Bucolic
a term derived from the Greek, "belonging to herdsmen ," nearly equal to pastoral, from Latin. It is especially used of a kind of pastoral poetry. The great bucolic poets were Theocritus, were Theocritus , Bion, Moschus; and Vergil's "Eclogues" are sometimes called Bucolica.
BUDAPEST commencement cellular prolongations from the medullary rays, which force their way through the bark. In general, a single bud is developed each year in the axil of each leaf, and there is one terminating the branch called a terminal bud. The life of the plant during winter is stored up in the bud as in an embryo, and it is by its vital action that on the return of spring the flow of sap from the roots is stimulated to renewed activity. Buds are disstimulated disto renewed activity . tinguished into leaf buds and flower buds. The latter are produced in the axil of leaves called floral leaves or bracts. The terminal bud of a branch is Buds are usually a flower bud, and as cultivation is capable of producing flower buds in place of leaf buds, the one is probably a modification of the other.
BUDÆUS (bū-dē'us), (the Latinized form of GUILLAUME BUDÉ), a French scholar; born in Paris in 1467. His works on philology, philosophy, and jurisprudence display extensive learning, the two best known being the "De Asse et Partibus ejus" (1514), which contains a very thorough investigation into ancient coins, and the "Commentarii Linguæ Græcæ" (1519), the basis of all subsequent works in this department.
His abilities were manifested not only in literature, but in public business. Louis XII. twice sent him to Rome, and Francis I. also employed him in several negotiations. At Budæus' suggestion, Francis founded the Collège de France and the library at Fontainebleau , the basis of the Bibliothèque Nationale, and was also persuaded to refrain from prohibiting printing, which the bigoted Sorbonne had advised in 1533. He was royal librarian at the time of his death, Aug. 23, 1540.
BUDAPEST (bö'da-pest), the official name of the united towns of Pest and Buda, or Ofen, the one on the right, the ing the capital of Hungary. Buda, other on the left, of the Danube, form-