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DISSECTION OF BUDS 



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disposition of the leaves as they pass out of the bud state 

 to the stage of expansion. This can often be done with 

 great ease in the open, as for instance in the case of the 

 Vine shoot shown in Fig. 25, or in the series of opening 

 Beech-buds shown in Fig. 26. 



Fig. 22. 



Fig. 23. 



Fig. 22. Interior of bud of the Mulberry, Morus, showing the over- 

 lapping young leaves with their stipules. The scars of the removed leaves 

 below, and a bud in the axil of the leaf last dissected away (He). 



Fig. 23. Terminal cone of a bud of the Lilac with the bud-scales 

 and most of the young leaves dissected off. The youngest leaves still 

 remain at the apex. The scars exhibit the strictly decussate arrange- 

 ment. Highly magnified. 



For a complete analysis of the structure and morphology 

 of the bud, however, it is necessary to combine a third 



