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WINTER BUDS 



62. 



The open- 

 ing of 

 61. Fruit- the pear 



that they are condensations of main stems rather than 

 embryo stems borne in the axils of leaves. But bulblets 



may be scarcely distinguish- 



able from buds on the one 



hand and from bulbs on the 



other. Cut a cabbage head in 



two lengthwise, and see what 



it is like. 



91. What Buds do. A bud 

 is a growing point. In the 

 growing season it is small, 

 and persons do not notice it. 

 In the winter it is dormant 



and wrapped up and is plainly bud of pear ' bud " 

 seen: it is waiting. All branches spring from 

 buds. 



92. All winter buds give rise to branches, 

 not to leaves alone: that is, the leaves are borne 

 on the lengthening axis. Sometimes the axis, 

 or branch, remains very short, so short that it 



GO. wiiiow. may not be noticed. Some- A 



times it grows several feet *&'' 



long. 



biack a bud 93. Whether the 



re c a a dy e to branch grows long 



Ihe has" or not depends on 



of each. 



P are~ 



position on the plant, fertility 



of soil, rainfall, and many 



other things. The new shoot is 



the unfolding and enlarging of 



the tiny axis and leaves that 63 Hickory 



we saw in the bud. (Figs. 55, 



56.) If the conditions are congenial, the shoot may form more 



leaves than were tucked away in the bud, but commonly 



64. Growth is 

 progressing. 



