HOW THE PLANT USES THE FOOD IT MAKES 89 



Remove the bud scales from the tip of the stem. 

 Does it dry up? 



What helps growth? " Good growing weather " 

 is weather which is warm but not too dry. A great deal 

 of water is taken up in growth. The soft growing parts 

 are mostly water (more than nine parts in ten). When 



it is cold, water cannot be 

 taken up fast enough for 



FIG. 46. Improper cutting 

 of a limb. 



FIG. 47. Proper cutting of 

 limb. 



good growth (see page 79), nor can new substance be 

 formed rapidly. 



Land is sometimes offered for sale with a statement 

 of the average temperature of the region. Such state- 

 ments are wholly misleading unless the highest and 

 lowest temperature is also given. A single day of 



