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cucumber, a vinelet l ; and a small stem proceeding 

 laterally from a root or stool, a sucker 2 . 



When a trunk bears permanent or perennial branches, 

 the plant is termed a tree 3 ; when permanent branches 

 arise, not from a trunk, but from the root, the plant is 

 termed a shrub 4 ; when small and much branched, a 

 copse-shrub 5 ; when furnished with woody branches 

 that are not permanent, as in tree mignonette, it is 

 termed an under-shrub 6 ; and when the whole stem is 

 not woody, and dies down every year at least as far 

 as the crown of the root, the plant is termed an herb 7 ; 

 when a trunk is formed, like the underground stem of 

 iris, of the hardened bases of leaves which have withered 

 and fallen, and is not taper, but ah 1 of one thickness, 

 giving off no branches as in the date and cocoa, the 

 plant is termed a palm 8 . 



IN a popular sense, budding means the expanding 

 of buds in spring, and is applied both to flowers and 

 leaves; but buds 9 , instead of being then produced, 

 are usually formed, some early in summer, others in 

 autumn ; and are beautifully contrived to preserve the 



(1) In Latin, Viticula. 



(2) In Latin, Surculus and Stolo. 



(3) In Latin, Arbor; in Greek, Atf$g0y. 



(4) In Latin, Frutex or Arbustum. 

 (5) In Latin, DUIMM. (6) In Latin, Subfrutex. 



(7) In Latin, Herba, whence Herbaceus. 

 (8) In Latin, Palma. (9) In Latin, Gemmae. 



