WHERE BUDS ARE 



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86. WHERE BUDS ARE. Buds are borne in the axils 

 of the leaves, in the acute angle which the leaf makes 

 with the stem. When the leaf is 

 growing in the summer, a bud is 

 forming above it. When the leaf 

 falls, the bud remains, and a scar 

 marks the place of the leaf. Fig. 

 53 shows the large leaf -scars of 

 ailautlms. Observe those on the 

 horse- chestnut, maple, apple, pear, 

 basswood, or any tree or bush. 



87. Sometimes two or more 

 buds are borne in one axil : the 

 extra ones are accessory or 

 supernumerary buds. Observe 



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them in the Tartarian honeysuckle t>uds.- 

 (common in yards), walnut, but- 

 ternut, red maple, honey locust, and sometimes in the 

 apricol and peach. 



88. Shoots of many plants bear a bud at the tip: 

 this is a terminal bud. // continues tin growth of tin 

 axis in <i direct Inn. Very often three or more buds 

 are clustered at the tip 

 ( Fig. 54) ; ami in this 

 case t here may lie more 

 buds than leal' - scars. 

 Only <me of t hem, how 

 ever, is si rid ly terminal . 



89. Bulbs and cabbagt 

 In ads may &< lihi in d to 

 buds : t hat is, t hey are 

 condensed stems, with 



scales or modified leaves '' A ^' :u '"' '""' CBbba e ' 



densely overlapping and forming a rounded body. 

 55. They differ from true buds, however, in the 



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