CHAPTER VII 
BUDS AND BRANCHES 
88. Occurrence of buds. If we look at the live branches of 
any shrub or tree during the winter, many buds will be found 
along their sides, and usually each twig is tipped with a bud. 
Most people are aware of these facts, but they have not gener- 
Fic. 76. Opening leaf bud of rose 
a, b, c, and d@ show stages of transition 
between bud scales and fully developed 
leaves. After Payer 
occur not only on all herbs (fig. 
and forest trees of hot countries. 
ally observed that the forma- 
tion of these buds began 
rather early in the summer. 
It is not usual, among those 
who are not botanists, to 
speak of the buds of herbs, 
such as beans, peas, toma- 
toes, and cucumbers; and 
yet such plants are well 
provided with buds, only 
they are inconspicuous and 
often nearly hidden by the 
young leaves at the tips of 
the shoots. 
To be accurate we must 
classify buds into scaly ewin- 
ter buds (or resting buds) 
and niked buds. The latter 
49) but also on the shrubs 
Generally speaking, scaly buds occur in woody plants which 
grow in cold or temperate climates, where such buds are well 
suited to resist the sudden winter changes from heat to cold, 
and the reverse. Some of our common trees and shrubs have 
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