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FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 



the smallest shrubby plants, like the dwarf blueberry, the 

 wintergreen, and the trailing arbutus, are only a few inches 



FlG. 35. Tip of a Branch of Magnolia, illustrating Forking due to 

 Terminal Flower-Buds. 



A, oldest flower-bud scar ; B, C, D, scars of successive seasons after A; L, leaf- 

 buds ; F, flower-buds. 



in height, but are ranked as shrubs because their woody 

 stems do not die quite to the ground in winter. 



Herbs are plants whose stems above ground die every 

 winter. 



