These two kinds of buds have a resemblance to each other as regards the arrangement and the development of their parts; and it sometimes happens, from injury and other causes, that the part of the axis which, in ordinary cases, would produce a leaf-bud, gives origin to a flower-bud.
A flower-bud has not in ordinary circumstances any power of extension by the continuous development of its apex.
Caper This is the unopened flower bud of a plant which grows wild among the rocks of Greece an Northern Africa.
They are very silky hairy which provide the flower bud with some degree of protection in the depth of winter.
Thrips feed on cell sap by piercing the leaf or flower bud with their mouthparts.
