FLOWER BUDS AND LEAF BUDS 



Buds vvhicli produce only leaves, and those which give rise to flowers and fruit, arc quite 

 distinct in most plants, but differ in appearance from species to si)ecies. Usually the 

 flower l)uds arc c<)nsidcnd)ly the kirj^cr. The ])car, shown al:ovc, has its flower buds 

 on short spur-branchcs (at the left) while its leaf buds (at the right), arc borne directly 

 on the branch. Photograph, twice natural size, by John Howard Paine. (Fig. 10.) 



