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the same way. Some buds have no scales at all. 

 Thus tropical plants, if they have no dry season to 

 face, and some evergreens (Ivy, Box), bear naked buds. 



FIG. 42. Flowering bud of Lilac, partly dissected. Some of the scales have been 

 removed, and part of the central leaf has been cut away to show the flowers 

 within. Magnified. 



Some Conifers have scales (Pine, Spruce, Yew) ; 

 others none (Cypress, Juniper). If there are bud-scales, 

 they may be simply leaves of small size and simple 



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