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TWIG OF BEECH 



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But now let us compare the development of the bud 

 next below B on the same twig. While the bud just 

 referred to elongated to the long shoot A B, on which 



Fig. 50. A twig of Beech. A the apex of the preceding year's growth 

 into a long shoot ; B bud-scale scars at its base. It bears buds such as F 

 in the axils of the now fallen leaves, two of which had already grown 

 out into long shoots C and D before the winter rest, and one, E, into 

 a dwarf -shoot. G a dwarf -shoot developed during the same season as the 

 long shoot A B. 



at least 11 leaves, separated by long inter nodes were 

 borne as indicated by the leaf-scars beneath the buds or 

 shoots, from B to A each bearing a bud, or eventually 

 a long (C, D) or short (E) shoot in its own axil, the bud 

 we are now considering has only the short stretch from 

 the parent twig to the base of its terminal bud, indicated 

 at G (Fig. 50), to show as the result of its seasonal growth 



