[2474] As already stated, there are never more than two germinations.
[2475] This rupture of the epidermis, caused by the formation beneath of new ligneous and conical layers, takes place not solely, as Pliny and Theophrastus state, at the time of germination, but slowly and continuously.
[2476] On the contrary, they are irregular both in their commencement and their duration.
[2477] This is not the case; each bud is independent of the one that has preceded it. A sucker, however, newly developed may give birth to buds not at the extremity, but throughout the whole length of it.
[2478] See B. xviii. c. 67. What Pliny says here is in general true, though its germination does not take place with such rapidity as he states.
[2479] A mere fable, of course.
[2480] In the last Chapter.
[2481] In Paris, Fée says, the almond does not blossom till March. If the tree should blossom too soon, it is often at the expense of the fruit.