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this assumption, and allegation made that the bud repro- 

 duces only its own variety of the species, while the seed 

 reproduces the species itself. Alleged dying -out of the pro- 

 duce of grafts. Other exceptions taken. Difficulties 

 attaching to Dr Carpenter's view. Gremmiparous and ovi- 

 parous reproduction identical in nature. A single cell the 

 primary element in the reproductive process, and the bud 

 the primary seat of this cell. 



LETTEE XVIII : 



Mutual relations of the bud and the seed. The two identical 

 in their nature ; but the bud the primary mode of the re- 

 productive process, and the seed a modification of the bud 

 in adaptation to special ends : these ends, though they have 

 a place in vegetables and animals generally, point to man 

 and to man's moral and social nature and the institution of 

 marriage as their primary source and origin. This view 

 pursued at some length. Man's twofold nature and re- 

 lations : an organised being and as such allied to plants 

 and the lower animals and to the inorganic world ; a spirit- 

 ual being, and as such allied to Gfod and the world that is 

 to come. Uniformity or unity of plan observed throughout 

 the whole of nature. Quotation from Professor Powell 

 as to this. Application of the views advanced to the hypo- 

 thesis suggested. The bud might alone have sufficed for 

 reproduction, both in vegetables and animals, and even in 

 Man. Adam, formed first : Eve afterwards ; Eve the off- 

 . spring of Adam and evolved from a rib as from a bud. 

 Reasons given in Scripture for Eve^s creation. Woman's 

 mission. Inference. 



The bud at least co-ordinate with the seed : both answer 

 the same end, but each in a way that the other cannot. 

 How sometimes the one, sometimes the other, and some- 

 times both together, are made use of by Nature. Import- 

 ance of the bud in the economy of Nature — seen in timber 

 and coal. 



LETTER XIX 



Practical applications of the Theory. Its uses in the ex- 



