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Leaf Buds 



beech tree. Others that are easy to recognise are: 

 oak buds, small, bright brown, and very crowded at the 

 end of the twig sycamore buds, green in colour and 



Fig. 50. Four stages of an opening Beech bud. 



rather square and solid looking horse-chestnut buds, 

 which are sticky and large, those at the end of the 

 twigs being especially big. We will take one of these 



