TIIK ACOEN AND ITS G1<JLM] NATION 11 



of small points which have resulted from the breaking 

 of some extremely delicate groups of minute pip< i s, 



FlG. 1. Sprigs of oak, showing the habit and the arrangement of 

 the acorns, &c., in September. (After Kotschy.) 



called vascular bundles, which placed the acorn in com- 

 munication with the cup and the tree previous to the 



