38 GENERAL PRINCIPLES. 



shoots, being the axillary buds of the botanist (A, _Z?, fig. 

 20). 



2. Terminal. Those on the points of shoots ( C, fig. 20). 



3. Superior. Those on the upper side of horizontal 

 branches (A, fig. 20). 



4. Inferior. Those on the lower side of horizontal 

 branches (J5, fig. 20). 



5. Stipular. The small, barely visible buds found at 

 the base of ordinary buds. 



6. Dormant or Latent. These are scarcely apparent 

 buds, generally towards the base of branches : They may 

 remain dormant for several years, and then, in some spe- 

 cies, be excited into growth by pruning close to them. 



Buds are again classed as leaf-buds and fruit-buds. 



7. Leaf-Buds (F, G, H, fig. 14), produce either leaves 

 or branches ; they differ in form from fruit-buds in being 

 in most cases longer and more pointed in the same species. 



These are again designated as 



Single, when only one is produced at the same point 

 (H, fig. 14). 



Double, when two are together (I, fig. 14). 



Triple, when in threes (G and J, fig. 14). 



These double and triple buds are almost peculiar to the 

 stone fruits, and especially the peach, apricot, and necta- 

 rine. 



The size, form, and prominence of leaf-buds vary in a 

 striking degree in different varieties of the same species, 

 and these peculiarities are found to be of considerable 

 service in identifying and describing sorts. Thus, the 

 buds of one variety will be long, pointed and compressed, 

 or lying close to the shoot. Others will be large, oval 

 and prominent, or standing boldly out from the shoot. 

 Others will be small, full, and round. For instance, 

 the wood-buds of the G-lout Morceau are short and coni- 

 cal, broad at the base, and taper suddenly to a very sharp 

 point inclined towards the shoot; they have also very 



