﻿BUDS 
  AND 
  BRANCHES 
  

  

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  case 
  it 
  cannot 
  grow 
  straight 
  on 
  from 
  the 
  tip 
  the 
  next 
  year, 
  but 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  twigs 
  a 
  little 
  farther 
  back 
  will 
  be 
  rapidly 
  developed 
  

   and 
  will 
  serve 
  to 
  prolong 
  the 
  main 
  branch. 
  

  

  FIG. 
  81. 
  Opposite 
  branching 
  in 
  privet 
  

  

  The 
  branch 
  is 
  shown 
  as 
  it 
  appeared 
  in 
  March. 
  The 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  terminated 
  

   in 
  a 
  flower 
  cluster, 
  followed 
  by 
  fruit. 
  Since 
  no 
  terminal 
  bud 
  was 
  formed, 
  the 
  

   continuation 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  branch 
  during 
  the 
  next 
  season 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  strong 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  twig 
  tw 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  terminal 
  bud 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  stem 
  continues 
  year 
  after 
  

   year 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  strongest, 
  the 
  general 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  will 
  be 
  

   somewhat 
  conical, 
  as 
  are 
  larches 
  and 
  spruces; 
  but 
  if 
  somt 
  

   branches 
  grow 
  in 
  length 
  as 
  fast 
  as 
  the 
  main 
  trunk, 
  the 
  tree 
  

   will 
  become 
  round-topped 
  and 
  spreading, 
  like 
  an 
  apple 
  tree. 
  

  

  