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attached, and it may be said that about all buds of woody 

 plants will grow when inserted under the bark of a variety 

 of the same species. The great distinctive difference 

 between the bud and the seed is that the leaf-bud repro- 

 duces the individual parent without change, while the seed 



Fig. 7. — The dotted line in A 

 sliows where tlie cut is 

 made, and B sliows the same 

 tree after starting growth. 



Fig. 8. — Pottawatamie plum. 

 The centre bud in the group 

 of three is a leaf-bud, and the 

 two outer ones are fruit-buds. 

 (After GofE.) 



reproduces usually the species but not the variety. The 

 fruit-buds of the peach, apricot and Chicasa, and some 

 Japan plums, grow on each side of the leaf-bud as shown 

 in Fig. 8. In the apple and pear the flower-buds are 

 mostly formed on short spurs as shown in Fig. 9. The 

 European plums also fruit on short spurs as shown in 

 Fig. 10. 



