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SEEDS, BUDS, BULBS 



Sect. IX. 3. 5 



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produa; of fome fummit 



Though a perfea flower precedes th ^ .^^^ 



bulbs, as I believe m the lower part of the fpike of the polygonum 

 viparum ; yet I fufped, that the fummit-bulbs of allium 



are 



a\y fimilar to the bulbs, which are produced at th 



magicum, 



, - . X eir roots ; 



becaufe on cutting one of them horizontally into two hemifpheres 

 this morning, September 10, 1 obferved three young bulbs inclofed in 

 the concentric fle% membranes of the fummit-bulbin the followin 

 manner; five thick fle% concentric coats of the general fummit 

 bulb being taken away, there appeared one fingle naked fmall bulb 

 and on the fixth coat being removed, two other bulbs became vifible 

 which were included in it. 



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fimi 



in it. Whence it feems, that thefe ftem-bulbs 

 forward as thofe of the root, and probably are in every refpe^ 



ing plants 



d that the brades or fl 

 fecrete or prepai 



p of the flower 



-al-Jeaves, which in 

 fliment for the feed 



feed- bear 



d 



P 



quire m thefe bulbiferous onions and leek 



w office, and prepare a magazine of nourifhment in th 



s a 



branes, which furround their fummit-bulb 



eileemed therefore a fexual viviparous progeny of vco-etabl 



d thefe may be 



buds 



; a Jateral viviparous progeny. 



5. The roots of trees fo refemble their branch 



s buds are 



frequently produced upon them, wh 



parent-tree 

 the branch 



The bark of th 

 th 



that fubtei 

 :h refembl 



he 



fe To refembl es the bark of 



It is not uncommon fo ingraft with fuccefs on 



roots taken out of the earth and replanted; as the robinia on th. . 

 of the acacia, and any other apples on the roots or the fuckers of b 



ppl 



or of codl 



& 



hich may be done earlier in the vernal 



months, as being lefs liable to injury from frofly nio-ht 



d 



probable, that budding or inoculating may be performed in the fame 



r on the roots at midfummer, as on the branches, 

 i roots of thofe plants, which are otherwife not eafily propa- 

 gated, will fhoot up buds, if a part of them next to the plant be half 

 cut through, or raifed out of the ground, and expofed to the air • as 



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