Excerpt from On Buds and Stipules This inquiry led me on to examine the structure of buds and the diversity and ingenuity of the devices by which plants protect the young and tender tissues from heat, cold, drought, moisture, insects and other animals, proved so fascinating that I hoped it might not be Without interest for others. The results have been printed in greater detail by the Linnean Society,1 and I have here selected those parts which seemed to me of most general interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.