THE BUDS MAY NOT GROW 



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Ho. The branching ia crooked 

 and irregular. 



are suppressed. Branches 

 die. So it comes that 

 branches are not arranged 

 regularly, although the 

 buds may be. In the Tar- 

 tarian or ''tree" honey- 

 suckle the buds are oppo- 

 site ; Fig. 85 shows how 

 the branches are. 



121. TJie results of the 

 struggle for existence in tin 

 tree -top can he expressed 

 in figures. Consider that 

 every bud is the germ or starting point of a branch. Ob- 

 serve at what distances apart 

 the buds are usually borne on 

 any plant, and estimate the 

 number of buds which the plant 

 has borne: count the number of 

 branches which the tree actually 

 bears. It will be found that the 

 number of buds is far in excess 

 of the number of branches: the 

 difference between the 

 numbers shows how 

 man} buds or branches 

 have failed. ( >r, counl 



the liinl> o n a n \ 

 branch, and figure up 



the possibilities. A 

 branch \- inches long, 

 for instance, has 1" 

 buds. Ii each bud 



grows, at the end of 



n Bean of the dormant buds.-wuiow. the nexl season there 



