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and siiL^ar-canc \vc '^ct t^ood c'xami)lcs of this 

 terminal biui-Lirowth, the axillar)- buds bciuL; 

 suppressed ; the suckers that L^row from the axils 

 of the lower le;i\es of the palm are often e\ idence 

 of thi^ presence of axillar\' buds, altiioLiL;h thc\' 



are, as a rule, dormant. We are all more or less 

 familiar with the character of ordinar)- forest trees, 

 the rounded outline of the oak, tiie slender spra}-s 

 of the birch, the spreading branches of the beech. 



