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have similar lines, ordained beforehand, along 

 which they break off clean, so as not to tear or 

 injure the permanent tissues ; this is particularly 

 noticeable in the foliage of the horse-chestnut, and 

 also (in spring) in the common aralia, so often 

 grown as a drawing-room decoration. 



NO. 6. THE SHOOTS IN SPRING BEGINNING TO SPROUT AGAIN. 



No. 5 continues the same series, and shows us 

 how the winter shoots, now sunk to the bottom, 

 bore a hole and root themselves in the soft mud 

 by their sharp, awl-like ends ; after which they 

 prepare to undergo their sleepy hibernation. They 

 are now essentially detached buds or cuttings, 



