FIRST DIVISION OF PEACH SHOOTS. 51 



occurs in ordinary cases will be found ranged 

 under one or other division. To show the unac- 

 countable neglect into which this matter had 

 fallen, it will be enough to mention that new 

 names have been given to several of the classes, 

 which, though well known to pruners, had no 

 recognised nomenclature. These names have been 

 added under the sanction of the best authority, 

 while the shoots themselves have been carefully 

 drawn from nature by practised hands. They 

 possess the additional value of being now engraved, 

 for the first time, of the natural dimensions, by 

 which means they can be much more readily dis- 

 tinguished. 



1st Division of Peach Shoots. 



1. The Wood Shoot. — Fig. 1 is the wood shoot 

 of the purest type ; rameau a bois^ of Dubreuil. 

 This is a vigorous class, and indicates either a 

 very early stage of development, or, if found in 

 the case of older trees, rather a superfluous amoitnt 

 of sap. It is depicted with the leaf-buds just 

 elongating under the influence of the continuous 

 movement of the ascending sap, exercising an 

 almost mechanical pressure at their axils. Under 

 the powerful influences of light and heat, in a 

 short time each of these buds will become a green 

 d 2 



