3 3 2 Of Vegetation. 



port and keep long in a fupplc ductile 



date the tender extending ftem. 



I marked in the fame manner as the Vine, 

 at the proper feafons, young Honey fuckle 

 moots, young Jfparagus, and young Sun- 

 fio'sjers y and I found in them all a gradual 

 fcale of unequal extenfions, thofe parts ex- 

 tending raoft which were tendered:. The 

 white part of the Afparagus, which was un- 

 der ground, extended very little in length, 

 and accordingly we find the fibres of the 

 white part very tough and ftringy : But the 

 greatert extenfion of the tender green part, 

 which was about 4 inches above the ground 

 when I marked it, feparated the marks from 

 a quarter of an inch, to twelve inches dis- 

 tance; the greatefl: diftenfton of the Sun- 

 fawer was from % inch, to four inches dis- 

 tance. 



From theie Experiments , it is evident, 

 that the growth of a young bud to a moot 

 confifts in the gradual dilatation and exten- 

 sion of every part ; the knots of a moot 

 being very near each other in the bud, as 

 may plainly and diftincUy be feen in the flit 

 bud of the Vine and Fig tree ; but by this 

 gradual diftention of every part, they are ex- 



2 tended 



