MANY KINDS OF BUDS 



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87. 

 of the 





Where Buds Are. Buds are borne in the 

 leaves, in the acute angle that the leaf makes 

 the stem. When the leaf is grow- 

 ing in the summer, a bud is form- 

 ing above it. When the leaf falls, 

 the bud remains, and a scar marks 

 the place of the leaf. Fig. 57 

 shows the large leaf-scars of ailan- 

 thus. Observe those on the horse- 

 chestnut, maple, apple, pear, bass- 

 wood, hickory, or any tree or bush. 

 88. Sometimes two or more buds 

 are borne in one axil: the extra 

 ones are accessory or supernumerary 53. 

 _ buds. Observe them in the Tar- 



57. Leaf-sca7 s tarian honeysuckle (common in 

 Aiianthus. yards), walnut, butternut, red 

 maple, honey locust, and sometimes in the apricot and 

 peach. 



89. Shoots of many plants bear a bud at the tip: this 

 is a terminal bud. It continues the growth of the axis in 

 a direct line. Very often three or more buds are clustered 

 at the tip (Fig. 58); 



and in this case there 

 may be more buds than 

 leaf-scars. Only one of 

 them, however, is strictly 

 terminal. 



90. Bulbs and cabbage 

 heads may be likened 

 to buds: that is, they 

 are condensed stems, 



With SCaleS Or modified 59. A gigantic bud.-Cabbage. 



leaves densely overlapping and forming a rounded body. 

 (Fig. 59.) They differ from true buds, however, in the fact 



