CHAPTER VIII 

 THE LEAF-BUD. 



EXERCISE LXITI. 

 Parts of the Leaf-bud. 



FIG. 271 FIG. 275. - FIG. 276. 



Leaves. 



a. Grow- 

 ing point. 



Scales. 



BUD-SCALES. The covering of winter buds (Figs. 

 274, 275). 



GEOWING-POINT. The soft extremity of the stem 

 at the centre of the bud, and enclosed in the young 

 unexpanded leaves and the bud-scales a (Fig. 276). 



UNEXPANDED LEAVES are found in buds, as seen 

 in Fig. 276. 



The time to study bud-scales is in early spring, 

 before the buds begin to swell. At this season gather 

 buds from all the trees and shrubs within your reach. 



Observe whether the branches from which they 

 are taken have terminal buds. 



