SPRAY. 



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skin of the spray in places is another noticeable 

 feature. But the most conspicuous is the long, 

 slender, pointed buds in which the embryo of 



Beech. 



twig and leaf are carefully wrapped in their silky 



cover and protected from the frosts of Winter. 



The opened nut-case and the piece of lichen- 



L 2 



