readily, leaving only a slight mark to show where they 

 were attached. If you open one and look at it under a 

 magnifying glass, you may find, according to its stage of 

 development and variety, miniature leaves, or even 

 the parts of a flow6r, neatly packed away. 



Even on the smallest twig, you will notice a decided 

 difference in the appearance of the several buds. The 

 one at the very end of the growth, which is usually the 

 strongest, is called the terminal bud; -those below it, 

 situated in pairs or alternately, are called axillary buds, 

 because they are formed in the axils of the leaves. You 

 will notice, if you examine the buds on a number of 

 different shoots, that the buds nearer the top on those 

 growing vertically, and the buds on the upper surface 

 of those growing horizontally, are stronger than those 

 nearer the base, or on the lower surface. When growth is 

 resumed not all of these buds will start out. A large 

 percentage of them, especially the small or weaker ones, 

 will remain dormant, and are known as dormant buds. 

 If anything happens to the terminal bud either before or 

 after growth is resumed, to injure or remove it — if, for 

 instance, it is cut away — the bud or buds just below it 

 will receive the nourishment meant for the amputated 

 bud, and be greatly stimulated in their growth. Incase 

 of injury or removal of many buds, some of the "dormant" 

 buds will become active — nature keeps them as a reserve 

 supply, to be used only in case of necessity. But even 

 these are not the last card she has to play. If, in turn, 

 so many of these are injured or removed that the bcdance 

 between the top of the plant and the roots is again upset, 

 new buds may form at any point along the branch or 

 shoots, or even on the main trunk or stem of the plant 

 itself. These are called advantitious buds, and in their 

 turn will carry on the work which the others were designed 

 to perform. 



It is evident then that by removing certain parts of 

 the plant and, as it were, directing the energies thus 

 interrupted into other channels, we can to a consider- 

 able extent control the plant's development. This is 

 where Nature leaves off, and the gardener takes a hand ; 

 and after that the responsibility is up to the gardener'. 



