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WINTEE BUDS 



flowers are mixed buds, 

 spring-flowering plants. 



as in pear, apple, and most late 



64. Almond flower the 

 sole occupant of a bud. 



96. .Fruit-buds are usually thicker 

 or stouter than leaf-buds. They are 

 borne in different positions on differ- 

 ent plants. In some plants 

 (apple, pear) they are on the 

 ends of short branches or 

 spurs ; in others (peach, red 

 maple) they are along the 

 sides of the last year's 

 growths. In Fig. 66 are 

 shown three fruit-buds and 

 one leaf -bud on E, and leaf- 



a 



65. 



The open- 

 ing of the 

 flower-bud 

 of apricot. 



buds on A. In Fig. 67 a fruit-bud is at the left, and 

 leaf-bud at the right. 



97. THE "BURST OF SPRING" 

 means chiefly the opening of the 

 buds. Everything was made 

 ready the fall before. The embryo 

 shoots and flowers were tucked 

 away, and the food teas stored. The 

 warm rain falls, and the shutters 

 open and the sleepers wake : the 

 frogs peep and the birds come. 



Review. What are dormant buds? 

 What are they for? What is their cover- 

 ing? Where are they borne? When are 

 they formed ? What is a leaf -sear? What 

 are accessory buds? What other name is 

 applied to them? Define terminal bud. 

 What does it do? What are bulbs and 

 cabbages? How do they differ from 

 buds? What do buds do? From what do 

 branches arise? To what do winter buds 

 give rise? What determines whether the 



GG. 



Fruit-buds and leaf- buds 

 of pear. 



