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BUDS AND STIPULES 



buds, as I have already mentioned, contain the young 

 leaves of the following year ; the flowers of the 

 Horse Chestnut or Maple (figs. 8 and 9) may be found 

 in the bud in the preceding October ; in some Conifers 

 the development of the leaf even occupies two years, 



FIG. 10. YOUNG SHOOT OF LIME (Tilia). Eeduced. 



St, stipules of terminal bud; B, axillary buds, the upper of which replaces the terminal 

 bud on the fall of the latter. 



so that if we open a bud in the autumn we may find the 

 rudiments not only of next year's leaves, but even of 

 those of the spring following. 



