FLOWER-LAND. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



BUDS AND BRANCHING. 



Fig. 52. The Birch (Betula alba}. 



to pull a bud carefully to pieces. 



Now can you 

 find any buds ? 

 If you can, I 

 want you to no- 

 tice how dif- 

 ferent they are 

 in shape upon 

 the different 

 trees. Some 

 round and fat: 

 some long and 

 thin; some 

 smooth and 

 hard, as in the 

 ash ; some soft 

 to touch like 

 velvet, as in the 

 palm and willow. 

 It is worthwhile 

 We will have 



