Excerpt from Rural Affairs, a Practical and Copiously Illustrated Register of Rural Economy and Rural Taste, Vol. 8: Including Country Dwellings, Improving and Planting Grounds, Fruits and Flowers, Domestic Animals and All Farm and Garden Processes Vegetable physiology. - Tracing Growth of the Plant from the Embryo throughout -the Principles of Grafting and Bud ding, &c. - 6x Engravings. 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.