FIRST LESSONS WITH PLANTS 



FIG. 1. 

 A.n apple twig. 



FIG. 2. 

 Same twig before leaves fell. 



When the leaves 

 have fallen, at the 

 approach of winter, 

 the buds remain, as 

 seen in Fig. 1. 

 Every bud on the 

 last year's growth of 

 a winter twig, there- 

 fore, marks the po- 

 sition occupied 

 by a leaf when 

 the shoot was 

 growing. 



3. The por- 

 tion below /, in 

 Fig. 2, shows a 

 wholly different 

 arrangement. 

 The leaves are two or 

 more together (a a a a), 

 and there are buds 

 without leaves (b 1) 

 ft &). A year ago 

 this portion looked 

 like the present shoot 

 from / to Jij that is, 

 the leaves were single, 

 with a bud in the 



