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examined for himself are not large enough to show in the 
most obvious way the relation of the parts and their real 
nature. . 
Fortunately, it is easy to obtain a gigantic terminal bud 
which illustrates perfectly the structure and arrangement 
of the parts of buds in 
general. 
Examine and sketch a rather 
small, firm cabbage, preferably 
a red one, which has been split 
lengthwise through the center! 
and note 
(a) The short, thick, conical 
stem. 
(6) The crowded leaves 
which arise from the stem, the 
lower and outer ones largest 
and most mature, the upper 
and innermost ones the small- 
est of the series. FIG. 83. — Accessory Buds of Box-Elder 
(c) The axillary buds, found ee 
in the angles made by some 3 ee Ete 
eaves with the stem. 
Compare the section of the cabbage with Fig. 86. 
Most of the buds so far considered were _leaf-buds, that 
is, the parts inside of the scales would develop into leaves, 
and their central axes into stems; but some were mized 
buds, that is, they contained both leaves and flowers in an 
undeveloped condition. 
Flower-buds contain the rudiments of flowers only. 
Sometimes, as in the black walnut and the butternut, 
the leaf-buds and flower-buds are readily distinguishable 
1 Half of a cabbage will be enough for the entire division. 
