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this is specially the case where the apical bud has been destroyed, 
as in the trimming of hedges. In this way not only are 
hedges prevented growing too high, but their growth in 
thickness is ensured. 
Winter Buds Lhe best way of caine the position and the | 
of Ash, number of buds present in a plant is to examine 
trees in winter. If a twig of the Ash be carefully observed, it 
will be seen that the apex ends in a bud, that close to the ae. 
bud are two axillary ones; : 
the fact that they are in the 
angle which the leaf makes: 
with the stem being clear 
from the scar left by the 
fallen leaf just under each 
bud. The next two buds are 
on opposite sides of the stem, 
and so on. 
The length of the inter- 
nodes varies very much. 
When the twig has developed 
normally it may be consider- 
able, about an inch and a half ; 
but very often development 
has been arrested, and the 
stem has not grown much in 
length, so that the nodes are 
closer to each other. A 

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normal condition shows short Sipz Twic or BRANcH or Asu, 
internodes near the apex; _% node ; int, internode ; s/, scar 
eet of attachment of last year’s leaves ; 
then longer and longer ones, ss, scars left by scales of last year’s bud, 
until the end of that year’s marking limit of one year’s growth. 
growth has been reached ; below that the internodes become 
closer again, and again lonethen out. A terminal branch, 
about twelve inches in length, may show three years’ growth. 
These winter buds are specially adapted for the protection of 
the young leaves from the cold and damp. The buds of the Ash 
have thick, olive-green, almost black, scales, which are leaves 
