CHAPTER IV 

 BUDS 



48. A bud is a rudimentary plant part which upon de- 

 velopment produces (1) a leaf or a cluster of leaves, (2) a 

 stem, (3) a flower or a cluster of flowers, or (4) a cluster 

 of leaves and flowers together. The first of these are 

 called leaf buds, the second wood or branch buds, the 

 third flower buds and the fourth mixed or cluster buds. 



FIG. 30* DEHORNING WITH A VENGEANCE 

 Instead of healing over, the stubs have decayed. Such a tree is a wreck. 



* There's a joke in the tower seen in the background. The negative had 

 been injured at this point, so the engraver built a new tower of a style with which 

 he is presumably familiar because of his lodge affiliation ! The actual architecture 

 of this tower is seen in Fig. 94. 



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