68 OF BUDS. 



This bud of the palm, from its form and size, is often called the 

 cabbage. 



Some botanists enumerate four kinds of buds : 1st. the bulb; 

 2d. the bulbille ; 3d. the turion, or little bulb ; and 4th. the 

 proper bud. 



We have already considered the bulb, under the head of 

 roots. Botanists have occasioned some confusion in the science 

 by placing the bulb among roots and buds ; yet they seem to 

 bear a close analogy to both. An onion bulb, like the bud of 

 the palm, contains the stem, leaves and flower ; its radicles are 

 indeed the true root. 



The bulbille is often found in the axils of leaves, as was rep- 

 resented at Fig. 26. 



The turion differs but little, except 

 in size, from the bulb ; it appears up- 

 on roots of perennial plants, as may 

 be seen in Fig. 29, a. 



Of the proper ud, there are three sorts ; 



1st. The flower bud, which is of a short round form, and 

 contains the rudiments of one or several flowers, without leaves, 

 folded over each and surrounded with scales. It is often found 

 at the extremities of small short branches ; this is the kind of 

 bud which is employed in grafting or innoculating. This ope- 

 ration is performed by cutting into the bark of another tree, and 

 placing a bud or several buds in the aperture. 



2nd. The leaf bud, contains the rudiments of several leaves 

 without flowers ; it is usually longer and more pointed than the 

 flower bud. 



3rd. The mixed bud; containing both leaves and flowers. 

 In the peach we have examples of the two first divisions ; the. 

 leaf and flower bud being distinct. In the" lilac they are en- 

 closed together in the same bud. 



The leaf buds, if taken from the tree and planted in the earth, 

 will grow and put forth roots ; but the flower buds in the same. 

 situation will perish. You will jx)rceive that a striking analogy 

 exists between buds and seeds, as well as between buds ami 

 roots. 



You have now seen the manner in which buds commence 

 their existence ; and how they gradually unfold themselves un- 

 til they become in their turn branches, covered with leaves 

 and flowers. In considering this subject you cannot but have 



Different kinds of Buds 1st. Bulb 2d. Bulbille Turion Proper bud- 

 Flower bud Leaf bud 3Iiied bud Reflections suggested by a view of the 

 subject. 



