VIII. THE STRUCTURE AND WORK OF THE STEM 



Problem XVI. Relationship of buds to the growing plant 

 (optional}. (Laboratory Manual, Prob. 



Structure of a Bud. If we 

 cut a head of cabbage through 

 the long axis of its stem, we find 

 that the stem is much shortened 

 or dwarfed, and that the leaves 

 are so placed as to cover it en- 

 tirely. The cabbage is a big bud. 

 If we carry out our definition of a 

 bud, starting with what we have 



A. Cabbage head cut lengthwise to 

 show that it is a big bud. B. The 

 bud under favorable conditions has 

 grown into an elongated stem. 



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