﻿CHAPTER 
  VII 
  

  

  BUDS 
  AND 
  BRANCHES 
  

  

  88. 
  Occurrence 
  of 
  buds. 
  If 
  we 
  look 
  at 
  the 
  live 
  branches 
  of 
  

   any 
  shrub 
  or 
  tree 
  during 
  the 
  winter, 
  many 
  buds 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  

   along 
  their 
  sides, 
  and 
  usually 
  each 
  twig 
  is 
  tipped 
  with 
  a 
  bud. 
  

   Most 
  people 
  are 
  aware 
  of 
  these 
  facts, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  gener- 
  

   ally 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  forma- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  these 
  buds 
  began 
  

   rai 
  her 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  summer. 
  

   It 
  is 
  not 
  usual, 
  among 
  those 
  

   who 
  are 
  not 
  botanists, 
  to 
  

   speak 
  of 
  the 
  buds 
  of 
  herbs, 
  

   such 
  as 
  beans, 
  peas, 
  toma- 
  

   toes, 
  and 
  cucumbers; 
  and 
  

   yet 
  such 
  plants 
  are 
  well 
  

   provided 
  with 
  buds, 
  only 
  

   they 
  are 
  inconspicuous 
  and 
  

   often 
  nearly 
  hidden 
  by 
  the 
  

   young 
  leaves 
  at 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  

   the 
  shoots. 
  

  

  To 
  be 
  acciirate 
  we 
  mu 
  st 
  

  

  classify 
  buds 
  into 
  scaly 
  icin- 
  

   Irr 
  lm<h 
  (or 
  restinf/ 
  buds) 
  

   and 
  tin 
  /<<</ 
  futtlx. 
  The 
  latter 
  

   occur 
  not 
  only 
  on 
  all 
  herbs 
  (fig. 
  49) 
  but 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  shrubs 
  

   and 
  forest 
  trees 
  of 
  hot 
  countries. 
  

  

  ( 
  ieiiei-ally 
  speaking, 
  scaly 
  buds 
  occur 
  in 
  woody 
  plants 
  which 
  

   grow 
  in 
  cold 
  or 
  temperate 
  climates, 
  where 
  such 
  buds 
  are 
  well 
  

   suited 
  to 
  resist 
  the 
  sudden 
  winter 
  changes 
  from 
  heat 
  to 
  cold, 
  

   and 
  the 
  reverse. 
  Some 
  of 
  our 
  common 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs 
  have 
  

  

  94 
  

  

  FK;. 
  76. 
  Opening 
  leaf 
  bud 
  of 
  rose 
  

  

  a, 
  b, 
  c, 
  and 
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  show 
  stages 
  <if 
  transition 
  

  

  between 
  hud 
  seales 
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  fully 
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  leaves. 
  After 
  Payer 
  

  

  