WHEKE BUDS ARE 



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53. Leaf-sc;ii> 

 Ailanthus. 



or 54. Termi- 

 nal bud 

 betw e e n 

 two other 

 buds .— 

 Currant. 



86. WHERE BUDS ARE. — Buds (ire 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 

 ailanthus. 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 

 supernumerary buds. Observe 

 them in the Tartarian honeysuckle 

 (common in yards), walnut, but- 

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

 apricot and peach. 



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

 this is a terminal bud. It continues the growth of the 

 axis in a direct line. Very often three or more buds 

 are clustered at the tip 

 (Fig. 54) ; and in this 

 case there may be more 

 buds than leaf -scars. 

 Only one of them, how- 

 ever, is strictly terminal. 



89. Bulbs and cabbage 

 heads may be likened to 

 buds : that is, they are 

 condensed stems, with 

 scales or modified leaves 

 densely overlapping and forming a rounded body. Fig. 

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



55. A gigantic bud.— Cabbage. 



