320'- 



XEw j:\t;LANO ti;i;es ix winter. 



Terminal Bud 

 Axillary Bud 



Fruit 5cac 



\-_lnternocle 

 _ Node 



Lenticel 



Leaf Scar __ 

 BuTKlleScar..- 



Scale Scars _ 

 Dormant Bud-. 



""j--l year's growth 



-Pith 



Fii,^ i. Twig of Horbe-chesliuit. 



buds are in distinction to the ierminal huds at tlie ends of the 

 twigs. Eacli bud contains tlie 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 alreadv formed in the bud liut which remain during winter 



