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climates Tvhose buds are naked, that is to say, they are un- 

 protected by special scales. Such are the Vihurnum nudum 

 or Whiterod, and the Hobblebush ; the latest pair of 

 leaves and also the flower cymes remain in a nascent state 

 over winter without covering and expand into the first fo- 

 liage in early spring. In other hardy shrubs and trees the 

 buds are equally destitute of protecting scales, but they 

 are usually minute and hidden in the bark or otherwise 

 inconspicuous. Such examples may be seen in the Ro- 

 hinia (Locust) or the Ilhiis (Sumach). In the Plane tree 

 or Buttonwood the buds are called subpetiolar, as they 

 are formed under the base of the protecting leaf-stock, 

 which forms a sheath or inverted cup fitted to and con- 

 cealing the conical bud until autumn, when by the fall of 

 the leaves the bud is exposed. 



Again there are buds of an abnormal and irregular char- 

 acter, being produced without order and from any part of 

 the stem and even from the roots. The latter, like the 

 internodes of a stem, although normally destitute of buds, 

 do produce them under certain conditions, as in the Wil- 

 low and Popple, when wounded or pollarded. Even 

 leaves may develop buds and then be used for propagation 

 as in the Bryojjhyllum. Such buds are freely produced on 

 the margins of the blade or its leaflets and are called ad- 

 ventitious buds. 



At the close of the afternoon session the company re- 

 turned to Salem. 



Salem, February 20, 1882. 

 A REGULAR meeting of the Society was held this eve- 

 ning ; the President in the chair. 



Mr. Austin D.Kilham of Beverly and Mr. C. C. Whit- 

 temore of Salem were duly elected members. 



