Bui. 974, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate XXI. 



Blueberry Flowers. 



Photograph, taken at Whlte.sbop, N..T.,nn May 12, of a vigorous blueberrytwigjust coming into 

 flower. In the preeediuf; autumn and winlcr (liis twig was unbraiiched and naked. Its 

 upper seven buds wore fal lloworinu Inids. often ealled fruit buds. Those below were leaf 

 buds. From each of the leaf liuds has gidu n a leafy shoot , from each of the flowering buds a 

 cluster of flowers. For the reluliou of the lluwer structure to poUiuation by bees, see page 17. 

 (Natural size.) 



