. The American botanist and florist: including lessons in the structure, life, and growth of plants; together with a simple analytical flora, descriptive of the native and cultivated plants growing in the Atlantic division of the American union. Botany; Botany. 82 STKUCTUEAL BOTANY. points. In the conn, the analogy is far more evident, for the axis is less excessive and the scales more manifest; and lastly, in the bulb the analogy is complete, or overdone, the scales often becoming 267. Corm of Cr ciis ^^lth new ones fin 5f bulb of Hj icmth «itli ttrminil sc >pe with axillary sc
. The American botanist and florist: including lessons in the structure, life, and growth of plants; together with a simple analytical flora, descriptive of the native and cultivated plants growing in the Atlantic division of the American union. Botany; Botany. 82 STKUCTUEAL BOTANY. points. In the conn, the analogy is far more evident, for the axis is less excessive and the scales more manifest; and lastly, in the bulb the analogy is complete, or overdone, the scales often becoming 267. Corm of Cr ciis ^^lth new ones fin 5f bulb of Hj icmth «itli ttrminil sc >pe with axillary sc ipis ln-?^bo^e 2rs \ citR U sllIi m of the snmc 269, Section id . xiU 11} bulblet 27J ScLtiun of bulb of iioUceii, Beview.—'iHO. Give carefully tlie definition. Which forms are undeveloped? Which partly developed ? 231. Define the Creeper. Its two classes. How is Wit<-!i grass best cultivated? Usefulness of such stems. What is sward ? 233. Define Root-stock? Show its manner of growth by the figure (258). 235. What is the premorse Root-stock ? 236. The stem of Clover, Asparagus, in Winter is w-hat? 237. What is a Tuber? Show by fig. 200 how it grows. 239. Define Corm. Show by fig. 263 how it grows. 240. De- scribe the bulb. Show its growth by fig. 26G. Varieties. 243. Point out the gradation in tuber, corm, and bulb. CHAPTER XYIII. THE LEAF-BUD, 244. It is but a step from the study of the bulb to that of the leaf-bud. Buds are of two kinds in respect to their contents— the leaf-bud containing the rudiments of a leafy stem or branch, the Jlo2ce)'-bud containing the same elements transformed into tlie nascent organs of a flower for the purpose of rei^roduction. 245. The leaf-bud consists of a brief, cone-shaped axis with a tender growing point, bearing a protecting covering of imbri- cated scales and incipient leaves. 246. The leafy nature of the scales is evident from a careful inspection of such buds as those of the Rose, Currant, Tulip-tree,. Please note
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