Terminology of the Vine. 347 



in the spring, or from the buds of the new growth during the summer; whe- 

 ther it come from the cane, the spur, or from the stock, — it is still a shoot 

 until the end of the season. Shoots have several parts, — such as leaves, 

 with buds in their axils, that may grow into laterals or lateral shoots ; ten- 

 drils opposite to the leaves, that may become bunches by a wonderful 

 morphological change. Shoots have also nodes, or joints, and internodes 

 between these. 



The shoot is at first very easily separable from the older wood, and ap- 

 pears to be jointed to it ; but this character soon disappears with the growth 

 and the deposition of wood-fibres that connect it firmly with the vine. The 

 leaves appear on alternate sides of the shoot, and are arranged in the sim- 

 plest order of phyllotaxy ; their attachment to the axis of growth is tempo- 

 rary and simple ; they are placed at the nodes ; they may be separated easily 

 at a natural joint which connects them with the shoot ; and they fall spon- 

 taneously at the close of summer, leaving an eschar that marks their 

 former point of junction. 



Buds-, or Eyes. — At the base of every leaf, a bud is fonned ; and these 

 organs follow the same law of arrangement as the leaves. The buds rest 

 upon the upper side of the nodes, and are intimately connected with them. 

 They become more or less developed during the season, in proportion to 

 the health of the leaves, which arc supposed to feed them ; and the co-rela- 

 tion existing between these organs is very intimate. Upon the iull devel- 

 opment of these buds will, in a great measure, depend the next year's 

 growth and the productiveness of the vine. The excessive thrift of the 

 vine, the accidental breaking of the end of the shoot, its being pinched off 

 by the vine-dresser, or even its dependent position, will often cause the 

 premature bursting of the buds during the first summer of their formation : 

 this causes the production of 



Laterals. — These are. therefore, only side-shoots. This expression should 

 be confined to the first season of growth, and is applicable only until the fall 

 of the leaf. So soon as a lateral is produced, the germs of another bud 

 begin to develop at its base. The relative position of these organs is sub- 

 ject to a peculiar and definite arrangement : thus, in a series of two or 

 more laterals, the newly-developed or second bud will be found alternately 

 to the right and to the left of the laterals through the series. The laterals, 



