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WINTEK BUDS 



The open- 

 i n g of 

 the pear 

 bud of pear. bud. 



Fruit- 



that the}' are eoudeusations of main stems rather than 

 embryo stems borne in the axils of leaves. But bulblets 

 iji. .,:^ may be scarcely distinguish- 

 ^^^ able from buds on the one 

 ^ hand and from bulbs on the 

 other. Cut a cabbage head iia 

 two lengthwise, and see what 

 it is like. 



90. WHAT BUDS DO.— A hud 

 is a growing point. In the 

 growing season it is small, 

 and persons do not notice it. 

 In the winter it is dormant 

 and wrapped up and is plainly 

 seen : it is waiting. All hranvhes spring from 

 buds. 



91. All winter buds give rise to branches, 

 not to leaves alone : that is, the leaves are borne 

 on the lengthening axis. Sometimes the axis, 

 or branch, remains very short,— so short that it 



56. Willow, may not be noticed. Some- 



The" pus- 

 sies" are timcs it grows Several 



pushing 



out, and teet long. 



biacifbud^ 92. Whether the 



scale is 



ready to branch grows long 



fall from 



the base or uot depends on 



of each. 



the chance it has, 

 — position on the plant, soil, 

 rainfall, and many other things. 

 The new shoot is the unfold- 

 ing and enlarging of the tiny 

 axis and leaves which we saw 

 in the bud. Figs. 51, 52. If 

 the conditions are congenial, the shoot may form more 

 leaves than were tucked away in the bud, but commonly 



Growth is 

 progressing. 



