BUDS. 



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bases of leaves. This kind of bud-scale is especially well 

 shown in the magnolia and the tulip tree. 



107. Naked Buds.—A\\ of the buds above-mentioned are 

 winter buds, capable of living through the colder months of 

 the year, and are scaly buds. 



In the herbs of temperate climates, and even in shrubs and 

 trees of tropical regions, the buds are often naked, that is 

 nearly or quite destitute of scaly coverings. 



Make a study of the naked 

 buds of any convenient herb, 

 such as one of the common 

 "geraniums" (pelargonium), 

 and record what you find in it. 



108. Position of 

 Buds. — The distinc- 

 tion between lateral and 

 terminal buds has al- 

 ready been alluded to. 



The plumule is the 

 first terminal bud which 

 the plant produces. 

 Lateral buds are usu- 

 ally axillary, as shown 

 in Kg. 67. But not in- 

 frequently there are 

 several buds grouped in 

 some way about a single 

 leaf -axil,either one above 



the other, as in the black walnut, Fig. 58, or grouped side by 

 side, as in the red maple and the cherry, Fig. 69. 



In these cases all the buds except the axillary one are 

 called accessory or swpemumerary buds. 



109. Leaf-Buds and Flower-Buds ; the Bud an Undeveloped 

 Branch. — Such buds as the student has so far examined for 



Fig. 57. — Alternate Leaves of Cultivated Cherry, 

 ■with Buds in their Axils, in October. 



