Irving used irony to describe the character but in a playful way. Rip is likable but very lazy, he is the hero so Irving uses a playful and humorous tone to describe his character. Hope this helps! Mark brainly please!
In a real garden abscisic acid, auxins, cytokinins, ethylene, gibberellins, are just some of the hormones that would stimulate seed germination and plant growth.