320 



NEW ENGLAND TREES IN AVINTER. 



Terminal Bud . 

 Axillary Bud 



Fruit Scar 



\__Internode 

 _._ Node 



Lenticel 



Leaf Scar 



Bundle Scar.., 



Scale Scars __ 

 Dormant BucL. 



XN > 1 year's growth 



Fig 4. Twig of Horse-chestnut. 



buds are in distinction to the terminal buds at the ends of the 

 twigs. Each bud contains the rudiments of next year's growth with 

 shortened internodes and minute leaves folded together like a fan 

 and packed away within the protective covering of the bud-scales. 

 Growth in the spring consists for the most part of a rapid elon- 

 gation of the internodes and an enlargement of the parts which 

 are already formed in the bud but which remain during winter 



