 mature strength, and love is crowned. 



As a picturesque emblem of the fundamental fact the 

 rising wave of life we may, in conclusion, allude to the 

 observation of a remarkable scientific genius, Dr. Buchan, 

 who has left a deep mark in the science of Meteorology, that 

 of British plants which flower between April and July, the 

 succession of colours tends on an average to be the order of 

 the rainbow tints from blue, through yellow, to red. 



