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MAPLE BUD 



SUPPLEMENTARY WORK 



Contents of Buds. — In every bud there are leaves and a stem, 

 and in many there are blossoms also. These parts are wrapped 



Blossom Buds of Norway IVIaple 



in fuzzy or sticky scales, so that they are well protected from 

 the wind and rain. 



How Buds grow. — Watch a young shoot growing from a 

 bud. When sap begins to flow in spring, the stem within the 

 bud lengthens into a shoot. Within a few weeks the new 

 shoot usually grows to be as long as it ever will be. At first 



