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BECmNEKS' BOTANY 



three fruit-buds and one leaf-bud on E, and leaf-buds on 

 A. See also Figs. 150, 151, 152, 153, and explain. 



Fig. 150. — Fruit-buds of Apple 

 ON SPURS: a dormant bud at 

 the top. 



Fig. 153. — Opening of Leaf-buds and Flower-buds of Apple. 



"T/ie burst of spring^' means in large part the opening of 

 the buds. Everything was made ready the fall before. The 

 embryo shoots a?id flowet's were tucked azvay, a7id the food 

 was stored. The warm rain falls, and the shutters open 

 and the sleepers wake. 



Arrangement of Buds. — We have found that leaves are 

 usually arranged in a definite order ; buds are borne in the 

 axils of leaves : therefore hids must exhibit pJiyllotaxy. 



