BUDS 
132. Nature of Bud-Scales. — The 
fact that the bud-scales are in certain 
cases merely imperfectly developed 
leaves or leaf-stalks is often clearly 
manifest from the series of steps con- 
necting the bud-scale on the one hand 
with the young leaf on the other, which 
may be found in many opening buds, 
as illustrated by Fig. 80. In other 
buds the scales are not imperfect leaves, 
but the little appendages (stipules, Figs. 
98, 99) which occur at the bases of 
leaves. This kind of bud-scale is 
especially well shown in the magnolia 
and the tulip tree. 
133. Naked Buds. — All of the buds 
above mentioned are winter buds, capa- 
ble of living through the colder months 
of the year, and are scaly buds. 
In the herbs of temperate climates, 
and even in shrubs and trees of tropical 
regions, the buds are often naked, that 
is, nearly or quite destitute of scaly 
coverings (Fig. 81). 
Make a study of the naked buds of any 
convenient herb, such as one of the common 
“ geraniums” (Pelargonium), and record what 
you find in it. 
134. Position of Buds. — The dis. 
tinction between lateral and terminal 
buds has already been alluded to. 
121 
Fic. 81. — Tip of Branch 
of Ailanthus in Winter 
Condition, showing 
very Large Leaf-Scars 
and nearly Naked Buds. 
