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BEGINNERS' BOTANY 



three fruit-buds and one leaf-bud on E, and leaf-buds on 

 A. See also Figs. 150, 151, 152, 153, and explain. 



Fig. 150. — Fruit-euds of Apple 

 ON Spurs : a dormant bud at 

 the top. 



Fig. 151, — Clus- 

 ter OF Fruit- 

 buds OF SWEET 

 Cherry, with 

 one pointed 

 leaf-bud in cen- 

 ter. 



Fig. 152. — Two 

 Fruit-buds 

 OF Peach 

 with a leaf- 

 bud between. 



Fig. 153. — Opening of Leaf-buds and Flower-buds of Apple. 



"The burst of spring" means in large part the opening of 

 the buds. Everything was made ready the fall before. The 

 embryo shoots and flowers were tucked away, and the food 

 was stored. The warm rain falls, and the shutters open 

 and the sleepers wake : the frogs peep and the birds come. 



Arrangement of Buds. — We have found that leaves are 

 usually arranged in a definite order ; buds are borne in the 

 axils of leaves : therefore bjids must exhibit phyllotaxy. 



