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GERMINATION 



Figure 124 the stem on the left bears five flowers and that 

 on the right fourteen. 



Geranium Flowers — in Parahei,. 



Finally, and in order to clinch the matter, the reader 

 may be referred to a bunch of Bananas. These are in 

 Parallel and the stalk is of the proportions of an Atlantic 

 cable ! 



And now let us hark back to Series-parallel. 



In the cluster of Elderberries which forms the subject 

 of our next illustration 



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El,DERBERRIES — IN SERIES PARALI^EI,. 



it will be seen that there are five branch leads from the 



