i-,8 



GLIMPSES INTO PLANT-LIFE 



Those which contain the flowers are round and 

 bulky, whilst the leaf-buds are long and slender. 



Embryo flowers are disposed in the buds in 

 different ways. The wood-sorrel is rolled into a 

 spiral, rose-petals are placed one within the other. 



YOUXC; BKPXH. 



the pink is folded in fi\e divisions, and others are 

 pleated and fluted into the smallest possible space. 

 Perhaps of all others the bud of the great Oriental 

 poppy is the best example of exquisite packing. 

 Early on a summer's morning you may see its 



