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WINTER BUDS 



flowers are mixed buds, as in pear, apple, and most late 

 spring- flowering plants. 



96. Fruit-buds are usually thicker 

 or stouter thaii 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 





04. Almond flower— tlu 

 sole occupant of a bud. 



65. 

 The open- 

 ing of the 

 flower-bud 

 of apricot. 



sides of the last year's 

 growths. In Fig. 66 are 

 shown three fruit -buds and 

 one leaf -bud on E, and leaf- 



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



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 "^M^M^ \M 



shoots and flowers ivere tucJced 



away, and the food was 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 ^^ t. -^ , , ^ , r v ^ 



. „ ,^. , . , ,, ,, 66. Fruit-buds and leaf- buds 



give rise? What determines whether the of pear. 



