Show thunderstorms and buds there is a common belief that a loud fond thunderstorm v u ill cause the young buds on trees to grow so rapidly that the difference in the rate of growth Is noticeable ti even to the casual observer scientists do not believe that the noise of loud thunder has any particular influence on the rate of growth either in n tile the plants or the buds thu thunderstorms are usually accompanied by rain and it if the buds come out rapidly after a thunderstorm it Is due to the shower which accompanies the storm rath rather er than tle the thunder |