JOURNAL 



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NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, 



AND 



THE ARTS. 



SEPTEMBER, 1812* 



ARTICLE I. 



On the Interior Buds of all Plants. In a Letter from Mrs. 

 Agnes Ibbetson. 



H. 



to Mr. NICHOLSPN, 

 SIR, 



AVING shown in my last letter how the various parts 

 of a stem finish in a tiower, and I think proved, in the most 

 absolute manner, that each part of a flower is formed by an 

 appropriate part of the stem, peculiarly or separately dedi- 

 cated to its formation, I shall now turn to the middle of a 

 plant, and give as complete a picture as I have been able to 

 discover of that part, with the various changes produced 

 in it by the manner in which the buds run up the interior 

 of the stem, in all plants whatever, that shoot their bud each 

 year from the root; and the stalks of which grow yearly Plants that 

 from the ground; whether perennial or biennial, whether "^®^^°"^ '^* 

 dying down or fresh sown. The plants which are the sub- 

 ject of the present letter will embrace an amazing class; for 

 after the strictest search, and most exact dis!?ections, I can 

 discover only five sorts or divisions in nature, comprising 

 many classes and orders, and which, from their consequence 

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